Safe working practices
Health and Safety in the workplace, especially when working with electricity.
As an electrician, you have a right to work in places where risks to your health and safety are properly controlled. Avoiding being hurt or becoming ill as a result of work is our top priority. We are responsible for your health and safety, but you must help too.
What employers must do for you
- Decide what could harm you in your job and the precautions to stop it. This is part of risk assessment.
- Explain risks in an understandable way and make sure you who is responsible for this.
- Consult and work with you and your health and safety representatives in protecting everyone from harm in the workplace.
- Free of charge, give you the health and safety training you need to do your job.
- We will provide, free of charge, equipment and protective clothing, but you need to ensure it is properly looked after.
- Provide toilets, washing facilities and drinking water.
- Provide adequate first-aid facilities.
- Report major injuries and fatalities at work to our Incident Contact Centre on 0345 300 9923. Report other injuries, diseases and dangerous incidents online at www.hse.gov.uk.
- We have a current insurance certificate confirming that you are covered in the event that you get hurt or become ill due to work. This is visible either as a hard copy so that it can be easily read at anytime.
- ARM Electrix Limited will always liaise with other contractors in the work place or on site to ensure that everyone’s health and safety is considered and protected.
What you are expected to do
- Please ensure that you use the training you were given when using any work items given to you.
- Take reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety.
- Co-operate with your employer on health and safety.
- Tell someone (your employer, supervisor, or health and safety representative) if you think the work or inadequate precautions are putting anyone’s health and safety at serious risk.
Health and Safety Law –
What you need to know
Health and Safety Executive – Published by the Health and Safety Executive 12/14
If there’s a problem :-
- If you are worried about health and safety in your workplace, talk to your employer, supervisor, or health and safety representative.
- You can also look at our website for general information about health and safety at work.
- If, after talking with your employer, you are still worried, you can find the address of your local enforcing authority for health and safety and the Employment Medical Advisory Service via HSE’s website: www.hse.gov.uk. Fire safety – You can get advice on fire safety from the Fire and Rescue Services or your workplace fire officer.
Employment rights
Find out more about your employment rights at www.gov.uk.
Further information
This leaflet is available at www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/lawleaflet.htm. The information in this leaflet is available in a number of formats. © Crown copyright 2009. If you wish to reuse this information visit www.hse.gov.uk/copyright.htm for details. First published 04/09
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