The council has responsibilities to deliver a number of services
which are concerned with ensuring the health, safety and welfare of
people in the Braintree District. In fact, there is a dedicated
council Health Protection Team to fulfill these duties.
Much of the council's work in this area involves either giving
advice to the public and businesses regarding the law, or enforcing
it. We prefer to take the advisory role and are always happy to
help those who want advice. Unfortunately there are some occasions
when matters are so serious that we must enforce the law, our first
aim is always to protect the public. Braintree District
Council is committed to carrying out its enforcement duties in
accordance with guidelines issued by the Government. We have
an
Enforcement Policy specifically for health and safety
enforcement.
Braintree District Council sends out a health and safety booklet
to all of the premises that we are aware of that are ours for
health and safety enforcement. This booklet is updated every
two years and contains a summary of the main provisions of the most
commonly applicable health and safety regulations. For
the first time the
Health & Safety Booklet is available electronically in pdf
format.
Your Health and Safety Law Poster
By law you must either display a health and safety Law Poster,
or you must provide employees with the equivalent leaflet.
Posters and leaflets are available from HSE books, telephone 01787
881165. For the purposes of completing the poster, for
businesses located in the Braintree District Area, your
enforcing authority is either Braintree
District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7
9HB, telephone 01376 552525, or the HSE, Wren House, Hedgerows
Business Park, Colchester Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 5PF,
Telephone 01245 706200.
Braintree District Council are the enforcing authority
in retailing, wholesale distribution, warehousing, hotel and
catering premises, offices, and the consumer/leisure
industries. HSE enforce in premises such as factories,
building sites, mines, farms, fairgrounds, quarries, railways,
chemical plant, schools and hospitals.
For all businesses located in the Braintree District Area the
Employment Medical Advisory Service is at Wren House, Hedgerows
Business Park, Colchester Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 5PF,
Telephone 01245 706200.
Further advice and information:-
If you have a health and safety query or require advice, please
contact the health and safety inspectors;
By e-mail -
healthandsafety@braintree.gov.uk
By telephone 01376 551414 x 2211
By fax 01376 557767
Useful Health and Safety advice and information can be found on
the following websites :-
- Health
and Safety Executive
- Royal
Society for the prevention of accidents
