Workshop. Health and Safety at Work Act. Before 1974 approximately 8 million employees had no legal safety protection at work. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 provides the legal framework to promote, stimulate and encourage high standards of health and safety in places of work. It protects employees and the public from work activities. Everyone has a duty to comply with the Act, including employers, employees, trainees, self-employed, manufacturers, suppliers, designers, importers of work equipment. Employers' responsibilities The Act places a general duty to 'ensure so far as is reasonably practicable the health, safety and welfare at work of all their employees'.
Employers must comply with the Act. An employer is forbidden to charge his or her employees for any measures which he or she is required to provide in the interests of health and safety (for example, personal protective equipment). Employees’ responsibilities Employees have specific responsibilities too - they must: Enforcement of Health and Safety legislation 1. Harmful gases giving from cars. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) - Work equipment and machinery. These Regulations, often abbreviated to PUWER, place duties on people and companies who own, operate or have control over work equipment.
PUWER also places responsibilities on businesses and organisations whose employees use work equipment, whether owned by them or not. PUWER requires that equipment provided for use at work is: suitable for the intended use safe for use, maintained in a safe condition and inspected to ensure it is correctly installed and does not subsequently deteriorate used only by people who have received adequate information, instruction and training accompanied by suitable health and safety measures, such as protective devices and controls. These will normally include emergency stop devices, adequate means of isolation from sources of energy, clearly visible markings and warning devices used in accordance with specific requirements, for mobile work equipment and power presses What is work equipment? What you must do What you should know.
This sign could be found on a lorry warning you about thi... Telling you what you need to be safe, giving you warnings... What Does Riddor Mean - Ask Jeeves. The fire triangle is used to show the 3 things that would... Hard hat! this would be used if working under a car, ear ... COSHH. Where a person suffers damage caused by a breach of a duty imposed by regulations, they have a cause of action in tort against the offender.[8] The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations have been in place for more than 20 years and the scientific evidence suggests that over this time industry has, in general, been consistently reducing exposure to hazardous substances.
European Legislation implemented[edit] The regulations implement the following European Union (EU) directives:[2] The regulations are consistent with Commission Directive 91/322/EEC requirements on indicative limit values.[2] Prohibited substances[edit] Import prohibited[edit] Import is prohibited into the UK, other than from another EU member state or member of the European Economic Area, of (reg.4(2)): Contravention is an offence under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 rather than health and safety regulations.
Supply prohibited[edit] Prohibited for specified purposes[edit] Exceptions[edit] This fire extinguisher grid shows where each one can be u...