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Health & Safety at Work Homepage

Health & Safety can be a bewildering subject. We have put together some information to help you understand the basic requirements that any business will need to consider in order to manage Health & Safety effectively.

Health & Safety Advice for Businesses

For straightforward help and advice (including starting up a business):

Health & Safety at Work Advice

More detailed advice on specific topics:

|European Safety & Health Campaign
Provides the opportunity to highlight Health & Safety issues of local relevance.

 

|Image of vduDisplay screen equipment (VDU)
Common complaints include eye strain, stress, hand and wrist problems and neck and back ache.

 

|Image of electric cableElectricity
About 1000 accidents at work per year involving electric shocks or burns are reported to the HSE.

 

|Image of gas flameGas
What does the law require regarding the safety of gas appliances.

 

|Image of thermometerHeat stress
Guidance on the issue of heat stress in the workplace.

 

|Image of a stressed personStress
Stress is not an illness but it can lead to increased problems with ill health.

 

|testSun advice
Sun protection advice should be included in routine health and safety training.

 

|Image of sunbedSunbed advice for businesses
Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 - under 18 year olds are no longer permitted to use sunbeds and tanning studios.

 

|Image of a ladderWorking at heights
Working at height describes work undertaken "off the ground".

 

|Image of bothered by noise imagesControl of noise levels in entertainment venues
Help protect your hearing and that of your employees.

 

|image of a wet floor signSlips and trips
Measures that can be taken to reduce or eliminate slips, trips and falls.

 

|Image of forklift truck signWorkplace transport
Every year about 70 people are killed in transport related accidents in workplaces.

 

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