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The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1

STEP 1 Place the arm that is nearest to you at a STEP 2 Move the other arm and rest the back of STEP 3 Pull the knee towards you, keeping the
90° right angle. their hand against their cheek. Then take hold of person’s hand pressed against their cheek, and
the knee furthest away from you and pull it up position the leg at a 90° angle.
until the foot is flat against the floor.

STEP 4 Make sure that the airway stays open by STEP 5 Monitor the casualty’s condition and try
tilting the head back and lifting the chin. Check to reassure them until help arrives. You must
the casualty’s breathing once more. not leave them unattended for more than three
minutes.
p Figure 1.27 The recovery position
Recording and reporting accidents and

near misses at work

All accidents and incidents on-site should be properly recorded in the company’s
accident book and, if necessary, reported.

It is important that you have a basic understanding of accident reporting in
terms of what the law says and what you should do.
Every accident should be reported – an accident report book should be on every
site or place of work, usually with the site manager or whoever is in charge
of the site or workshop. Make sure that you report any accident that you are
involved in as soon as possible. Serious injuries are reportable under RIDDOR
(see page 6).

Obviously, some accidents are more serious than others. Any accident that
results in death, major injury or more than three days’ absence from work is
called a ‘reported accident’. Any accident of this type should be reported to the
p Figure 1.28 Accident report HSE as soon as possible. Accidents where persons require hospital treatment
book must be recorded at the place of work, even if no treatment was given there.

There is no set place to keep an accident book, but it needs to be kept in a place
that is accessible and often is kept where first aid is available. Employers must
make employees aware of where the accident book is kept.

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