- The work place is safe
- To avoid risks effecting the health of employees and public members
- To offer sufficient first aid services.
- To calculate risks beforehand and reduce the risk by taking safety measures
- To arrange emergency plans
- To label risks with big signs
- To supply protective gear for free if needed to ensure the health and safety.
What responsibilities do employees have to do?
An employee has to ensure and take responsibility of his/her own health and follow the instructions of his/her employer.
To do this an employee has to make sure to:
- Cooperate with their employer and follow the instructions given by the employer
- Make sure use and not misuse the equipment supplied by the employer
- Report any injuries caused by doing your job
- Make use of the protective gear provided by the employer. Always wear the protective gear when need throughout work
The management of health and safety at work regulation 1999
Their purpose is to:
In order to take care of all those you work with such as employees, contractors, clients or customers the MHSW policy has been set in place since December 1999. The aim of the regulations is to lessen harm by measuring all the possible threats and to produce action plans for emergency situations (risk assessment). And train staff so they can help going through the procedures
To ensure this the employers must be certain to:
- Create a risk assessment
- Review the risk assessment regularly
- Have experienced and trained staff so they can go through the procedures appropriately
How to make a risk assessment:
- Finding out the risks
- Determining who could be harmed
- Evaluating the risks
- Keeping a record of your findings
- Reviewing the risk assessment
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, 1998
Their purpose is to:
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 also know as PUWER layer down needs for company concerning the safety and use of all work equipment. The most important purpose of PUWER is to make sure that work equipment should not effect to a rise of the health and safety risks, regardless of its age, state or source. The health and safety of the employees should not be at risk because of the equipments.
To ensure this the work equipment provided by the employers must:
- Be built or modified so it is suitable for the function for which it is going to be used for.
- Have checked the working conditions and the risks to the health and safety of persons which exist in the working place and any other risks caused by the use of that work equipment for when they selected the work equipment.
- Ensure that the work equipment is only used for suitable operations and under the suitable conditions only.
To ensure these regulations in a factory employers must:
- Provide all the employees with an appropriate amount of health and safety training.
- Regularly take a risk assessment to ensure the working environment is safe.
- Provide employees with the appropriate uniform if necessary. So the employees are protected from burns and scalds at work when working with any equipment which could cause harm to the employee.
Hazard and Critical Control Points as part of the Food Safety Act, 1990
Their purpose is to:
The Food Safety Act 1990 is wide-ranging legislation on food safety. The key purposes of the Act 1990 is to make sure that all food meets consumers’ expectations in terms of nature, substance and quality and is not misleadingly presented; and to provide legal powers and specify offences in relation to public health and consumers interest.
CLEAPSS is a recommended facility supplying help in science and technology for a group of local authorities and their schools with organization for pupils with particular requirements. CLEAPPS provides assistance from nursery education through to A-level studies or alike.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 regulations also often known as the COSHH regulations call for companies to consider and avoid the dangers to health and safety from the use of any hazardous material used in the workplace. A substance categorized as 'irritant' 'toxic', 'very toxic', 'harmful', or 'corrosive' by law is hazardous.
