HSE a British government organization that gives advice to companies about health and safety, and makes rules to prevent workers from being injured or becoming ill at work OSHA
a set of laws made in the UK in 1974 in order to protect people at work and make sure that they do not have to work in dangerous conditions, without the proper clothing or safety equipment etc
the activities carried out in your classroom must meet health and safety requirements You can ensure that this is the case by carrying out risk assessments and organising the activities so that all risks are controlled
a US government department which is responsible for health programmes, and for providing money and support for people who are poor, people who have no jobs, and people who have stopped working because they are old
general area of concern in employment which spans the physiological and psychological needs and well-being of persons engaged in occupations, work-related trauma and death, the prevention of work-related trauma and death, the protection from, or from risk of, work-related trauma and death, and the rehabilitation and retraining of persons who have suffered work-related trauma (CCH Occupational Health and Safety: Glossary, CCH International, 1992)
The spectrum of endeavors, encompassing many technical disciplines, which is aimed at protecting workers from injury or illness associated with exposure to hazards encountered in the workplace These hazards include both hazardous materials (such as poisons or reactive chemicals) and hazardous conditions (such as oxygen deficient environments or unshored trenches)
a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services; "the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in 1979"
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter