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Occupational Safety and HealthGeneral Certificate and Diploma
Definitions
In the NEBOSH examination you can often pick up two points for knowing a
definition. Beyond those two points you can use the a definition to contibute
to an answer worth more. The list below will give you most, if not all, of the
definitions that NEBOSH work to
The second table gives some of the legal definitions that you will be exposed
to in the diploma
Follow this link to the definitions test page where you can check your
memory
Safety The freedom from unacceptable risk of harm
HealthA state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing,
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Welfare Looking after people's basic needs
AccidentAn unwanted, unplanned event resulting in loss, injury or
damage
Incident /
Near Miss
An unwanted, unplanned event that had the potential to
result in loss, injury or damage
Hazard Something with the potential to cause harm
RiskThe likelihood of harm occurring and the severity of that
harm
Efficiency Doing things right
Effectiveness Doing the right things
NegligenceA tort, or civil wrong, involving a breach of common law duty
of care resulting in loss, injury or harm
AttitudeA tendency to respond in a particular way to given
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Attitudecircumstances
Aptitude A natural predisposition towards an ability
Perception
The way in which a person interprets or makes sense of
presented information, for example in relation to their
surroundings
MotivationIs the driving force behind the way a person reacts in order
to achieve a goal
TrainingThe systematic development of skills, attitude and knowledge
to perform adequately a task or a job
Confined
Space
Any space of an enclosed nature in which there is a
‘specified risk of serious injury’ from conditions or substances
in, or close to, that space
Human Error
Is a decision or act that was not intended, which involves a
deviation from an accepted standard and which leads to an
undesirable outcome
Manual
Handling
Is any transporting or supporting (lifting, putting down,
pushing, pulling, carrying or moving) of a load by hand or
bodily force
Legal Definitions from the Diploma
Ratio
Decidendi
(The Reason for the Decision) A statement of law based on an
study of the facts and the legal issues related to them.
Becomes the Binding Precedent
Obiter
Dicta
(Words said By The Way) Not based on the case under review,
these may contain a statement about the law but which will not
therefore be part of the judgement. Sometimes referred to as
the persuasive authority
Judicial
PrecedentA decision of court to which authority is attached
Binding
Precedent
A decision made in a previous court case to which a judge is
bound to follow without choice, for example a lower court must
pay heed to judgements made in a higher court
PersuasiveAre judgements which are not binding but ones to which a
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Persuasive
precedentjudge will treat as influential. AN example is an English High
Court respecting the decision of a higher commonwealth court
Res Ipsa
Loquitor
Proof is not needed because the facts speak for themselves.
Used where the evidence is so compelling that a decision on
negligence can be made without recourse to further
investigation
Trespasser
A person who goes upon land without invitation of any sort and
whose presence is unknown to the proprietor or, if known, is
practically objected to - Robert Addie & Sons (Colliery) Ltd v.
Dumbreck [1929]
ultra viresbeyond the power - where a minister creating secondary
legislation has exceeded his power
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