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The Health & Safety at Work
Act requires employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the
health and safety of all employees while at work, including while driving
on business. You also have a responsibility to ensure that others are not
put at risk by your work-related driving activities. (Self-employed people
have a similar responsibility to that of employers.)
Under the Management of Health
& Safety at Work Regulations 1999, you have a responsibility to manage
health and safety effectively. You must to carry out an assessment of the
risks to the health and safety of your employees while they are at work,
and to other people who may be affected by their work activities. This
risk assessment must be reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains
appropriate.
You must also consult with
your employees and, where applicable, their health & safety
representatives on the health and safety issues covered in this
assessment.
Once you have a policy in
place, you must:
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Review |
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Monitor |
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Manage |
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Record |
Failure to take these
responsibilities seriously will have severe consequences. With 65% of
company vehicles involved in an incident every year, police forces across
the UK are implementing a policy to investigate all serious incidents
involving company drivers. The Health & Safety Executive may also become
involved where the police identify that management failures have been a
significant contributory factor in the incident.
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