20 episodes

Just how dangerous is the everyday workplace? What can be done to mitigate risks and avoid hazards? And what trade-offs have to be made between the competing demands of safety, efficiency and wider social responsibility? This album looks at three very different case studies - farming, food manufacturing and urban redevelopment - and explores the varying approaches to risk management within each different sphere. It includes a visit to Fox's Biscuits and Brooksby Agricultural College in the UK and the city of Pittsburgh in the USA, and includes interviews with participants, academics and professional experts. The material forms part of The Open University course T835, Integrated health, safety and environmental management.

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Just how dangerous is the everyday workplace? What can be done to mitigate risks and avoid hazards? And what trade-offs have to be made between the competing demands of safety, efficiency and wider social responsibility? This album looks at three very different case studies - farming, food manufacturing and urban redevelopment - and explores the varying approaches to risk management within each different sphere. It includes a visit to Fox's Biscuits and Brooksby Agricultural College in the UK and the city of Pittsburgh in the USA, and includes interviews with participants, academics and professional experts. The material forms part of The Open University course T835, Integrated health, safety and environmental management.

    Integrated health, safety and environmental management

    Integrated health, safety and environmental management

    A brief introduction to this album.

    • 1 min
    Transcript -- Integrated health, safety and environmental management

    Transcript -- Integrated health, safety and environmental management

    A brief introduction to this album.

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    Risk and biscuit manufacture

    Risk and biscuit manufacture

    Fox's biscuit factory might not seem a terribly dangerous place, but in fact there are many risks involved with biscuit manufacture, and Fox's have evolved a stringent and complex health and safety policy.

    • 9 min
    Transcript -- Risk and biscuit manufacture

    Transcript -- Risk and biscuit manufacture

    Fox's biscuit factory might not seem a terribly dangerous place, but in fact there are many risks involved with biscuit manufacture, and Fox's have evolved a stringent and complex health and safety policy.

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    Minimising risk

    Minimising risk

    How Fox's have created a strong safety culture in all areas of their operations, so that workers, consumers and local people are not exposed to needless risks.

    • 5 min
    Transcript -- Minimising risk

    Transcript -- Minimising risk

    How Fox's have created a strong safety culture in all areas of their operations, so that workers, consumers and local people are not exposed to needless risks.

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