Health & Safety in the Workplace
Everyone who works for you needs to know how to work safely and without risks to health. You must provide clear instructions, information and adequate training for your employees.
All employees who work for you need to have information on:
- hazards and risks they may face;
- measures in place to deal with those hazards and risks;
- how to follow any emergency procedures.
Why is health and safety training important?
Over 200 people are killed each year in accidents at work and over one million people are injured. Over two million suffer illnesses caused by, or made worse by, their work. Preventing accidents and ill health caused by work is a key priority for everyone at work. As the owner or manager of a business you know that competent employees are valuable.
Providing health and safety information and training helps you to:
*ensure your employees are not injured or made ill by the work they do;
* develop a positive health and safety culture, where safe and healthy working becomes second nature to everyone;
* find out how you could manage health and safety better;
Effective training:
* meet your legal duty to protect the health and safety of your employees.
* will contribute towards making your employees competent in health and safety;
* can help your business avoid the distress that accidents and ill health cause;
The law requires that you provide whatever information, instruction and training is needed to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of your employees can help you avoid the financial costs of accidents and occupational ill health.
