We deal with a broad range of issues relating to health and safety in certain types of workplace.
These workplaces include:
- Offices
- Shops
- Warehouses
- Hotels and catering facilities
- Places used for leisure activities
- Consumer services (such as launderettes, hairdressers and tyre-fitters)
- Residential care homes
- Churches
- Other non-industrial premises
We enforce legislation, inspect workplaces, investigate accidents and complaints and provide advice to businesses.
The Health and Safety Executive deals with:
- Factories and other industrial operations
- Building sites
- Mines and quarries
- Farms
- Fairgrounds