Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
15.24.9 Cooperation and coordination -
regulation 11
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Enable the persons concerned to stop work and
immediately proceed to a place of safety in the
event of their exposure to serious, imminent and
unavoidable danger
Where two or more employers share a workplace, each
of them should:
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Require the persons to be prevented from resuming
work in any situation where there is still a serious
and imminent danger.
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Cooperate with the other to enable them to comply
with relevant fi re and health and safety legislation
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Take all reasonable steps to coordinate the preven-
tive and protective measures required by relevant
fi re and health and safety legislation
15.24.7 Contact with emergency services -
regulation 9
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Take all reasonable steps to inform the other
employer of the risks to their employees' health and
safety arising out of their undertaking.
Employers are required to ensure that any necessary
contacts with emergency services are arranged, partic-
ularly as regards fi rst aid, emergency medical care and
rescue work and the ACoP provides clear instructions
to the employer on establishing procedures for this and
what the procedure should cover.
15.24.10 Persons working in host employer's
undertakings - regulation 12
Where employees from outside are working in a host
employer's undertaking, the host employer must provide
their employer with information on:
15.24.8 Information for employees -
regulation 10
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The risks to their health and safety from the host
employer's undertaking
Employers are required to provide their employees with
comprehensible and relevant information on:
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The preventive and protective measures taken in so
far as they relate to that employee
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The identity of nominated competent persons
responsible for implementing evacuation procedures.
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The risks to their health and safety identifi ed by the
assessment
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The preventive and protective measures required
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The procedures for serious and imminent danger
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The identity of nominated competent persons
responsible for implementing evacuation procedures
The host employer must also ensure that any person
working in their undertaking is provided with appropriate
instructions and comprehensible information on the risks
to their health and safety from the host employer's under-
taking and the identity of nominated competent persons
responsible for implementing evacuation procedures.
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The risks arising out of the undertaking of other
employers sharing the workplace.
The information should be pitched appropriately taking
account of the level of training, knowledge and experi-
ence of the employee and any language diffi culties or
disabilities.
Before employing a child (a person who is not over
compulsory school age) the employer must provide a
parent of the child with comprehensible and relevant
information on:
15.24.11
Capabilities and training - regulation 13
Employers are required to take account of the capa-
bilities of their employees when entrusting tasks to them
and should ensure that they are provided with adequate
health and safety training on their being recruited and on
their being exposed to new or increased risks because of:
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Their being transferred or given a change in
responsibilities
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The risks to their health and safety identifi ed by the
assessment
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The preventive and protective measures required
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The risks arising out of the undertaking of other
employers sharing the workplace.
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The introduction of new work equipment or a
change in existing equipment
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The introduction of new technology
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The introduction of a new system or a change in a
system of work.
The information can be provided verbally or through
other organizations, e.g. the school in the case of work
experience projects.
This training must be repeated periodically where appro-
priate, adapted to take account of new or changed risks
and take place during working hours.
