Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Many companies duties under the Regulations include are making risk assessments to the
health and safety of its employees and staff, and to act on the risks that they encounter so
that they can reduce them. The Regulations require employers to provide sufficient lighting,
heating, ventilation and workspace, staff facilities, including toilets, washing facilities and
refreshment; and safe passageways, to prevent slipping and tripping hazards. A risk
assessment should identify hazards in the workplace and also identify those workers who
might be harmed. The person in charger should complete and review and make
modifications to safety standards if there are any changes in working practices or
equipment. These risk assessments must be recorded systematically.
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
This act defines the basic structure and authority for the encouragement, enforcement and
regulation of health, safety and welfare within the workplace. The Act provides general
tasks on employers, employees, and suppliers of goods and persons in control of work
premises, and those who manage and maintain them, and persons in general. The health
and safety at work act has main duties which are put in place to protect people at the
workplace so that they are not injured or harmed whilst working or in the work premises, an
example of this could be loose cables on the floor which could create a trip hazard or a
substance that was incorrectly stored.
Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992
The Workplace Regulations 1992 is a United Kingdom Statutory Instrument that stipulates
general requirements on accommodation standards for nearly all workplaces. The
regulations implemented European Union directive on minimum safety and health
requirements for the workplace and repeal and supersede much of the Factories Act
1961and Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963. The aim of the regulations is to
ensure that the basic welfare needs of employees are deal with. These welfare needs are
broken down into two broad areas; the working environment and facilities.
Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences 1995
This regulation is RIDDOR which is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations 1995. By law it is required for employers, as well as people who are
self-employed and people who are in control of a premises, to report specified incidents in
the workplace. These can include a wide range of things such as dangerous occurrences
when a serious accident was luckily avoided all the way to work related deaths. Reporting
accidents and ill health at work is a legal requirement. The information enables the Health
and Safety Executive and local authorities, to identify where and how risks arise, and to
investigate serious accidents.
