Health and Safety at Work
Health and Safety at Work
In Northern Ireland, workplace accidents are all too common and result in enormous costs to business in terms of absence, rising insurance premiums and civil claims. To try to reduce accidents and ill health District Councils' Environmental Health Officers and the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) Health and Safety Inspectors carry out workplace inspections and provide advice and assistance to businesses
Who Does What?
Borough and District Councils and HSENI are both involved in improving standards in health and safety but within different sectors.
What We Can Do For You?
- Inspect workplaces
- Deal with complaints about unsafe working conditions and practices
- Investigate accidents at work
- Provide information and advice
Useful Information
- Click here to download the booklet Protect Your Profit - Health and Safety Pays . It includes information to help small businesses understand exactly what is needed to effectively manage health & safety, for example, how to carry out a risk assessment and write a safety policy.
- Click here to download the leaflet 'What to expect when a Health & Safety Inspector calls - A brief guide for businesses, employees and their representatives.'
- Click here for the Council's Health and Safety Enforcement Policy
- If you have a query which relates to a business sector for which HSENI deals with, you can contact them at:
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
83 Ladas Drive
Belfast
BT6 9FR
Telephone: 028 9024 3249
Fax: 028 9023 5383
E-mail: hseni@detini.gov.uk
Web site: www.hseni.gov.uk
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