Ryan Corby-Simpson AUEC3001
Safety UPKs year 2
K1 Describe the roles and responsibilities of themselves and others under the
Health and Safety at Work
... [Show More] Act 1974 and current legislation (such as The
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations; Workplace Health
and Safety and Welfare Regulations; Personal Protective Equipment at Work
Regulations 1992; Manual Handling Operations Regulations; Provision and
Use of Work Equipment Regulations; Display Screen at Work Regulations;
The Electricity at Work Regulations)
individuals in the workplace all have a responsibility to ensure that the work that they are
carrying out, and those around them, adhere to the health and safety at work act. This is
done by ensuring that they have a sufficient risk assessment for the work that they are
carrying out, this could either be a generic risk assessment or a dynamic risk assessment.
Under the health, safety and welfare regulations employees and employers must ensure that
the buildings and the lighting is well maintained, they must ensure that drinking water is
provided and in working order, they must also ensure that the temperature of the workplace
is well maintained and that their is facilities for resting and that there is both male and female
toilets in the workplace. the last main part is that their must be sufficient first aid facilities for
employees.
PPE regulations state that employers must provide PPE free of charge and employees must
ensure that they use the PPE that is provided and not modify it in anyway. individuals must
ensure that they are following the manual handling regulations by applying the correct lifting
techniques and they must also ensure that others around them are as well.
Provision and use of work equipment regulations state that employers must provide
adequate training and safety information to the employees that will use that equipment.
Under this regulation it also states that employees must not use equipment that they are not
trained to use or have insufficient safety information for the use of the equipment, such as no
risk assessment for the use of it.
Under the display screen regulations it states that employees must make employers aware
of the specific requirements that they may have for use of display screens, they must also
ensure that the report faulty screens to ensure that they work effectively, under this
regulations it also states that employers must provide adequate equipment and sufficient
breaks for those using computers for the large majority of their days work.
Under the electricity at work act, employers must ensure that they have a safe electrical
system and that they have the correct safety equipment and inspection certificates.
Employees must ensure that they have the suitable training and equipment for working with
electrical items, they must also ensure that they carry out work safely and to the recognised
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