Employee’s Duties Toolbox Talks

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Introduction

Under health and safety legislation everyone has duties, including employees. You cannot comply with your duties unless you understand them. A a safe working environment cannot be properly maintained without employee cooperation.

Main points

There are three main employee responsibilities:

To co-operate with employers to help them comply with their legal duties, i.e. following safety procedures and site rules.
Not to interfere with or misuse anything provided for health and safety, i.e. discharging fire extinguishers, or wilful abuse of PPE.
To safeguard your own safety and that of others, including the public, who may be affected by your actions, i.e. by reporting or eliminating any hazards seen.

Discussion points

Importantly these duties are not confined to your specific activity or area, but to all site activities.
Do not hesitate to tackle colleagues, or report to line management, wherever any unsafe activity, procedure or equipment is seen or suspected.
Employ the “buddy-buddy” system and look after your workmates as well as yourself.
Site managers/foremen can only cover a limited area – employee awareness and assistance is vital if site health and safety is to be effectively maintained.
Employees are the most likely to be injured.
These duties include the wearing of provided PPE.

SAFETY IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS – ESPECIALLY YOURS!

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