Você pode ou não ter ouvido falar do projeto de lei retido pelo governo da UE (revogação e reforma) do governo do Reino Unido sobre proteções de saúde e segurança. A implicação para as obras é potencialmente enorme. Se aprovado, o projeto de lei removerá 2.400 leis de saúde e segurança que foram promulgadas durante o tempo do Reino Unido como membro da UE. Se eles seriam ou não restabelecidos de alguma maneira, ainda não estão claros. Ele criou órgãos de governo e procurou melhorar a saúde e a segurança das pessoas em todas as indústrias. Isso também foi adicionado ao longo dos anos, e o impacto foi dramático. As leis incluem muitas que se aplicam à indústria da construção, que ainda é a indústria mais perigosa do Reino Unido, com mortes quatro vezes mais do que outras médias da indústria. Precisamos garantir que essas proteções sejam mantidas, para proteger os trabalhadores. O uso de equipamentos de proteção pessoal
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 bought comprehensive health and safety reforms and swept away the previous mishmash of strung together legislation. It set up governing bodies and sought to improve the health and safety of people in all industries. This has also been added to throughout the years, and the impact has been dramatic.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, the Scaffolding Association, the British Safety Council and many other Institutions in the health and safety sphere are all sounding an alarm against withdrawing these laws, and for good reason. The laws include many that apply to the construction industry, which is still the most dangerous industry in the UK, with deaths four times higher than other industry averages. We need to make sure that these protections are kept, to protect workers.
EU derived health and safety regulations support the Health and Safety at Work Act etc. 1974. They include the ‘six pack’ regulations, which cover;
-The management of health and safety at work
-Manual handling operations
-The use of display screen equipment
-Provision and use of personal protective equipment
Regulamentos derivados da UE também incluem áreas específicas de risco, como construção, trabalho em altura, amianto, controle de substâncias perigosas. Os regulamentos apóiam a Lei por serem mais específicos sobre a aparência da conformidade. Remoção desses regulamentos arriscaria o aumento de acidentes, lesões relacionadas ao trabalho e problemas de saúde.
Whilst the Health and Safety at Work Act etc. 1974 would remain, the EU derived regulations at risk of quite literally disappearing overnight, are what regulators and business owners have set their standards by. The regulations support the Act by being more specific about what compliance looks like.
I am concerned that there would be an uncertainty about how to comply with the Act, resulting in businesses more likely to be prosecuted for failing to protect their employees and public. Removal of these regulations would risk increasing accidents, work related injuries and ill health.
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