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The UK along with all other EU countries, is
extremely well regulated as far as the working
environment is concerned.
The Health & Safety Executive and EU legislation
ensures that the workplace is now a very safe place to
be. However some employers flout the regulations and as
a result employees suffer injury in the workplace.
Here we (briefly) outline employers duties in
providing safe premises for employees.
Unsafe working Premises
An employer must always carry out a risk assessment
in the form of an investigation conducted to identify
whether any particular act or operation gives rise to a
safety risk or hazard. employers must ensure that:
Floors and surfaces - corridors and working areas,
should be safe and of a construction that is suitable
for the intended purpose.
There should be no slopes, holes or uneven areas not
slippery with good drainage Floors and surfaces must be
kept free from obstruction and any substance that may
cause a person to slip or fall and suffer personal
injury. Steps and staircases must be safe with adequate
handrails where possible.
Premises must be kept clean and free of debris or
waste materials with bins provided to avert
accumulation.
If you have suffered
injury in the workplace and believe that the
employer may have either contributed to or caused the
injury - make an enquiry now about possible
compensation:
For immediate
accident claim assistance please telephone our FREEPHONE
ACCIDENT CLAIM helpline on 0800
0322210
Oil refinery explosion in which a
man was killed to be investigated by the HSE -
2nd July 2010
Employee's suffering
accidents at work often have had inadequate health and
safety training - 1st July 2010
Workplace explosion company fined
after a worker was severely injured - 25th
June 2010
Health and safety review raises
concerns within unions that workers welfare may
be jeopardised - 17th
June 2010
A lady lost her fight for life after being exposed to
asbestos as a teenager - 15th
June 2010
A workers who was injured in a
fall from height sees his employer prosecuted - 25th
May 2010
HSE investigate a builder after a
girder was dropped through a building - 25th
January 2010
APIL support new Bill allowing workers to claim from
independent body where no other employers liability
insurance can be traced - 17th March 2009
Statistics on work-related illness and workplace
injuries in Great Britain, for the period 2007/08 -
15th November 2008 The
new
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
SI No 320 (CMD 2007) came into force in Great Britain
during 2007 and aim to reduce the number of construction
related accidents and injuries. [December 2007]
Government outline new plans to reduce the numbers of
those claiming inappropriate sickness benefits -
27th November 2007
HSE warn construction bosses to get serious when it
comes to falls and trips on building sites [18th
July 2007]
More Links:
safety at work -
workplace legal
website -
British
safety website -
health & safety gov -
US legal
information institute -
accident at work Manchester -
Wales -
slipping accidents at work - travel
claims -
back injury at work
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