10 Health and safety

•Introduction
•Health and safety at work
•The main elements of Health and Safety Law
•A summary of additional regulations
•Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
•Risks when working with visual display units (VDUs)
•Reporting in hostile environments
•Reporting sports events
•Working as a freelance
•And finally …
•Suggested activities
•Sources and resources

Introduction

It is not feasible to address here all health and safety issues within print and broadcast industries with their wide diversity of products and personnel. Suffice to say that this chapter will concentrate on Health and Safety Law as a whole with specific sections related to the work of journalists and broadcasters. Primarily, personal ...

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