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  2. Environment, health and safety - Wikipedia

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    Environment, health and safety (EHS) (or health, safety and environment –HSE–, or safety, health and environment –SHE–) is an interdisciplinary field focused on the study and implementation of practical aspects environmental protection and safeguard of people's health and safety, especially in an occupational context. It is what ...

  3. Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An Act to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other ...

  4. Occupational safety and health - Wikipedia

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    The MHLW is responsible for enforcing Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1972 – the key piece of OSH legislation in Japan –, setting regulations and guidelines, supervising labor inspectors who monitor workplaces for compliance with safety and health standards, investigating accidents, and issuing orders to improve safety conditions.

  5. Early childhood education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    ECCE begins at birth and can be organized in a variety of non-formal, formal and informal modalities, such as parenting education, health-based mother and child intervention, care institutions, child-to-child programs, home-based or center-based [Child care|childcare], kindergartens and pre-schools. The whole goal of ECCE programs is to prepare ...

  6. As low as reasonably practicable - Wikipedia

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    They were originally developed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to illustrate their framework for the Tolerability of Risk (TOR), which set out the HSE's approach to regulating safety risks. While the ALARP principle applies at all levels of risk under UK health and safety law, the TOR framework captures the concept that some risks are ...

  7. Health and Safety Executive - Wikipedia

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    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a British public body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare. It has additionally adopted a research role into occupational risks in the United Kingdom. It is a non-departmental public body with its headquarters in Bootle, England. [2]

  8. Hierarchy of hazard controls - Wikipedia

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    Examples of administrative controls include: Implementing job rotation or work-rest schedules to limit individual exposure. Establishing a preventive maintenance program to ensure equipment is functioning properly. Scheduling high-exposure tasks during off-peak times when fewer workers are present. Restricting access to hazardous areas.

  9. Child care licensing in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Child care must be licensed in North Carolina. Child Care Licensing in North Carolina has been regulated by state statute since 1971. [1] The current system uses a 5-star rating system that awards points based on programming quality. [2] The more points, the higher the rating and thus, the more 'stars' issued.