Are you covered by health and safety laws?

The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) have a really useful website where you can find out about Health and Safety legislation that affects you.

All work activities are covered by health and safety laws. The Health and Safety Executive enforces a range of legislation, including;

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Regulations made under this act apply to all work situations, for example the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations.

Other laws that cover particular hazards, such as parts of the Food and Environmental Protection Act and the Control of Pesticides Regulations, both of which are about pesticides.

Laws that cover health and safety in specific industries such as mining, nuclear, railway, explosives and offshore oil and gas;

Older laws that predate the Health and safety at Work Act, and cover a range of industries, but not all workplaces, such as the Factories Act and regulations made under it. Most of these laws are gradually being modernised.

For more information follow the link:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/workers/hswrole.htm

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