Safety Saints

The information contained in this letter is important to your business. Please take 3 or 4 minutes to read this carefully. Just imagine for a second how you would feel if your staff or customers were electrocuted because of even one piece of faulty equipment or, unknown to you, a loose wire. Sadly, incidents involving electrical equipment are more... common than you may think. For example, last year the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) published figures stating that there were 24,992 fires, 998 electrical shocks and worst, 30 deaths caused from electrical equipment. What are the legal consequences of such an accident? You could be taken to court and you and your business fined potentially thousands of pounds. Many real examples exist on the HSE website. One such case describes an employee being electrocuted and the business owner taken to court and fined £4,997.48. You can read the account on www.hse.gov.uk (type in case no: F06000229). You canand shouldprotect yourself and your business from electrical mishaps, possible prosecution and fines by having Without getting in to the fine legislation here, let me inform you that The Health & Safety Act 1974 will hold you responsible in the event of an accident. Further, the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 states that your electrical items should be maintained so that they are safe. The trouble is, we all assume electrical devices are safe until they go wrong, or until an electrical shock is experienced. It is natural to act this way. But its dangerous. And when staff and members of the public are involved, it is potentially very costly (apart from the health or life risk to the person involved). PAT testing is now available to your company: The Health & Safety Executive suggest you regularly visually inspect and carry out electrical tests on all your electrical items. This includes items like kettles, computers, extension leads, fans, your fax machine, and any other devices with a plug. The PAT test (Portable Appliance Testing) now enables you to have every device ...Read More