Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

 
Reg 6(2)
 
 
 
Reg 2 & 3
Does employer 
Users employed
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes
by 
the 
undertaking
Users employed
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
No 
No 
Yes
by 
other 
employer
Operators 
Yes 
Yes 
No 
No 
No 
No
in 
the 
undertaking
Table 17.5
Provision of information under Regulation 7
have to 
provide 
information 
to display 
screen 
workers who 
are:
Reproduced from Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction, Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 075068111X
Summary of the main legal requirements
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17.14 
Electricity at W
ork Regulations 1989

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(e) 
Danger
– in the context of these Regulations means 
a risk of injury from any electrical hazard.
Every year about 30 people die from electric shock or 
electric burns at work. Each year several hundred ser-
ious burns are caused by arcing when the heat gener-
ated can be very intense. In addition, intense ultraviolet 
radiation from an electric arc can cause damage to the 
eyes – known as arc-eye. These hazards are all included 
in the defi nition of 
Danger
.
17.14.2 Duties – Regulation 3
Duties are imposed on employers, self-employed and 
employees. The particular duties on employees are 
intended to emphasize the level of responsibility which 
many employees in the electrical trades and professions 
are expected to take on as part of their job. They are:
➤
to co-operate with their employer so far as is neces-
sary to enable any duty placed on the employer to 
be complied with (this reiterates section 7 (b) of the 
HSW Act)
➤
to comply with the provisions of these Regulations 
in so far as they relate to matters which are within 
their control. (This is equivalent to duties placed on 
employers and self-employed where these matters 
are within their control.)