Health and Safety part 1

Health and Safety exercise, you need to read the booklet and fill in the missing words

The Law


Both the employer, Unitec Institute of Technology and its students have statutory obligations under the health and safety in employment act 1992 and all its amendments.

Employer Duties Include:


To take all practicable steps to:
Provide a safe working enviroment
Provide procedures for dealing with emergencies
Provide facilities for staff that include toilets and rest rooms, first aid facilities.
Employees receive appropriate training in all matters
Students Duties include


Taking responsibility for your own safety and health at work.
Ensuring that your action or inaction does not harm others.
Reporting all injuries or near hits to your supervisor as soon as possible after the event.

Hazards


To help reduce the health and safety risks in our workplace we need you to report any hazards that you may identify that have the potential to cause injury or serous harm
Report the problem to your supervisor immediatley so that the risk can be -analysed and preventative action taken
Who is your Health and safety Rob Humphreys