Health and safety

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'If you are having Construction or refurbishment work done, you may need to noitfy the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and you may have other duties as well - To find out more" go to the HSE website

Health and Safety of Migrant Workers

For further information download the Migrant Workers leaflet (118kb, PDF)

FIT3 Campaign

For further information go to our FIT3 page

Gas Safety Campaign

Are you involved in the supply, fiitting and maintenance of Gas appliances - For further information download the Gas Safety information Sheet (32kb)

Asbestos Campaign

Asbestos related disease accounts for over 3,500 deaths each year, creating what is the UK's biggest single cause of work related deaths. The occupational Safety and Health Team of Warwick District Council aims to raise the awareness of the risks associated with asbestos within the maintenance worker groups and to remind duty holders ( employers/occupiers/landlords) of their legal duties under the 'duty to manage ' Regulation. Visit the WDC Asbestos home page for further guidance.

Occupational Safety & Health - the Council's Role

We have a Service Plan and Work Programme to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the community. This document can be downloaded here. Service Plan and Work Programme (37kb)

Environmental Health Practitioners

advise businesses about how to comply with their duties, see:

Business Link Self-Assessment Tool

enforce Health and Safety legislation and give advice in relation to the workplace
investigate reportable accidents and official notifications (lift reports, pressure vessels, air receivers etc)
inspect and monitor skin piercing establishments so as to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, licensing conditions and byelaws
promote healthy choices
work in partnership with the Health & Safety Executive in tackling priority accident and disease reduction topics

Enforcement of Health and Safety legislation in the District is split between our Environmental Health Department and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), dependent upon the main activity of the business concerned.

Warwick District Council is responsible for the following types of premises:-

Retail premises
WareHouses
Offices
Catering
Residential Care Homes
Leisure Activities
Customer Services
etc

Warwick District Council's Health and Safety Enforcement Policy is available to down load here.

Health and Safety Enforcement Policy (277kb)

(Food & Occupational Safety & Health, Riverside House, Milverton Hill, Leamington Spa CV32 5QF tel 456713)

Information for Employees

It is a legal requirement for employers to either display an approved health and safety law poster or provide each employee with an equivalent leaflet.

As from 6 April 2009, HSE is publishing new versions of its approved health and safety poster and leaflet. To avoid an unnecessary burden on business, HSE has set a five year transition period. The current poster and leaflets must be replaced by the new versions by no later than 5 April 2014.

Find out more about the new law poster go to http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/lawposter.htm

The poster "Health and Safety Law - What you should know" - ISBN 0717624935 is available from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA. Tel: 01787 881165 Fax 01787 313995

Second Hand Tobacco Smoke

Read the latest SmokeFree Warwickshire (38kb, PDF) information.

Register your Business

Since 6 April 2009, most new businesses no longer need to register with the local authority and the Health and Safety Executive. For further Information Go to HSE page (6k,PDF).

Young Workers

See Nuneaton & Bedworth's October 2006 Newsletter (4MB pdf)

Online enquiry

If you would like to report a workplace health and/or safety issue then please telephone (01926) 456712 or complete and submit our online enquiry form