Health & Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive - www.hse.gov.uk

The Health & Safety Executive's job is to protect people against risks to health or safety arising from work activities. It is their mission to prevent death, injury and ill health in Great Britain’s workplaces. They do this by research, information and advice, promoting training, new or revised regulations and codes of practice, inspection, investigation and enforcement.

Health and Safety Legislation - www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/

The HSE aims to raise awareness of the health and safety legislation that applies to Great Britain. Here you can find out more about what legislation applies to specific industries and trace the Acts that are applicable.

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm

This is the primary piece of legislation for the UK and the HSE are responsible for enforcing it.

Strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond - www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/strategy2010.pdf

RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

The 1995 RIDDOR Act places a legal duty on employers, self-employed people and people in control of premises to report work-related deaths, major injuries or over-three-day injuries, work related diseases, and dangerous occurrences (near miss accidents). See reporting an accident for more information.

RIDDOR Incident Contact Centre - www.hse.gov.uk/riddor

OPSI - The Office of Public Sector Information

The following regulations or legislations are owned by the Office of Public Sector Information, or OPSI, who operate HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OPSI is part of the National Archives and publish all legislation in the UK.

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

Noise at Work Regulations 1989

Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002

Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989

Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

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