The Persons Responsible for Health and Safety in the Workplace

The Persons Responsible for Health and Safety in the Workplace

Identify the persons responsible for health and safety in the

workplace.

Roles are Responsibilities of Employers.

Every employer should ensure, the health, safety and welfare at work

of all their employees.

Bellow are the areas the employer should protect the employees from,

without prejudice:

* To provide and maintain areas of work that are, safe and without

risks to health;

* To ensure, minimal risk when, handling and transporting objects;

* To provide the necessary information, instruction, training and

supervision to ensure, the health and safety of their employees at

work;

* And to insure the place of work is maintained in a condition that

is safe.

Every employer needs to prepare and keep an up-to-date written

statement of health and safety at work. They should also make sure all

employees note the statement and, any revision of it.

Roles are Responsibilities of Employees.

Every employee while at work shall:

* Take care for the health and safety of them self and of other

persons who may be affected by their acts or actions at work; and

* Co-operate with their employer or any other person in charge, to

see that the requirement to be performed are meet with.

Roles and Responsibilities of Management.

The management’s main responsibility is to ensure the health and

safety of workers and to reduce risks caused by work activities, to

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