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European Health and Safety Regulations: An Overview of the Six Pack, Summaries of Sociology of Health and Illness

Newcastle CollegeSociology of Health and Illness

An overview of the European Six Pack regulations introduced in 1992, which focused on Health and Safety at Work. The regulations included the Management of Health & Safety at Work, Display Screen Equipment, Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare), Provision and Use of Work Equipment, and Personal Protective Equipment Regulations. Employers were required to assess risks, provide training, maintain equipment, and ensure the use of personal protective equipment.

What you will learn

  • What were the six regulations introduced in Europe in 1992 focused on?
  • What were the key requirements of the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations?
  • What measures were employers required to take to ensure the safe use of Display Screen Equipment?

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European Six Pack
In January 1992, six regulations on Health and Safety at Work were
introduced. Most of the requirements of these Regulations were not new,
they simply spelled out in more detail what a responsible employer
should already have been doing to comply with the requirements of the
1974 Health and Safety at Work Act.
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
• The employer must assess all significant risks to their employees or
to other persons. If there are more than 5 employees a record of the
assessment must be kept. The assessment must also identify
preventive or protective measures designed to control the risk.
• The employer must take particular account of risks to new and
expectant mothers when assessing risks. If they cannot be protected
from the risk by other means, they must be given paid leave for as
long as necessary to protect the health of their child or themselves.
• The employer must assess particular risks for young people, taking
into account their inexperience, lack of awareness of potential risks
and immaturity. If children under minimum school leaving age are
employed, the parents must be given details of the risk assessment
and control measures.
• The employer must make arrangements for effective planning,
organisation, control, maintaining and review of health and safety.
Where necessary these arrangements should include health
surveillance of workers.
• The employer must appoint as many competent persons as are
necessary to ensure compliance with health and safety laws.
Competent persons must be given sufficient information, training and
resources to enable them to do their job.
• The employer must devise procedures to deal with situations of
serious or imminent danger. As part of these emergency procedures,
they must nominate competent persons to take charge if evacuation
is necessary. They must make sure that access to any danger areas
is restricted to those workers who have received appropriate training.
They must allow workers to stop work and proceed to a place of
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European Six Pack

In January 1992, six regulations on Health and Safety at Work were introduced. Most of the requirements of these Regulations were not new, they simply spelled out in more detail what a responsible employer should already have been doing to comply with the requirements of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act. The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations

  • The employer must assess all significant risks to their employees or to other persons. If there are more than 5 employees a record of the assessment must be kept. The assessment must also identify preventive or protective measures designed to control the risk.
  • The employer must take particular account of risks to new and expectant mothers when assessing risks. If they cannot be protected from the risk by other means, they must be given paid leave for as long as necessary to protect the health of their child or themselves.
  • The employer must assess particular risks for young people, taking into account their inexperience, lack of awareness of potential risks and immaturity. If children under minimum school leaving age are employed, the parents must be given details of the risk assessment and control measures.
  • The employer must make arrangements for effective planning, organisation, control, maintaining and review of health and safety. Where necessary these arrangements should include health surveillance of workers.
  • The employer must appoint as many competent persons as are necessary to ensure compliance with health and safety laws. Competent persons must be given sufficient information, training and resources to enable them to do their job.
  • The employer must devise procedures to deal with situations of serious or imminent danger. As part of these emergency procedures, they must nominate competent persons to take charge if evacuation is necessary. They must make sure that access to any danger areas is restricted to those workers who have received appropriate training. They must allow workers to stop work and proceed to a place of

safety when faced with a serious or imminent danger. Save for exceptional cases, they must prevent workers from returning to work until the danger is over. They must inform workers exposed to serious or imminent danger of the hazards involved and procedures to follow.

  • Where two or more employers share a workplace or where employees of one employer visit another’s workplace in the course of their work, the employers must co-operate to ensure that their own staff and others are protected. Similar duties apply where an employer hires agency labour from an employment service.
  • The employer must provide comprehensive and relevant training to all employees on health and safety. They must also provide information to workers on the risks involved, the preventive and protective measures, the emergency procedures and the identity of competent persons responsible for health and safety or for evacuation procedures. Manual Handling Operations Regulations
  • The employer must avoid the need for workers to do any manual handling task which involves a risk of injury.
  • When this cannot be done, the employer must assess the task taking into account the range of risk factors specified in the Regulations.
  • The employer must reduce the risk involved to the lowest reasonably practicable level.
  • The employer must provide workers with general indications of the risks and where possible specific information on the weight of each load and the heaviest side of a load with an off-centred centre of gravity.
  • Employees must make full and proper use of systems of work provided by the employer. Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Regulations
  • The employer must make a risk assessment of all workstations which might be used by DSE ‘users’ employed by them.
  • The employer must reduce risks to the lowest reasonably practicable level.
  • Falls – precautions should be taken to prevent people from falling or being struck by falling objects. Tanks or pits must be covered or securely fenced
  • Windows , transparent or translucent doors or walls must be made of a safety material or protected against breakage and must be clearly marked. Opening windows must be safe to use. All windows and skylights must be designed to allow safe cleaning.
  • Traffic routes – design must allow safe circulation of pedestrians and vehicles and traffic routes should be clearly indicated.
  • Doors and gates must be suitably constructed. Devices should be fitted to keep sliding doors on their tracks; to prevent upward opening doors from falling back; to ensure safe operation of powered doors. Doors which can be pushed from either side should have panes to provide a clear view of the space around the door.
  • Escalators and moving walkways shall be safe in use, and fitted with necessary safety devices, including emergency stop controls.
  • Sanitary conveniences – suitable and sufficient toilets shall be provided at readily accessible places. They must be well ventilated and lit and kept clean. A schedule to the Regulations specifies how many are needed, depending on the number of workers.
  • Washing facilities , including showers if needed, with hot and cold water, soap and hygienic means of drying must be provided.
  • A supply of Drinking water must be provided for all workers at readily accessible places.
  • Clothing – accommodation must be provided for storage of a person’s own clothing not worn at work; work clothing kept at the workplace; and for changing facilities.
  • Rest and meals – suitable rest facilities must be provided at conveniently accessible places. Arrangements must be made to protect non-smokers from discomfort from tobacco smoke in rest rooms and rest areas. Pregnant women and nursing mothers must be given suitable facilities. Facilities for eating meals must be provided where meals are normally taken at work

Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations

  • The employer must make sure that work equipment is suitable for the purpose intended, taking into account the nature of the work, working conditions and risks in their workplace.
  • The employer must ensure that equipment is properly maintained. Where routine maintenance is needed a ’maintenance log’ should be kept.
  • The employer must provide users of equipment and their supervisors with information, instruction and training on the correct use and on foreseeable abnormal situations which might occur when the equipment is being used.
  • Where equipment carries a specific risk, use (and any maintenance, modification or repair) should be restricted to workers with specific training.
  • The employer should take measures to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery and to protect against the ejection of articles, substances, gases, liquids, dusts etc.; overheating, fire or explosion, disintegration of parts of equipment, extreme hot or cold surfaces.
  • The employer must ensure that all controls are safe to use and clearly identifiable. In particular, start and stop controls, including emergency stops, must be designed to ensure health and safety.
  • Where appropriate, it must be possible to isolate machinery from its energy source.
  • Where necessary equipment must be stabilised by clamping or other means.
  • Adequate lighting must be provided to allow safe use. Where necessary, clearly visible markings or other warning devices must be fitted.
  • Particular precautions are required to ensure that maintenance operations do not give rise to health and safety risks.
  • If a particular piece of equipment is covered by a European Community Directive the employer must ensure that it complies with the requirements of that Directive.