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Health and safety is about preventing people from being harmed by work activities or becoming ill by not taking the right precautions and providing a satisfactory working environment. As health and safety at work is so important, there are rules which require all of us not to put ourselves or others in danger. The law is also there to protect the public from workplace dangers.
Health and safety laws apply to all businesses, however small, and also to the self-employed and to employees.
Inspectors from the Food & Safety Team and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) enforce the legislation. Local Authorities enforce in offices, public houses, shops, hotels, catering premises and leisure activities. The HSE inspect factories, mines, fairground rides, building sites, local government offices etc. We visit workplaces to check that people are complying with the rules. We investigate some accidents and complaints but mainly we help you to understand what you need to do. We enforce only when something is seriously wrong.
You can contact an inspector at Elizabeth House or use a confidential telephone information service called Infoline which is open Monday - Friday between 8 am and 6 pm. You can contact Infoline by telephoning 08701 545500 or by fax on 02920 859260, or e-mail hseinformationservices@natbrit.com.
Complaints & Enquiries
If you need to make a complaint or an enquiry regarding issues relating to environmental protection, food safety, health and safety, infectious disease and smoking in public places, you can do so by using our new online form.
Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance
You may need to have Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance if you employ anyone and you must display the insurance certificate. See the free leaflet, Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance Act 1969. A guide for employers HSE40, available from HSE Books on 01787 881165 or from www.hsebooks.co.uk.
The health and safety law poster (ISBN 0 7176 2493 5) must be displayed if you employ anyone. Alternatively you can provide your employees with individual copies of the same information in a leaflet called Health and safety law: What you should know (available in packs of 25 ISBN 0 7176 1702 5). The poster and leaflets are available from HSE Books.
Injuries at work must be recorded and some accidents need to be reported.
For information on which ones and who should report them please contact the Public Protection team on 01789 260832, or by email at envhealth@stratford-dc.gov.uk
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