Health and Safety

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Health and Safety

• By Lucy Frazer-Canngtgt
• ltltMandy Hearse
• Sarah Jermaingtgtgt

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The Current Health and Safety Legislation

• Your health, safety and welfare are protected by
  law at work.
• Your employer has a duty to protect you and keep
  you informed
• about health and safety.
• You have a responsibility to look after yourself
  and others.
• If there is a problem you must discuss it with
  your employer or safety representative, if there
  is one.

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Health Safety at Work Act 1974

• The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 sets out
  the responsibilities of employers and employees
  with regard to safety in the workplace.
• The Health and Safety at Work Act sets out in
  broad terms the duties of those persons with
  responsibilities for health, safety and welfare
  within the workplace.
• Aims of the Act        
• To make Health and Safety everybody's
  responsibility, to promote safety awareness and
  to help people work together to keep each other
  safe.

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Your employers duties include

• Making your workplace safe and without risks to
  health
• Ensuring plant and machinery are safe and that
  safe systems of work are set and followed
• Ensuring articles and substances are moved,
  stored and used safely
• Providing adequate welfare facilities
• Giving you the information, instruction, training
  and supervision necessary
• For your health and safety.
• In particular, your employer must
• Assess the risks to your health and safety
• Make arrangements for implementing the health and
  safety measures
• Identified as being necessary by the assessment

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As an employee you have legal duties too!

• They include
• Taking reasonable care for your own health and
  safety and that of others who
• May be affected by what you do or do not do
• Co-operating with your employer on health and
  safety
• Correctly using work items provided by your
  employer, including personal protective
  equipment, in accordance with training or
  instructions and
• Not interfering with or misusing anything
  provided for your health, safety or welfare.