Second Hand Tobacco Smoke
Read the latest SmokeFree Warwickshire (38kb, PDF) information.
Latest news - FIT3 Campaign
For further information Go To WDC's FIT3 Page
Bad Hand Day
One in two hairdressers are likely to suffer from work-related dermatitis. Visit the Health and Safety Executive website to find out how to avoid work-related dermatitis.
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.
Environmental Health Practitioners
- 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:-
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Retail premises
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WareHouses
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Offices
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Catering
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Residential Care Homes
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Leisure Activities
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Customer Services
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etc
(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.
The currently required poster published by HSE Books in 1999 is grey and red in colour.
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
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Health & Safety Executive FAQs
Register your Business
Download a OSR1 Registration Form (160kb, PDF).
Emergency Services
Go to interactive maps
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
Health and Safety Executive
The HSE is responsible for the following types of premises:-
The local Health and Safety Executive Office and Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS) is :-
Health and Safety Exective, 7th Floor, 1 Hagley Road, Birmingham B16 8HS, telephone 0121 607 6200
HSE's Infoline telephone number is 0845 345 0055 (low-call rate)
Related links
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