Health and safety

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• Type:

  FAQs

  When should an employer provide health and safety training for its employees?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What safety information must an employer provide for its workforce?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What does the Health and Safety Executive do?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Which bodies are responsible for the enforcement of health and safety legislation?

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Workplace hazard identification form

  A model form to record identified hazards.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Workplace hazard report form

  A model form for employees to report hazards that they have identified.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Safe overseas travel record

  A model document to record overseas travel arrangements.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Safe car travel policy

  A model policy to outline your organisation's rules on travel by car for work-related purposes and the steps to be followed to reduce the associated risks.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Manual handling - risk assessments

  A table summarising the factors and questions that employers must consider when assessing manual handling operations involving a risk of injury.

• Date:

  31 December 2003

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Health and Safety Executive v Thames Trains Ltd

  In Health and Safety Executive v Thames Trains Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 720 CA, it was held that there may be circumstances in which the Health and Safety Executive would owe a common law duty of care to the victims of an accident.