ABSTRACT
Accidents and ill health result from ‘hazards’, like electricity and cleaning chemicals – things that are found everywhere. But these things can easily be controlled so that they do not harm people. This is true in every aspect of our lives, whether we are at home, at leisure or at work. The term ‘harm’ involves both injury to people and damage to their health. In this book we shall explain how you can manage and control these hazards so that people at work are protected and you, as a manager, employer, self-employed or employee are complying with the law. Working safely means that people work in ways that minimise the possibility of injury or damage to their health or the health of other people.
