R Gilbert
Elsevier, May 20, 2008 - Technology & Engineering - 192 pages

Health and safety issues now impose upon almost every part of business life. The system of enforcement is managed and implemented in the UK by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – but at times it can be difficult to know exactly which bits of this elaborate spider’s web should be applied in a given instance, and which are most important. This Quick Guide puts the subject into context, providing a rational overview and a valid starting point to applying health and safety in the workplace, and offers a concise and readily accessible interpretation of what health and safety legislation means in practice.

• Puts health and safety in to context
• Provides a rational overview and starting point to applying health and safety in the workplace
• Offers a concise interpretation of health and safety legislation in practice