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    Health and safety legislation in the UK aims to improve safety in the workplace. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 provides the legal framework for this and puts responsibility on both employers and employees. Employers must ensure safe working conditions, properly maintained equipment, availability of safety gear, and worker training. Employees must take reasonable care of their own and others' safety, cooperate with their employer's health and safety requirements, and not interfere with safety equipment. Failure to comply with the Act can result in fines or imprisonment. The Health and Safety Executive enforces these laws through specialist inspectorates that visit workplaces.

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    Health and safety legislation in the UK aims to improve safety in the workplace. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 provides the legal framework for this and puts responsibility on both employers and employees. Employers must ensure safe working conditions, properly maintained equipment, availability of safety gear, and worker training. Employees must take reasonable care of their own and others' safety, cooperate with their employer's health and safety requirements, and not interfere with safety equipment. Failure to comply with the Act can result in fines or imprisonment. The Health and Safety Executive enforces these laws through specialist inspectorates that visit workplaces.

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    Health and safety legislation in the UK aims to improve safety in the workplace. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 provides the legal framework for this and puts responsibility on both employers and employees. Employers must ensure safe working conditions, properly maintained equipment, availability of safety gear, and worker training. Employees must take reasonable care of their own and others' safety, cooperate with their employer's health and safety requirements, and not interfere with safety equipment. Failure to comply with the Act can result in fines or imprisonment. The Health and Safety Executive enforces these laws through specialist inspectorates that visit workplaces.

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    Health and safety in building services engineering

    Health, safety and welfare legislation has increased the awareness of everyone
    to the risks involved in the workplace. All statutes within the Acts of Parliament
    must be obeyed and, therefore, we all need an understanding of the laws as they
    apply to the electrical industry.

    Statutory laws
    Acts of Parliament are made up of Statutes. Statutory Regulations have been
    passed by Parliament and have, therefore, become laws. Non-compliance
    with the laws of this land may lead to prosecution by the Courts and possible
    imprisonment for offenders.
    We shall now look at some of the Statutory Regulations as they apply to the
    electrical industry.

    The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974


    Many governments have passed laws aimed at improving safety at work, but the
    most important recent legislation has been the Health and Safety at Work Act
    1974. The purpose of the Act is to provide the legal framework for stimulating
    and encouraging high standards of health and safety at work; the Act puts the
    responsibility for safety at work on both workers and managers.
    The employer has a duty to care for the health and safety of employees
    (Section 2 of the Act). To do this he or she must ensure that:

    the working conditions and standard of hygiene are appropriate;


    the plant, tools and equipment are properly maintained;
    the necessary safety equipment such as personal protective equipment
    (PPE), dust and fume extractors and machine guards is available and
    properly used;
    the workers are trained to use equipment and plant safely.

    Employees have a duty to care for their own health and safety and that of others
    who may be affected by their actions (Section 7 of the Act). To do this they must:

    take reasonable care to avoid injury to themselves or others as a result of their


    work activity;
    cooperate with their employer, helping him or her to comply with the
    requirements of the Act;
    not interfere with or misuse anything provided to protect their health and safety.

    Failure to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act is a criminal offence and
    any infringement of the law can result in heavy fines, a prison sentence or both.

    Enforcement of health and safety regulations


    Laws and rules must be enforced if they are to be effective. The system of
    control under the Health and Safety at Work Act comes from the Health and
    Safety Executive (HSE) which is charged with enforcing the law. The HSE is
    divided into a number of specialist inspectorates or sections which operate
    from local offices throughout the United Kingdom. From the local offices the
    inspectors visit individual places of work.

    Figure 1.1 Both workers and managers


    are responsible for health and safety
    on site.

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