1. The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999

2. Risk Assessment
Risk assess for employees and others who may be affected (visitors, contractors etc.)
5 Steps
Identify, Decide, Evaluate, Record, Review & Revise
Suitable and Sufficient
Young persons

3. Principles of Prevention
Avoid risks altogether
Assess risks which cannot be avoided
Combat risks at source
Adapt work to the individual
Adapt to technical progress
Substitution
Develop an overall prevention policy
Give priority to collective measures
Instruct/train employees
Develop a positive safety culture

4. Health & Safety Arrangements
Health & Safety Management system:
Planning
Organisation
Control
Monitoring
Review
Record arrangements if 5 or more staff

5. Health Surveillance When the RA shows the following to apply:
Identifiable disease/condition associated;
Valid detection techniques are available;
Reasonable likelihood that disease/condition will occur;
Surveillance is likely to further protection.
Communicate to employees and reps
May require assistance of medical practitioner

6. Health & Safety Assistance
Appoint one or more competent persons
Adequate co-operation between them
Provide time and resources
Appoint people in employment where possible

7. Procedures for Serious & Imminent Danger
Appropriate procedures
Inform staff; Stop work immediately; Not resume work where danger still exists
Nominate competent persons to implement
Restrict access where necessary

8. Contact with External Services
Procedures for contact in case of serious and imminent danger
Fire and bomb normally sufficient
Review and revise in light of changes

9. Information for Employees
Provide information on:
Risks identified by assessment;
Preventive and protective measures;
Emergency procedures (and nominated people)
Risks from other employers
Provide information to parents of children on:
Risks and protective/preventive measures

10. Co-operation & Co-ordination
Where 2 or more employers share workplace:
Co-operate with other employers
Inform other employers of risks
Appoint H&S co-ordinator, where there is no controlling employer

11. Persons working in host employers undertakings
Provide contractors and their employers with information on:
Risks from employers undertaking
Protective and preventive measures
Includes temporary staff from agencies

12. Capabilities & Training
Take account of employees capabilities
Provide adequate h&s training on:
Recruitment
Exposed to new or increased risks
Training shall be:
Repeated periodically where appropriate
Adapted where necessary
During work hours

13. Employees duties
Use machinery, equipment, substances, transport, means of production or safety device in accordance with any training or instruction given by employer.
Inform employer of:
Work situation which presents a serious & imminent danger to health & safety
Shortcoming in protection arrangements for health & safety

14. Temporary Workers
Provide agencies, temps & fixed-term employees with information on:
Special qualifications or skills necessary to carry out work safely
Health surveillance required

15. New/Expectant Mothers
If women of child-bearing age and risks present which could cause harm, then:
Include in risk assessment
May be necessary to alter working conditions, hours of work or suspend employee from work (especially night work where GP provides certificate)
Women must notify the employer that she is pregnant (and provide a certificate)

16. Protection of Young Persons
Protect young persons
Do not employ them for work;
Beyond their physical/psychological capacity
Toxic/carcinogenic/radiation
Hot/cold/noise/vibration
Young persons can train in the above if:
It is necessary for their training;
Supervised by competent person; and
Risks are reduced to lowest level reasonably practicable

17. Exclusion of Civil Liability
Breach of a duty imposed by these Regs does not imply civil liability except for Pregnant women and young persons
CD due to remove this exclusion