Health and Safety for Supervisors Level 3
5th Edition
ISBN 978-1-909749-93-1
Date of update:
September 2015
This briefing document sets out the changes that have been made for the release of the 5th edition of the
aforementioned book.
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Statutory (legal) box, last sentence first paragraph
Maximum fines are usually in the area of £20,000 for each offence, but there is provision for larger fines
or even a prison sentence in more serious cases.
Updated to:
Unlimited fines are imposed for each offence and the courts may incur prison sentences in more serious
cases.
Page 10 and Glossary Page 122
Definition of an accident, second sentence only
An unplanned and uncontrolled event, which has led to or could have caused injury or ill health to
persons, damage to plant or other loss.
Updated to:
An unplanned and uncontrolled event that has led to injury or ill health to persons, damage to plant or
other loss
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Health and Safety Statistics, last paragraph on this page
Approximately 1 million people are suffering from an illness or condition they believe was caused or made
worse by their work, or work they have carried out in the past. It is estimated that in excess of 22 million
working days are lost each year due to work-related ill health, approximately five times more than are
caused by workplace injury.
Latest statistics show that 27 million days were lost in one year due to work-related ill health and
workplace injury (www.hse.gov.uk/statistics; key annual figures 2011/12).
Updated to:
Approximately 1.2 million people are suffering from an illness or condition they believe was caused or
made worse by their work, or work they have carried out in the past. It is estimated that in excess of 28
million days are lost due to work related ill health and workplace injuries, with an estimated cost of £14.2
billion (www.hse.gov.uk/statistics).
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Accident Statistics
Note removed from the bottom of this page and not replaced:
**Statistics relate to over-3-day injuries which were reported prior to April 2011.
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Penalties Magistrates’ court
Up to £20,000 fine per offence against the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 or a breach of specific
regulations, e.g. failure to comply with an Improvement or Prohibition Notice.
Updated to:
Unlimited fines for offences against the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 or a breach of specific
regulations, e.g. failure to comply with an improvement or Prohibition Notice.
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Contractor safety, last sentence before Regulation 12
Large building construction contracts are covered by specific legislation – The Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2007.
Updated to:
Large building construction contracts are covered by specific legislation – The Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015.
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Young people, last paragraph
Some employers take children on work experience when they are 15 years old. Schools and colleges have
responsibility for the children. Advice on how to manage their safety is included in the HSE publication
‘Managing health and safety on work experience – a guide for organisers’ HSG 2000.
HSE publication updated to:
‘Young people and work experience 2013 INDG364’
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Safety signs
Previous box title was ‘Safety signs’ this has been changed to ‘Hazardous substances labelling signs’
Page 68
Construction, contracting and maintenance operations, first sentence stats
The construction industry has a very poor health and safety record with 39 deaths in 2012/2013.
Updated to:
The construction industry has a very poor health and safety record with 42 deaths in construction in 2014.
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CDM Regulations
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
Updated to:
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
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Ill Health Statistics
HSE statistics for 2011/12 claim that 1.1 million people in Great Britain suffer from an illness caused or
made worse by work. Over three quarters of the cases were musculoskeletal disorders, stress, depression
or anxiety. In the year 2011/2012 there were 22.7 million working days lost due to work-related ill health.
This is by far the largest cause of lost working days, as statistics reveal that 4.3 million days were lost to
workplace injury.
Updated to:
HSE statistics for 2014 claim that 1.2 million people in Great Britain suffer from an illness caused or made
worse by work. Over 80% of the cases were musculoskeletal disorders, stress, depression or anxiety. In
the year 2014 there were 28 million working days lost due to work-related ill health and injury. Work
related and ill health is by far the largest cause of lost working days at 23.5 million, as statistics reveal that
4.7 million days were lost to workplace injury.
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Mental health at work
Stress, depression and anxiety led to an estimated 10.4 million working days lost in 2011/12.
Updated to:
Stress, depression and anxiety led to an estimated 11.3 million working days lost in 2014.
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Manual handling
Manual handling number of working days lost is 1.2 million.
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Over 7.5 million working days are lost due to musculoskeletal disorders.
Over 40% of disorders affect the back and 40% affect the upper limbs.
Updated to:
Manual handling number of working days lost is 909,000.
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Over 8.3 million working days are lost due to musculoskeletal disorders.
Over 40% of disorders affect the back and 40% affect the upper limbs.
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Safe lifting techniques
Step 4: Get a firm grip, keep the back straight
Updated to:
Step 4: Get a firm grip and keep the back slightly flexed
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Abbreviations
Removed:
CHIP Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply)
Updated with:
CLP Classification Labelling and Packaging