The Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 Number 682 require information relating to health, safety and welfare to be provided to employees by means of posters or leaflets.
All employers must display an approved health and safety law poster in a prominent position or give employees a copy of a leaflet ‘Health and Safety Law - What You Should Know’ that includes the same details.
Copies of the poster are available to buy from HSE Books , PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA. '01787 881165
The Regulations also require the name and address of the enforcing authority and the address of the employment medical advisory service to be written in the appropriate space on the poster; and where the leaflet is given the same information should be specified in a written notice accompanying it.
How to fill in the poster
On the left hand side enter the details of any recognised trade union and/or workplace representatives.
In the middle column enter the details of the person responsible within the organisation for co-ordinating health and safety.
The right hand column requires the details of:
The enforcing authority:
East Staffordshire Borough Council
Midland Grain Warehouse
Derby Street
Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 2JJ
01283 508805 |
Employment Medical Advisory Service:
Lyme Vale Court
Parklands Business Park
Newcastle
Trent Vale
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6NW
01782 602300 |