Written by specialists in health and safety, this book is a handy, 'one-stop' guide for anyone responsible for health and safety issues in the workplace. It sets out the background to health and safety law and provides practical advice on how to:

• »  Prepare your own health and safety policy document
• »  Assess the risks in the workplace
• »  Provide information to your employees or colleagues 
• »  React when an accident occurs
• »  Train your workforce
• »  Cope with an investigation by the Health & Safety Executive

Now in its fifth edition, the book has just been updated to include new sections on agency workers, the new Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 and a section on the new Smoke Free Regulations.

For use in England, Wales and Scotland.

1. Your legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act
2. Preparing your own health and safety policy document
3. What to do when an accident occurs
4. How to produce your own risk assessment
5. Dangers of manual handling and VDU work
6. Health surveillance
7. Insurance provisions
8. Emergency procedures
9. How to defend against Health and Safety Executive prosecutions