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The information enables the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local government authorities "to identify where and how risks arise, and to investigate serious accidents". [ 3 ] During 2006-2007 about 30 million working days were lost due to work-related ill health, and 6 million due to workplace injury.
Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996; Both of these (as amended) are supported by Approved Codes of Practice and guidance issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). [15] Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees) Regulations 1989 [16]
Tolley's Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2008. London: Butterworths. ISBN 978-0-7545-3318-4. Health and Safety Executive (2003). COSHH essentials: Easy steps to control chemicals. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (HSG193) (2nd ed.). London: HSE books. ISBN 0-7176-2737-3. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020
The HSE's [clarification needed] Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) [7] gives practical advice on how to comply with the law. It states that following the advice given complies with CDM regulations. Violation of the health and safety law/code carries legal consequences. ACoP came into force in April 2007.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, a United Kingdom statutory instrument, stipulate general requirements on accommodation standards for nearly all workplaces. The regulations implemented European Union directive 89/654/EEC on minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace and repealed and superseded much of ...
The regulations applies to the occupational health and safety within the territorial borders of Great Britain, also on offshore installations. [4] [5] [6] It does not apply to the marking of dangerous goods and substances itself, only its storage or pipes, nor the regulation of road, rail, inland waterway, sea or air traffic, nor to signs used aboard of sea-going ships. [1]
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a British public body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare. It has additionally adopted a research role into occupational risks in the United Kingdom. It is a non-departmental public body with its headquarters in Bootle, England. [1]
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) (abbreviated to "HSWA 1974", "HASWA" or "HASAWA") is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that as of 2011 defines the fundamental structure and authority for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom.