What Do We Do

1
What Do We Do?

• Protect People By Reducing Risk

2
How Do We Do It?

• Enforce
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• and
• associated regulations

3
We Do This By

• Advice
• Written
• Verbal
• At visits
• Enforcement notices
• Improvement
• Prohibition
• Prosecution
• 20,000 Magistrates Court
• Unlimited Crown Court
• 2 years imprisonment for failure to comply with a
  notice

4
We Do This By

• Visit your companies usually without notice
• To undertake inspections
• To investigate complaints
• Visit usually with an appointment
• To investigate accidents
• To give advice
• To gather information

5
Your Responsibilities

• To comply with the law
• i.e. to control the risk from your activities so
  far as is reasonably practicable

6
Your Responsibilities

• You do this by
• Assessing the risk
• By engaging your brain
• By considering HSE guidance / legal standards
• By implementing the outcome e.g. rules,
  procedures and systems of work

7
Your Responsibilities

• Provide instruction and training e.g.
• Tell people
• Ensure they are capable of doing their job
• Do what is reasonable to ensure the rules are
  followed
• Check what is happening is OK and make any
  necessary adjustments

8
A Sad Tale

• Ipswich Crown Court
• Broken arm
• Fine 80,000

9
Why?

• Unsafe equipment
• Unsafe system
• Safe equipment hired when major customers visited
• Inaction when employees complained
• No action after accident until Inspector visited
  and served enforcement notice

10
Where To Get Help

• Infoline 08701 545500
• HSE website
• HSE guidance
• HSE officer
• Trade Organisation
• Local Safety Group

11
Finally

• Your task is to do what is reasonable to control
  risk
• Keep it simple
• Dont drown in paper
• Keep risk assessment in perspective it is only
  a tool
• Engage your brain !