Roles are Responsibilities of Employees.
Every employee while at work shall:
- Take care for the health and safety of them self and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or actions at work; and
- Co-operate with their employer or any other person in charge, to see that the requirement to be performed are meet with.
Roles and Responsibilities of Management.
The management’s main responsibility is to ensure the health and safety of workers and to reduce risks caused by work activities, to employees and members of the public. They need to have, and make sure workers know about, a written statement of health and safety policy and that they know about the arrangements to put it into effect.
They should also:
- Assess the risks that employees could face at work;
- Have arrangements for planning, organising, controlling, monitoring and reviewing protective measures;
- Have someone who will ensure the workplace complies with health and safety law; and
- Make sure employees know about the risks they face and that they have the correct personal protective equipment.
Roles and Responsibilities of Sub-Contractors.
Every sub-contractor should:
- Know their responsibilities to the health and safety of all workers affected by their activities in the workplace;
- Co-operate with the contractor, other sub-contractors and self-employed people, and occupational health committees in protecting the health and safety of everyone in the workplace;
- Conduct their work in a way that does not endanger anyone’s health and safety;
- Provide information that could affect the health and safety of others to the contractor, other subcontractors and self-employed people, and to their occupational health committees; and
- Know and follow relevant parts of the contractor’s health and safety program.
Roles and Responsibilities of Members of the Public.
Every member of the public should not interfere or misuse anything that has been provided in the interest of health, safety and welfare. This includes: fire escapes, fire extinguishers, perimeter fencing, warning notices for hazards, protective clothing, guards on machinery and containers for dangerous substances.
Roles and Responsibilities of the HSE.
HSE stands for Health and Safety Executives. They have inspectors who go around all work places to ensure that health and safety is upheld. They have the power to change and enforce health and safety, or even close down a work place if they feel it necessary.
Bellow is a description of the HSE, what they do, what they are in charge of and who is in charge of them:
“Britain's Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain. Our mission is to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. We look after health and safety in nuclear installations and mines, factories, farms, hospitals and schools, offshore gas and oil installations, the safety of the gas grid and the movement of dangerous goods and substances, railway safety, and many other aspects of the protection both of workers and the public. Local authorities are responsible to HSC for enforcement in offices, shops and other parts of the services sector. The HSC is sponsored by the Department of Work and Pensions and is ultimately accountable to the Minister of State for Work, the Right Honourable Jane Kennedy MP.”
This was obtained from the HSE website: