The enforcement of health and safety depends on the main activity undertaken. The Health and Safety Executive typically enforces at higher risk workplaces such as construction sites and factories. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) enforces on the railways. Local Authorities (usually Environmental Health Officers) enforce at lower risk premises such as retailers, offices … Read more
At a fundamental level, employers are required to provide: • safe and suitable plant and equipment• safe systems of work, with adequate supervision and instruction• safe premises, including safe access and egress• safe and competent employees The basis of British health and safety law is the Health and Safety at Work Act, which is known as primary legislation and sets out … Read more
Consider an accident where an apprentice carpenter cuts off his fingers using an unguarded band saw. He may well take civil action against his employer, blaming the employer for negligently causing his injury (by not fitting a guard to the saw) and seeking compensation (referred to as damages) for his loss. If the civil courts … Read more