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Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

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Health and safety

The environmental health service assists businesses in the borough comply with their duties under health and safety legislation. Along with the Health and Safety Executive we enforce standards to make sure risk to employees and the public are managed.

Category Items

  • Accidents and investigation

    Inspections on Work Related Accidents are dealt with in the following way

  • Health and safety at work - advice and training

    Service Charter for Health and Safety at work

  • Health and Safety - Construction Regulations

    Building Regulations are legal requirements aimed at achieving adequate standards for the construction of domestic, commercial and industrial buildings. They are laid down by Parliament and are supported by separate documents containing practical and technical guidance on compliance, which are known as 'Approved Documents'. These are produced in different parts.

  • Public Health - cooling tower notification

    All premises where cooling towers and evaporative condensers are situated must register with the local authority under The Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.

  • Registration of your business

    By law certain businesses, such as offices and shops, need to be registered.

  • Regulation, inspection and enforcement

    The council's Health and Safety Unit operates within an agreed enforcement policy. It carries out regular checks on offices, shops, warehouses, places used for leisure activities and other non-industrial premises. (The Health and Safety Executive deal with factories and other industrial operations.) This ensures that safe and healthy working conditions are provided for all employees, the self-employed and members of the public visiting these premises.

  • Training Courses for local businesses

    We offer a wide range of food hygiene and occupational health and safety training courses for managers and staff, which can be tailored to suit individual businesses.

  • Welwyn Hatfield Safety Advisory Team

    Welwyn Hatfield Safety Advisory Team (WHSAT) is a multi-disciplinary group that meets on an ad-hoc basis to advise on planning for major events that may take place within the borough.

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