Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Health and Safety exercise

The Law


Both the employer, Unitec Institude of Technology and its students have statutory obligations under the health and -safety in employment act 1992 and all its amendments.

Employer Duties Include:


To take all practicable steps to:
 Provide a safeworking environment
provide procedures for dealing with emergencies
Provide facilities for staff that include toilets and rest rooms, also first aid facilities.
Employees receive appropriate training in all matters

Students Duties include


Taking responsibility for yousafety and health at work
ensuringthat your action or inaction does not harm others
Reporting all or near hits to your supervisor as soon as possible after the event.

Hazards


To help reduce the health and safety risks in our workshop we need you to report any hazards that you may identify that have the potential to cause injury or serious harm
Report the problem to your supervisor immediately so that the risk can be analysed and preventative action taken
Who is your Health and safety representative: Rob Humphreys

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