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Health and Safety in the Workplace: Regulations, Responsibilities, and Emergency Plans

Learn about the current legislation, fire prevention measures, and emergency procedures related to health and safety in the workplace. Understand the roles and responsibilities of employers and employees, as well as the proper management of incidents and emergency plans.

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Health and Safety in the Workplace: Regulations, Responsibilities, and Emergency Plans

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  1. Erasmus Welcome Days Catania Students services Information on Health and Safety in the work place SPPR

  2. Erasmus Welcome Days Today we’ll focus on: • Current legislation in Italy about health and safety in the workplace. • Fire prevention. • Outlines of emergency plans. SPPR

  3. Erasmus Welcome Days Regulations on health and safety • Currently in Italy there is the so-called Acts on health and safety at work (Unique Safety Test (T.U.in Italian language)), represented by D.Lgs.81/2008 and subsequent amendments. The T.U. collected almost all preexistent specific safety laws. • This rule of law applies to all sectors of activity, both public and private, and all types of risk. SPPR

  4. Erasmus Welcome Days Who’s responsible for health and safety in a workplace? Everyone: employer and employees

  5. Erasmus Welcome Days Figures of corporate safety system The specific figures of the company's safety system are. - Employer (DL) - Manager, - Supervisor, - Medical Examiner (MC) (specialist in occupational medicine), - Responsible for the Prevention and Protection Service (RSPP), -Employee in charge for the Prevention and Protection service (ASPP), - Employee Safety Representative (RLS), • Workers.

  6. Erasmus Welcome Days Safety Organization University of Catania DdL (Employer): Chancellor pro tempore Prof. F. Basile GeneralManager (senior executive): Dr. C. Bellantoni Department's Directors: various RSPP (Safety Manager): Dr. Engineer. A. Gulisano ASPP: various MC (Medical examiners): Dr. L. Serafino, Dr. C. Sciacchitano,, Dr. L. La Manna RLS (Employee Safety Representative) : various Supervisors: various

  7. Erasmus Welcome Days Other figures involved: Worker Art.2 D.Lgs.81/2008 and following amendments: Worker 1:A person who, regardless of the type of contract, is employed by either a public or private organization, with or without pay, even for the sole purpose of learning a trade, an art or a profession excluding domestic service workers and family. Students of educational institutions and universities and participants of professional training courses in which laboratories, work equipment in general, physical and biological chemicals, are used during the course... limited to the time frame in which the student is actually using the equipment or laboratories in question. SPPR

  8. Erasmus Welcome Days Who are you? Normaly you will be only students. But if you work in a laboratory or managing hazardous agents, you are workers. Who must you call in hazard case? Supervisors, Teachers, University Workers. SPPR

  9. Erasmus Welcome Days Now we are looking for a main procedures about emergency, So, now, you have more attention, please!!! SPPR

  10. Erasmus Welcome Days Fire Prevention SPPR

  11. Erasmus Welcome Days Portable fire extinguishers At Catania University you can find only these type of portable estinguishers: portable powder extinguishers portable carbon dioxide (CO2) extinguishers

  12. Erasmus Welcome Days Hydrant: lance and hose At Catania University you can find this type of set extinguishers (hydrant) consisting of: LanceHose

  13. Erasmus Welcome Days The main causes of fire • Negligence or carelessness in handling flammable substances • Disorder of materials • Improper use of open flames • Electrical implants out of the norm • Negligence or carelessness during operational maintenance SPPR

  14. Erasmus Welcome Days What must you do in case of fire? You must go out of building, following emergency signals. After your going out, staying in a safety place tell what happened to university workers. SPPR

  15. Erasmus Welcome Days Proper management of incidents "Emergency plan" SPPR

  16. Erasmus Welcome Days Emergencyplans Document whose main purpose is to ensure that in the event of an emergency, everyone knows the actions that must be implemented (first of all) to guarantee the safe evacuation of the entire building. SPPR

  17. Erasmus Welcome Days • Procedures in the case of an alarm • The procedures to be adopted in the case of alarm are distinguished between the different types of work environments (offices, crowded public buildings, companies, etc..). • However, there are several aspects that are always present: • Keeping calm (for this purpose it is important to have fundamental knowledge of the procedures and recurrent training that allows you to become familiar with the operations to be undertaken); • Strictly adhere to the provisions in the emergency plan; • Avoid transmitting panic to other people; • Provide assistance to those who are in trouble, if you have the ability to do so • Leave immediately, according to procedures(e.g., a company may be required to secure the process plant, or in a school it may be • necessary for the teacher to take the class record with them • in order to carry out the verification for the evacuation of all • students); • Do not enter the building until it is restored to normal • conditions

  18. Erasmus Welcome Days What must you do in case of hearthquake? . Keep away from big windows, cupboard, cabinet or scelves. After seism reach quickly the safety meeting place. East Sicily is at high risk of earthquake

  19. Erasmus Welcome Days Risks at University The University is a diverse workplace and there are hazards associated with teaching and working in laboratories and workshops. The Professors who teach or conduct and supervise research are responsible for those whom they teach and supervise. Now we’re looking for a main hazards at university SPPR

  20. Erasmus Welcome Days Risk analysis for special areas Storerooms - Warehouses Oxygen or other gas store rooms

  21. Erasmus Welcome Days Risk analysis for special areas Chemical - nuclear laboratories

  22. Erasmus Welcome Days Risk analysis for special areas libraries archives

  23. Erasmus Welcome Days Tackling the Risks To tackle the risks and to make the workplacesafe it is needed to implement measures to control the risks, like: • procedures • supervision • training • information activity Then , in these cases it is needed to reduce the risk, it is important to adopt PPE (Personal ProtectiveEquipment) “PPE is equipment that will protect the user against health or safety risks at work. It can include items such as safety helmets and hard hats, gloves, eye protection, high-visibility clothing, safety footwear and safety harnesses”(By HSE guide)

  24. Erasmus Welcome Days Thanks for yourattention sppr@unict.it

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