Advice for Employers : Resources
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999: Provisions Relating to Young Persons Find out more on the HSE website.
The former Health and Safety (Young Persons) Regulations 1997 which came into force on 3 March 1997 are now subsumed within the Management Regulations. They implement the health and safety provisions of the Young Workers Directive (94/33/EC).
This circular provides information on the specific provisions of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (management Regulations) Relating to Young Persons and highlights the key issues for inspection and enforcement. It should be read in conjunction with HSG165 'Young people at work - a guide for employers'.
Reducing Error and Influencing Behaviour
HSG48 ISBN 0-7176-2452-8 Price £11.50 Second edition 1999.
Available from the HSE website.
This 1999 publication is a revision of guidance originally published in 1989 Human factors in industrial safety. The major revision reflects improvements in the HSEs understanding of human error and human behaviour at work - and the need to carry out risk assessments which take account of these issues.
The guidance is aimed at managers with health and safety responsibilities, health and safety professionals and employee safety representatives.
The over-riding message is that proper consideration of human factors is a key ingredient of effective health and safety management. The guidance provides practical help on how to tackle some of the important issues. To this end, Reducing Error and Influencing Behaviour:
- explains how human error and behaviour can impact on health and safety;
- shows how human behaviour and other factors in the workplace can affect the physical and mental health of workers;
- provides practical ideas on what you can do to identify, assess and control risks arising from the human factor; and
- includes illustrative case studies to show how other organisations have tackled different human problems a work.
HSE stresses that organisations must recognise that they need to consider human factors as a distinct element which must be identified, assessed and managed effectively in order to control risks.
Did you know that?
- It is estimated that up to 80% of accidents may be attributed, at least in part, to the actions or omissions of people.
- Fundamental failures which lead to accidents are usually rooted in the organisations design, management and decision-making functions.
- The view that accidents are caused by carelessness is outdated.
