Introduction to Fire Safety Management

15.17.9 Information and training – regulation 9
Employers will also need to provide employees with pre-
cautionary information, instruction and training where a 
dangerous substance is present at the workplace.
Employers are required to provide employees (and 
their representatives), and other people at the workplace 
who may be at risk, with suitable information, instruction 
and training on precautions and actions they need to 
take to safeguard themselves and others, including:
➤
Name of the substances in use and risks they present
➤
Access to any relevant safety data sheet
➤
Details of legislation that applies to the hazardous 
properties of those substances and
➤
The 
signifi cant fi ndings of the risk assessment.
Employers need only provide information, instruction 
and training to non-employees where it is required to 
ensure their safety. Where it is provided, it should be in 
proportion to the level and type of risk.
15.18
The Electricity at Work 
Regulations 1989 (SI 0635)
The purpose of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 
(EAWR) is to require precautions to be taken against the 
risk of death or personal injury from electricity in work 
activities and are supported by guidance.
Defi nitions in EAWR
Term Meaning
Conductor 
A conductor or electrical energy
Danger 
Risk of injury
Electrical equipment 
Anything used, intended to be used 
or installed for use to generate, 
provide, transmit, transform, rectify, 
convert, conduct, distribute, 
control, store, measure or use 
electrical 
energy
Injury 
Death or personal injury from 
electric shock, electric burn, 
electrical explosion or arcing or 
from 
fi re or explosion initiated by 
electrical energy where such death 
or injury is associated with the ‘use’ 
of electrical energy
System 
Any electrical system in which all 
the electrical equipment is or may 
be electrically connected to a 
common source of electrical energy 
and includes such source and such 
equipment