Health and Safety Law Flashcards
What year was the Health and Safety at Work act enacted?
1974
What year was the Management of Health and Safety Act enacted?
1999
Health and Safety laws are enforced by inspectors from which two places?
- Health and Safety England
- The local authourity
The Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations were established in what year?
1992
Work at Height Regulations came into force on what date?
6 April 2005
The Provision and Use of Works Equipment Regulations (PUWER) was enacted in which year?
1998
The Construction (Design and Management)(CDM) Regulations were enacted in which year?
1994
What does COSHH stand for?
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
When was COSHH enacted?
2002
Name two things H&S inspectors have the power to do
- Gain access to site
- Ask for co-operation and ask questions
- Arrive unannounced
- Investigate accidents or complaints
- Give advice
- Issue an improvement or prohibition notice
- Prosecute a buisness or individual
Name two things H&S inspectors have the power to do
- Gain access to site
- Ask for co-operation and ask questions
- Arrive unannounced
- Investigate accidents or complaints
- Give advice
- Issue an improvement or prohibition notice
- Prosecute a buisness or individual
Name two things H&S inspectors have the power to do
- Gain access to site
- Ask for co-operation and ask questions
- Arrive unannounced
- Investigate accidents or complaints
- Give advice
- Issue an improvement or prohibition notice
- Prosecute a buisness or individual
What is an improvement notice?
As issued by a H&S Inspector
A legal requirement to improve a process or safety feature
What is a prohibition notice?
As issued by a H&S inspector
A legal requirement to stop a process
What two places do H&S inspectors come from?
Which legal bodies, not like birth
- Local authourity
- Health and Safety England
