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TOLLEY'S WORKPLACE ACCIDENT HANDBOOK
Tolley's Workplace Accident Handbook
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Second Edition

Edited By
Mark Tyler, MA, LLM, CMIOSH, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., U.K. Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner.

Description
Occupational safety and health management theory is now rightly focused on pro-activity, risk assessment and management. But it remains important that organizations know what they need to do when accidents happen, both to comply with legislation and to extract all the information from the incident to improve their health and safety management. Tolley?s Workplace Accident Handbook presents in a single volume what needs to be done when an accident occurs – from emergency procedures and legal reporting requirements through to formal investigations and possible legal proceedings. In this new edition, chapters on first aid and accident investigation reports have been added and the rehabilitation chapter has been updated to cover the latest insurance industry initiatives. The Handbook also shows how to learn from the accident data gathered and how to implement recommendations into a company's health and safety management system. The text is supported by checklists, case studies and ready-to-use forms and templates. Health and Safety practitioners in all industries will find this Handbook is packed full of practical and legal advice. It will also be of use to lawyers dealing with accident claims, insurance risk managers, emergency planning, first aid, and enforcement officers, as well as to students on health and safety and specialist accident investigation courses. Mark Tyler is a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner and a leading Solicitor in the area of health and safety law who has worked on numerous high profile cases such as rail crashes and legionnaires disease. His expertise is supplemented with the practical knowledge of other experts in their individual subject areas.

Audience
In all industries: Health and safety Practitioners; Lawyers dealing with accident claims; Insurance risk managers, Emergency planning officers; Environmental health officers; First Aid officers; Enforcement officers from HSE and local authorities. Students on NEBOSH, IOSH and degree level H&S courses, as well as specialist accident investigation courses, delivered by private training providers and consultancies, FE colleges and universities.

Contents
Foreword Acknowledgments Contributors

Ch. 1: Introduction
- Mark Tyler Rationales for management focus on accidents Trends and targets Risk management Rehabilitation Accountability or compensation culture?

Ch. 2: Accident causation
- Lauren Thomas Definitions and terminology Early theories of accident causation Human error Organisational accidents System accidents Organisational resilience Conclusions

Ch. 3: Compliance with legislation
- Mark Tyler and Hannah Wilson Introduction Overview of health and safety law Liability insurance Records of insurance policies Accident and emergency management Legal requirement for procedures for serious and imminent danger and danger areas First aid Legal compliance checklist

Ch. 4: First aid
- Amanda Jenkins The rationale behind first aid requirements The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, Approved Code of Practice and Guidance L74 (referred to hereafter as ACoP L74) Appointing people Overview of training courses Facilities and equipment Keeping records of first aid administration Informing employees of arrangements First aid for the care of the public Policy review and the future of first aid course structures The role of appointed persons Sources of further information on first aid at work Legal compliance checklist

Ch. 5: Legal aspects of reporting and investigating accidents
- Mark Tyler Introduction Obligations on workers to report accidents and dangerous situations Duties on employers and others to notify and report accidents Other reporting requirements Evaluation and investigation of accidents Rights of access and disclosure of accident records and related information Disclosure in civil proceedings Legal compliance checklist

Ch. 6: Formal accident investigations
- Mark Tyler, Alexander Green, Greg Gordon Introduction Health and safety inspectors? investigatory powers Enforcement notices Overlapping police investigations in fatal accident cases Powers of the HSC to direct investigations and inquiries Coroners? inquests (England and Wales) Fatal accident inquiries (Scotland) Facing health and safety investigations: checklist

Ch. 7: Rehabilitation of the injured worker and managing the people aspects of an accident
- Dr Olivia Carlton General introduction Rehabilitation in the employment context Immediate aftermath of an accident First few days after the accident The management of the injured person Compensation claims and the Rehabilitation Code Conclusion Checklist for planning to return to work

Ch. 8: Legal processes
- Mark Tyler, Kajal Sharma, Alexander Green, Greg Gordon Introduction Enforcement Offences and penalties The prosecution process Civil liability and compensation claims Causes of action

Ch. 9: Investigating workplace accidents
- Lauren Thomas The basic principles of accident investigation Developing an accident investigation procedure Investigative interviewing Investigative analysis Writing reports and recommendations Monitoring, dissemination and feedback

Ch. 10: Management tools: accident data and performance monitoring
- Mark Tyler Recording accident data Reviews of accident investigations Measuring health and safety performance Benchmarking Measuring performance: the bigger picture Setting targets Annual reporting The costs of accidents Checklist for monitoring accident data Appendices Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Statutory Instruments Index

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 464 pages, publication date: MAY-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8151-3
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8151-9
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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