17-03-2008
HSE issues risk assessment warning
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Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning in relation to the completion of risk assessments within the workplace.
The organisation has issued its call on the need to complete appropriate risk assessments, following the death of two employees - one of the deaths occurred in November 2005 and the other in September 2006 at two separate locations in Staffordshire.
"Both these tragic deaths were not only regrettable but also entirely preventable," said Lynne Boulton, an inspector with the HSE.
"All employers must learn from these tragedies that, whatever the task, it is crucial to undertake a suitable risk assessment that deals with the significant risks of that task."
As a consequence of the deaths, two firms were found to have breached Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
Established as a consequence of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the HSE works with local authorities in support of the Heath and Safety Commission.