What information should I add to the Health and Safety Poster, and what information should I be giving to my staff?

There are several boxes on the health and safety at work poster which should be filled in:

Employee Representative
Place the name and contact details of the person who has been appointed or elected by the employees to represent them on issues relating to health and safety. If no one has been appointed or elected by the employees, and the employer consults directly with the employees, then this box is left blank. Leaflet number INDG 232 on the Consultation with Employees Regulations is available from HSE Books (Tel No 01787 881165).

Management Representative
Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1999) states that every employer shall appoint one or more competent persons to assist him in undertaking the measures he needs to take to comply with the requirements imposed upon him by the regulations. This box is for the person appointed by the management, for Health and Safety, i.e. a health and safety adviser or officer.

Your enforcing authority for health and safety depends on the type of business you conduct. The HSE enforce over premises such as factories, building sites, mines, farms, fairgrounds, quarries, railways, chemical plant, offshore and nuclear installations, schools and hospitals. Their local office can be found in the telephone directory, and a map/list of all HSE regions is available on the web at:
www.hse.gov.uk/fod/fodhome.htm.

The Local Authority Environmental Health Departments enforce over premises such as retailing, some warehouses, most offices, hotels and catering, sports, leisure, consumer services and places of worship. Details of your local authority can be found in your local telephone directory.

Further information is available at:

The Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS), who have departments located at local HSE offices are the medical advisory service department of the HSE
www.hse.gov.uk/contact/infocentre.htm

Publications
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1999), Approved Code of Practice, HSE Books L21 ISBN: 0717624889
The Consultation with Employees’ Regulations HSE Books
Safety Representatives and Safety Committees. Approved Code of Practice HSE Books L87, ISBN: 071761220 1 £5.75.
To order publications from HSE Books visit www.hsebooks.co.uk

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