The Management of H&S Regulations 1999

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 place an obligation on the employer to actively carry out a risk assessment of the work place and act accordingly. The assessment must be reviewed when necessary and recorded where there are 5 or more employees. It is intended to identify health and safety risks.

The regulations require an assessment of ALL working activities.

The regulations require that certain measures needs to be followed:

• avoid risk where possible
• assess risks that cannot be avoided
• combat risks at source
• adapt the working environment of the individual
• use technology to reduce risk
• implement risk prevention measures to form a coherent policy and approach
• give priority to measure that protect the whole workforce rather than one person
• ensure employees understand the control measures
• encourage a positive health and safety culture