The Regulatory Team is responsible for ensuring that the Health
& Safety at Work Act and associated legislation is complied
with in over 1500 commercial premises in the Bassetlaw Area.
Health & Safety Inspections
Programmed inspections are undertaken on offices, shops,
warehouses, places used for leisure activities, residential care
homes and other non-industrial premises; the Health &
Safety Executive inspect factories and other industrial
operations. This inspection program ensures that businesses
comply with the relevant Health and Safety
legislation. Inspections are carried out on a routine
basis, generally without prior notification and higher risk
premises are visited more frequently than lower risk premises.
During an inspection, officers will need to be satisfied that
the business is controlling the potential risks to employees and
anyone else who may come into contact with any of the
business' activities. They also will look at the level of
health and safety training of managers and employees.
Information to Employees or their Representatives
During a normal inspection visit an inspector will expect to
check that those in charge, eg employers, have arrangements in
place for consulting and informing employees or their
representatives, eg safety representatives, about health and safety
matters. Such arrangements are required by law.
An inspector will meet or speak to employees
or their representatives during a visit, wherever possible, unless
this is clearly inappropriate because of the purpose of the visit.
When they meet, employees or their representatives should always be
given the opportunity to speak privately to the inspector, if they
so wish.
The inspector will provide employees or their
representatives with certain information where necessary for the
purpose of keeping them informed about matters affecting their
health, safety and welfare. This information relates to the
workplace or activity taking place there, and action which the
inspector has taken or proposes to take. The type of
information that an inspector will provide includes:
- matters which an inspector considers to be of serious
concern;
- details of any enforcement action taken by the inspector;
and
- an intention to prosecute the business (but not before the
dutyholder is informed).
Depending on the circumstances, the inspector
may provide this information orally or in writing.
Complaints
The above information sets out what you can expect when a health
and safety inspector calls at your workplace. If you have a
complaint that these procedures have not been followed you should
refer to the service complaints procedure.
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Last Updated - 15/05/2012