Health and safety

Keeping employees, customers and businesses safe

The Environmental Health Officers from the Business Regulation team are here to support businesses by:

• keeping employees and customers safe;
• helping to reduce costs associate with accidents, business downtime and staff absence; and
• making sure that you stay on the right side of the law and so avoid legal action.

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 we have a duty to make adequate arrangements for the enforcement of relevant health and safety statutory provisions within our area. This duty is directed by the National Local Authority Enforcement Code.

Whilst the primary responsibility for managing health and safety risks lies with the business who creates the risk, Environmental Health Officers have an important role in ensuring the effective and proportionate management of risks, supporting business, protecting their communities and contributing to a wider public health agenda.

Our service Enforcement Policy is in line with that prescribed by the Health and Safety Executive.  You can see this by following the link on the right.

• Health and safety at work

  Enforcing Health and Safety legislation in over 3,000 workplaces within North Lanarkshire

• How do I carry out a risk assessment?

  A risk assessment is not about creating huge amounts of paperwork, but rather about identifying sensible measures to control the risks in your workplace

• Accidents at work

  Employers, the self-employed and those in control of premises must report specified workplace incidents

• Your legal duties to managing asbestos in the workplace

  Asbestos is the single greatest cause of work-related deaths in the UK

• Last updated: 25 September 2018