Occupational Health & Safety Solutions: Practical Compliance

Health and safety legislation places significant responsibilities on employers and managers to protect the health and safety of their workers, but the subject area is seen as both complex and technical in nature, often requiring the input of professionals. This book dispels these myths by taking a unique approach, allowing somebody with little or no knowledge of the subject to understand their legal duties and then take a practical step-by-step approach to control workplace risks and prevent accidents.

Occupational Health & Safety Solutions: Practical Compliance is a reworking and updating of Jordan Publishing’s Health and Safety Management, published by LexisNexis from 1997 to 2023. The book takes a comprehensive approach by covering the main subject areas of occupational health and safety and is relevant to all types of workplaces. It provides enough background knowledge for the reader to understand what the law requires, and what needs to be done to achieve compliance, with the main emphasis being on practical application. Providing the reader with the ability to manage health and safety through a process of flowcharts, diagrams, and extensive checklists, the book draws on the expertise of the authors and current best practice within industry. Each chapter sets out a clear, practical approach to identifying and managing risks, thereby enabling a robust and successful health and safety management system to be established in any workplace.

The book is written for non-safety professionals such as managers and directors who want to discharge and manage their health and safety responsibilities in their workplace without the need to engage a consultant. It will also appeal to the safety professional by providing an authoritative guide to current best practice together with the practicalities of managing health and safety risks.

Ian Bollans BSC (Hons) CMIOSH CMCIEH has 35 years’ experience as a Health and Safety Inspector and has also managed an internal health and safety service for two large diverse organisations. He is an experienced trainer and the author of Jordan’s Health and Safety Management and Jordan’s Health and Safety Training Solutions. Ian is currently Editor-in-Chief for Agora Publishing producing their flagship monthly publication Health and Safety Adviser.

David Preece BSc (Hons) CMIOSH CMCIEH has wide experience in health and safety, including working as H.M Inspector of Health and Safety with the Health and Safety Executive, as a local authority health and safety inspector with two large authorities, and as health and safety adviser with a national retailer. David currently works for the Government where he specialises in risk and the assessment of risks presented by complex hazards. David also co-authored Jordan’s Health and Safety Management.