Linde Sterling Ltd
Safety Passport Scheme
Health & Safety Legislation
The following lists some of the more common legislation, which most people will be involved in, and provides a brief description of its impact on the workplace.
1. Health & Safety at Work At 1974:
General principles to ensure good
Health & Safety and welfare.
2. Management of Health & safety at work Regulations 1999:
The Management of Health & Safety includes the policy,
organisation, Planning, Implementation, monitoring and
review, risk Assessment and young people.
3. Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992:
Regulates all the factors when carrying out manual Handling.
4. Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002:
The control and management of Chemicals within the workplace.
5. Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992:
employees are to be provided with the appropriate personal
protection.
6. Provision and Use of work Equipment 1998:
Wide ranging regulation on all aspects of machinery/equipment
safety, i.e guarding, emergency Stops, controls information.
7. Lifting Operations and lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
Competent persons required to operate, inspect examine and test
lifting equipment.
8. Health & Safety (Display Screen equipment) Regulations 1992
Predominately computers and their work stations.
9. Noise At Work Regulations 2005:
Employees likely to be exposed to damaging sound.
10. Workplace (Health & Safety) regulation 1992
To provide a safe place to work.
11. The Control Of Asbestos At Work Regulations 1998
Asbestos
12. Confined Space Regulations 1997:
Confined spaces i.e tunnels. spaces deeper than 2m
13. Construction (Health & Safety and welfare) Regulations 1996
Construction Sites, Building projects Building Contractors etc.
14. Electricity At Work Regulations 1981:
Employees and Electricity
15. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
All aspects of fire and associated subjects, i.e fire escapes,
fire equipment, emergency lighting, Fire Training etc.
16. First Aid Regulations
First Aid , First Aid kits, medical centres , First Aiders etc.
17. Dangerous Substances & Explosives Atmosphere Regulations 2002:
Control of hazardous working environments (i.e Battery charging areas)
18. Health & Safety (Safety Signs & Signals) Regulations 1996
The use of signs within the workplace
19. RIDDOR (The Reporting of injuries Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrence Regulations
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