Describe the Roles and Responsibilities of Each Person Involved for Current Health and Safety Regulations (This Should Cover at Least 4 Different Relevant Regulations)
Health and safety in the workplace is not only the responsibility of the designated Health and Safety Officer, it is the duty of all members of staff to be responsible for the safety of everyone they may have to deal with during the working day; both their colleagues and members of the public.
The Health and Safety Executive are people whose role is to promote safety in the workplace; both by providing information to employers and their employees, and also by ensuring that rules and guidelines are in use in everyday practice.
The employer has a responsibility to follow the regulation which is known as the ‘Health and Safety at Work Act 1974’. This is An Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment medical advisory service. The main objectives of this Act are:
- Protect the health, safety and welfare of people at work.
- Eliminate risks to health and safety at their source.
- Protect the public against risks to health and safety caused by people at work
It is important to abide by this law because we need to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.
The next act I’m going to write about is ‘The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999’. The main objectives of this act are:
You must review risk assessments periodically and make modifications if there are any significant changes in working practices or equipment
If safety procedures can ever be improved, appropriate steps should be taken accordingly. You are expected to take reasonable steps to
The Health and Safety Executive are people whose role is to promote safety in the workplace; both by providing information to employers and their employees, and also by ensuring that rules and guidelines are in use in everyday practice.
The employer has a responsibility to follow the regulation which is known as the ‘Health and Safety at Work Act 1974’. This is An Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment medical advisory service. The main objectives of this Act are:
- Protect the health, safety and welfare of people at work.
- Eliminate risks to health and safety at their source.
- Protect the public against risks to health and safety caused by people at work
It is important to abide by this law because we need to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.
The next act I’m going to write about is ‘The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999’. The main objectives of this act are:
You must review risk assessments periodically and make modifications if there are any significant changes in working practices or equipment
If safety procedures can ever be improved, appropriate steps should be taken accordingly. You are expected to take reasonable steps to