How safety in the workplace has evolved

Ged Nash, the business and employment minister, served for many years as a trade-union official and it is perhaps no coincidence that he was on hand recently to launch The Safety Representative Resource Book, which deals in some detail with aspects of health and safety. It is to some extent modelled on a recent publication issued by the Trade Union Congress in Britain.

How safety in the workplace has evolved

The book covers the evolution of the law, detailing the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act, 2005, which replaced a 1989 Act, the first piece of legislation to deal comprehensively with the topic. There are sections devoted to enforcement, consultation, and varying occupational safety roles.

The book deals with hazards in the workplace, which range from asbestos to chemicals and hazardous substances, electricity, ‘explosive atmospheres’. It also discusses ‘falls from heights, work at heights, and falling objects’, and ‘slips, trips, falls on the same level’.

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