Employers must provide welfare facilities and a working environment that's healthy and safe for everyone in the workplace, including those with disabilities. This means you must have: welfare facilities a healthy working environment a safe workplace Find out in more detail what youmust provide for a safe and healthy workplace. Employers are also required to provide enough toilets and washbasins for those expected to use them. Follow our guidance fortoilets and washing facilities. |
The 16-year-old boy suffered the injuries after becoming trapped under a tractor. The teenager was on work experience and was driving a tractor down an incline when it came off the track and overturned. He was alone and the tractor did not have a seat belt fitted. HSE's investigation found the company had failed to adequately protect the boy through: a lack of supervision not providing adequate information, instruction and training for him The company was ordered to pay a fine of 50,000. Read this press releasefor further details on the incident. HSE has guidance protecting younger workers. Other recent prosecution cases include: Furniture company fined over multiple wood dust failures Dog food boss sentenced after teenager lost finger on first day at work A number of people are killed or seriously injured in Great Britain each year in confined spaces. A confined space is a place: which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely) where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby Our short guide will be useful to anyone involved in carrying out work in confined spaces. You can also download a copy of our Safe work in confined spacespublication, which gives examples and helps you put precautions in place for work to be carried out safely. A hard copy is available on the HSE Books website. |
Come and workfor HSE and help to protect lives and livelihoods. We currently have a range of vacancies.For details of selected posts, follow the links below:
Executive Assistant
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Business Development Manager
closes6 November
HM Specialist Inspector Process Safety
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