Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989
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Safety statement. |
12.—(1) Every employer shall, as soon as may be, after the coming into operation of this section prepare or cause to be prepared, a statement in writing to be known and hereinafter referred to as a “safety statement”. | |
(2) The safety statement shall specify the manner in which the safety, health and welfare of persons employed by an employer shall be secured at work. | ||
(3) The safety statement shall be based on an identification of the hazards and an assessment of the risks to safety and health at the place of work to which the safety statement relates. | ||
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the safety statement shall specify— | ||
(a) the arrangements made and resources provided, for safeguarding the safety, health and welfare of persons employed at a place of work to which the safety statement relates; | ||
(b) the co-operation required from employees as regards safety, health and welfare; and | ||
(c) the names, including the names of authorised deputies and job titles where applicable, of the persons responsible for the performance of tasks assigned to them by the said statement. | ||
(5) Where a safety statement is prepared or revised pursuant to this section and an inspector is satisfied that the statement is inadequate in a material respect he may direct that the statement be revised and the employer shall comply with the direction within thirty days of the direction being given by the inspector. | ||
(6) The report of the directors of a company under section 158 of the Companies Act, 1963 , shall contain, in addition to the information specified in that section, an evaluation of the extent to which the policy set out in a safety statement was fulfilled during the period of time covered by the said report. | ||
(7) It shall be the duty of a self-employed person to prepare a safety statement, in so far as is practicable in accordance with this section, so as to ensure his safety, health and welfare at work and that of other persons at the place of work. | ||
(8) It shall be the duty of an employer or a self-employed person to bring the terms of a safety statement to the attention of persons employed by him and to other persons at the place of work who may be affected by the safety statement. |