Unit A - Managing health and safety

Reference information provided, in particular web links, was correct as of 03/04/17.

Contents
Element A1 - Principles of health and safety management ......................................................................................2
Element A2 - Principles of health and safety law ..........................................................................................................3
Element A3 - Criminal law .....................................................................................................................................................4
Element A4 - Civil law .............................................................................................................................................................5
Element A5 - Loss causation and incident investigation............................................................................................6
Element A6 - Measuring and reviewing health and safety performance .............................................................7
Element A7 - The assessment and evaluation of risk ..................................................................................................8
Element A8 - Risk control ......................................................................................................................................................9
Element A9 - Organisational factors............................................................................................................................... 10
Element A10 - Human factors ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Health and Safety Incidents .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Element A11 - The role of the health and safety practitioner ............................................................................... 12

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Element A1 - Principles of health and safety management
IIRSM Code of Ethics, http://www.iirsm.org/code-ethics

IOSH Code of Conduct, http://www.iosh.co.uk/About-us/Regulating-the-profession.aspx

Managing for health and safety, HSG65 (third edition), HSE Books ISBN: 978-0-717664-56-6,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg65.pdf

Occupational health and safety management systems – requirements (OHSAS 18000 series), OHSAS
18001 ISBN: 978-0-5805-9404-5, OHSAS 18002 ISBN: 978-0-5806-2686-9

Plan, Do, Check, Act, An introduction to managing for health and safety, INDG275, HSE Books,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg275.htm

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Element A2 - Principles of health and safety law
Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences,
Definitive Guideline (effective from 1 February 2016),
http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/publications/item/health-and-safety-offences-corporate-
manslaughter-and-food-safety-and-hygiene-offences-definitive-guideline/

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Element A4 - Civil law
None

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Element A5 - Loss causation and incident investigation
Investigating accidents and incidents - a workbook for employers, unions, safety representatives and
safety professionals (HSG245), ISBN 9780717628278, HSE Books

Reporting accidents and incidents at work, INDG453, http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg453.htm

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Element A6 - Measuring and reviewing health and safety
performance
Guidelines for auditing management systems, BS EN ISO 19011:2011, ISBN: 978-0-5807-7524-6

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Element A7 - The assessment and evaluation of risk
Controlling the risks in the workplace, HSE, http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/controlling-risks.htm

The health and safety toolbox: How to control risks at work, HSE,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/index.htm

Managing for health and safety, HSG65 (third edition), HSE Books ISBN: 978-0-717664-56-6,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg65.pdf

Reducing risks, protecting people, R2P2, HSE books, ISBN: 978-0-7176-2151-0,

http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/theory/r2p2.htm

Risk assessment, A brief guide to controlling risks in the workplace, INDG163, HSE Books,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg163.htm

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Element A8 - Risk control
Guidance on permit-to-work systems. A guide for the petroleum, chemical and allied industries,
HSG250, HSE Books, ISBN: 978-0-7176-2943-5, http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg250.htm

Occupational health and safety management systems - requirements (OHSAS 18000 series),
OHSAS 18001, ISBN: 978-0-5805-9404-5
OHSAS 18002, ISBN: 978-0-5806-2686-9

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Element A9 - Organisational factors
Consulting workers on health and safety, Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations
1977 (as amended) and Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 (as
amended), L146, HSE Books, ISBN: 978-0-7176-6461-0, http://www.hse.gov.uk/pUbns/priced/l146.pdf

Financial Reporting Council - Guidance on Risk Management, Internal Control and Related Financial
and Business Reporting (September 2014), https://www.frc.org.uk/Our-Work/Publications/Corporate-
Governance/Guidance-on-Risk-Management,-Internal-Control-and.pdf

Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory, http://www.leadership-central.com/situational-

leadership-theory.html#axzz3p0SLB4U1

Leading health and safety at work, INDG417, IOD and HSE publication, HSE Books,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg417.pdf

Occupational health and safety management systems - requirements (OHSAS 18000 series),
OHSAS 18001, ISBN: 978-0-5805-9404-5
OHSAS 18002, ISBN: 978-0-5806-2686-9

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Element A10 - Human factors
Reducing error and influencing behaviour HSG48, HSE Books, ISBN: 978-0-717624-52-2,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg48.htm

Health and Safety Incidents

Kegworth Air Disaster, https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/4-1990-boeing-737-400-g-obme-8-january-
1989

Herald of Free Enterprise, https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/flooding-and-subsequent-capsize-of-ro-

ro-passenger-ferry-herald-of-free-enterprise-off-the-port-of-zeebrugge-belgium-with-loss-of-193-
lives

Train accident at Ladbroke Grove Junction,

http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/HSE_Lad_IntRep003.pdf

Three Mile Island Accident, http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-

security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident.aspx

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Element A11 - The role of the health and safety practitioner
IIRSM Code of Ethics, http://www.iirsm.org/code-ethics

IOSH Code of Conduct, http://www.iosh.co.uk/About-us/Regulating-the-profession.aspx

Leading health and safety at work, INDG417, IOD and HSE publication, HSE Books,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg417.pdf

Managing for health and safety, HSG65, HSE Books ISBN: 978-0-717664-56-6,
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg65.pdf

Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR), http://www.oshcr.org/

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