Understanding Health and Safety in the Business Workplace

UNDERSTANDING
HEALTH AND SAFETY
IN THE BUSINESS
WORKPLACE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1 Explain the legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety and security
of those employed in business.....................................................................................................1
P2 Describe the requirements for a healthy and safe workplace, as applied to the physical
environment and equipment used, in a selected business...........................................................2
P3 Explain the roles and responsibilities for health and safety of key personnel in a selected
workplace....................................................................................................................................4
P4 Plan a risk assessment for a selected administrative work environment...............................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
P1 Explain the legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety and security of
those employed in business
There is a need of legal requirements of a company in an organisation. In every
organisation the organisations have various problems like deaths, injuries, occupational diseases
and dangerous occurrences and this helps in identifying how and where risks occur in the
workplace. Any kind of accident or incident which takes in a workplace is responsibility of
employer and there should be no such kind of activity that should occur in the workplace. Some
legal rules and regulations are made for employees for making them feel secure and safe in the
workplace. These are required for health, safety and security of employees of business. It is
important for a company to analyse various health and safety regulations for ensuring the
positive environment at workplace. The various regulations followed in an NHS hospital are
described below-
Health and Safety at work regulations, 1999
Health and safety in a workplace are required in each and every organisation. It is
important for every organisation to understand responsibility of every employer. Employees of
the company nowadays have more rights to fight against any discrimination that occurs with an
employee. There are different responsibilities of employer as well as employees. In context of
NHS hospital all managers and staff are given equal rights to do their work effectively while
treating patients in an appropriate manner. The management of this hospital manages and
reviews that no danger and hazard can affect staff of this hospital.
Health and Safety at Work act 1974
According to this regulation, employees can protect their rights and rules at workplace.
This regulation is put into place for reducing harm and requiring assessment of all potential risks
and creating action plans if any emergency occurs. This regulations puts duty on employers and
managers for analysing risk that can harm workers and staff of the hospital. The employers of
NHS hospital ensures that health and safety of worker is the most important thing as they are
most essential asset of the organisation. A healthy employee will work more effectively.
Workplace Regulations 1992