Health & Safety Duties for those involved in Business

Employer’s Duties:

• Provide and maintain work systems which are safe and healthy
• Deal with substances in a safe manner
• Provide information, instruction, training and supervision
• Maintain safe and healthy workplaces with the necessary facilities
• Provide a written Health & Safety Policy if 5 or more people are employed
• Safety Representatives and Safety Committees

Employee’s Duties:

• Take reasonable care of themselves and others in their work area
• Co-operate with their employers on matters of Health & Safety
• Must not interfere with equipment which is provided for Health & Safety purposes

Duties of Self-Employed:

• Not to put other people at risk by the way they work

Duties of Designers, Manufacturers, Suppliers & Installers:

• Legal responsibility for design and construction of articles
• Use of substances
• Testing & Installation
• Provision of adequate information e.g. instructions for safe use of machinery