Legislation

Question 1

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Answer 1

• Establishes key duties and responsibilities for employers and employees
• Employers have a duty of care to provide a safe working environment. They should provide training to employees
• The act establishes the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as a regulator for health and safety in the workplace

Question 2

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Answer 2

• If regulations are not followed accidents could take place leading to harm/ injury and possibly legal implications or job loss
• Having risk assessments is a legal requirement, not having them could lead to harm and legal action

Question 3

Date Protection Act 1998

Answer 3

• Date must be fairly and lawfully processed
• Only used for the purpose intended
• Information must not be kept longer than necessary

Question 4

COSHH 2002

Answer 4

(Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)
- Provides correct procedures for handling/ storing and disposing of medicines, chemicals and waste
- Ensures correct PPE has been provided
- Hazardous substances are locked away

Question 5

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

Answer 5

• Reduces hazardous manual handling
• Training, information and supervision of hazardous manual handling
• Requires risk assessments of manual handling

Question 6

RIDDOR 2013

Answer 6

(Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Regulations)
- Report all accidents that cause death
- Staff training on hoe to report
- Keep records of incidents/ accidents/ near misses
- Risk assessments and control measures required

Question 7

Food Safety (General Hygiene Regulations) 1995

Answer 7

• Requires risk assessments and control measures to reduce cross- contamination of food
• Good personal hygiene of staff ensured
• Good hygiene of food prep areas
• Aims to reduce the spread of disease

Question 8

Food Safety Act 1990

Answer 8

• Good personal hygiene is maintained when working with food
• Records of where the food is from
• Incident report completed for unsafe food

Question 9

Civil Contingencies Act 2004

Answer 9

• A framework for emergency planning and response ranging from local to national levels
• Instructions for workplaces to follow during the emergency
• Organisations work together with emergency services, local authorities and health bodies
• Risk assessments in place