A strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond
This strategy is designed to promote the vision of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), which is to see health and safety as a cornerstone of a civilised society and, with that, to achieve a record of workplace health and safety that leads the world. This strategy builds on success and develops and takes forward the Revitalising Health and Safety Strategy Statement of June 2000.
This is a strategy, not a plan. This document sets out what the HSC wants to achieve, their particular contribution and the contributions of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities (LAs), who also enforce health and safety law. This strategy should further energise Great Britain’s approach to improving workplace health and safety for the future. This strategy has been developed through a process of consultation and the examination of available evidence on the effectiveness of health and safety interventions.
HSC’s primary function is to ensure that the provisions of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act are implemented. It conducts and sponsors research, promotes training, provides information and advice and submits proposals to ministers for new or revised regulations and approved codes of practice. HSE supports HSC in this endeavour and, with LAs, enforces the law. Its work is underpinned by sound science, technology and evidence. The mission is for HSC and HSE, working with LAs, to protect people’s health and safety by ensuring that risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.
HSC’s primary function is to ensure that the provisions of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act are implemented. It conducts and sponsors research, promotes training, provides information and advice and submits proposals to ministers for new or revised regulations and approved codes of practice. HSE supports HSC in this endeavour and, with LAs, enforces the law. Its work is underpinned by sound science, technology and evidence. The mission is for HSC and HSE, working with LAs, to protect people’s health and safety by ensuring that risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.