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The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 state "every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of its employees". The purpose of the risk assessment is to identify the measures needed to comply with the requirements...

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Published inContract Journal Vol. 443; no. 6673; p. 27
Main Author Faulkner, Sarah
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sutton Reed Business Information UK 30.04.2008
Subjects
Construction industry
Employees
Employers
Occupational safety
Personal protective equipment
Risk assessment
Skills
Training
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 state "every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of its employees". The purpose of the risk assessment is to identify the measures needed to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed under relevant statutory provisions. What the employer ought to have known would be what he would have known had he carried out a suitable and sufficient assessment.
ISSN:0010-7859