1.4 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Flashcards
Which section of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
General duties of employers to their employees
Every employer has to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees.
Section 2, Subsection (1)
Which section of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Examples of the extent of the general duty include (so far as is reasonably practicable):
(a) the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are safe and without risks to health;
(b) arrangements for ensuring health and safety with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances;
(c) the provision of information, instruction, training and supervision to ensure, the health and safety at work of employees;
(d) maintenance of any workplace, under his control, in a healthy and safe
condition, including any means of access and egress; and
(e) the provision and maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment with adequate facilities and arrangements for the welfare of
employees at work.
Section 2 Subsection (2)
Which section of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
The employer has an absolute duty (shall) to prepare and revise, as necessary, a written statement of his general policy with respect to the health and safety
at work of his employees and the organisation and arrangements in force for carrying out the policy.
The statement and any revision of it has to be brought to the notice of all of employees.
Section 2, Subsection (3)
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
allow the Secretary of State to make Regulations
allowing:
recognised trade unions to appoint safety representatives to represent the
employees in consultation with the employer; or
direct election by employees of safety representatives from amongst the
employees.
Section 2, Subsections (4) and (5)
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
The employer has an absolute duty to consult safety representatives regarding arrangements for enabling employee cooperation in promoting and developing
and checking measures to ensure the health and safety at work of the employees.
Section 2, Subsection (6)
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
the duty of every employer, if requested by safety representatives, to establish a safety committee to keep under review the measures taken to ensure the health and safety at work of his employees.
Section 2, Subsection (7)
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Duties of employers and self-employed to others
Every employer and self-employed person has a duty to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his
employment, who may be affected, are not exposed to risks to their health and safety.
Self-employed persons are also required to protect themselves from risks to their own health and safety.
The section also allows for Regulations to be made requiring the employer / self-employed person to provide relevant health and safety information to non-employees.
Section 3
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Duty of person in control of premises for health and safety of non-employees
Any person who has, to any extent control of:
work premises; or of
the means of access or egress; or of
any plant or substance in such premises.
Section 4
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers,
suppliers and installers
Any person who designs, manufactures, imports, or supplies any article or substance for use at work has duties to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable:
that the article or substance is safe and without risks to health when properly used;
any necessary research and testing or examination of the article or substance is properly undertaken; and that adequate information is provided to ensure its safe use.
Section 6
What does Section 7 of HASAWA cover?
General Duties of Employees at Work
What two duties to employees have under HASAWA?
to take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and of other persons
to co-operate with his employer
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Duty to not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare
Section 8
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Duty of employer not to levy a charge on employees
The employer cannot charge an employee (or allow an employee to be charged) for anything done or provided to comply with health and safety legislation.
Section 9
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Offences Due to Fault of Another Person
If person ‘A’ commits an offence because of an act or default of person ‘B’, then person ‘B’ may also be charged and convicted of the offence as well as, or instead of person ‘A’.
Section 36
Which (Sub)section(s) of the Health and Safety at Work Act is being described below:
Offences by a Body Corporate
Where an offence committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent, connivance, or neglect of any director, manager, secretary or similar officer, the director may also be charged and convicted of the offence.
Section 37
