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HASAWA The Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) is a law that was

introduced in 1974. It ais to !ro"ide all workers with !rotections

a#ainst ha$ard at work such as !ersonal !rotecti"e e%ui!ent and

any action that can reduce the risk. This law is !ro"ided to factories&

o'ces& hos!itals& trans!orts and other !reises. It co"ers the

e!loyees as well as the e!loyers. An e!loyee should as an

e!loyee the res!onsile for his safety are herself and the

e!loyers. So& the e!loyers should ake sure that the workers

already understood y !ro"idin# trainin#s. HASAWA cannot re!lace

the factorys act ut it #i"es !rotection to e!loyees to #et writin#

stateent of #eneral !olicy with res!ect to the health and safety

fro the e!loyers. There are se"eral laws which #rowin# u! durin#

*+ years. It #i"es ore !rotection to e!loyees and #et ore

ene,cial to the e!loyers.

In A!ril -++& the Health and Safety /0ecuti"e (HS/) was found in

order to adinister the HASAWA. It e!loys !ower and !enalties

ins!ector to enforce the act. The are * ain systes which is

de"elo!ed y HS/

1. I!ro"eent oticeIns!ectors will issue this notice to the e!loyees for

correctin# thin#s within a s!eci,ed tie-. 2rohiition notice

If the e!loyees cannot co!ly the i!ro"eent notice& theins!ector can issue !rohiition notice to force the e!loyee to

sto! the o!eration. The ins!ector can also issue iediate a

!rohiition notice if there is an iediate dan#er to workers.

 The sco!e of these notices is to !rotect the e!loyee fro

"ery serious conse%uences of in3ury.*. ines and I!risonent

A ,ne will e #i"en to e"eryone who fails to co!ly with any

of these notices whish are sti!ulated y a a#istrate court&

e"en unliited ,ne or i!risonent will e #i"en if the

o5ences a ore serious. And also continuin# daily ,ne for

each day will e #i"en for an e!loyee who doesnt co!ly

with this notice.

As I ention earlier HASAWA ensures the Health and Safety

and #i"e ore ene,cial for the e!loyees. It says that the

e!loyers has res!onsiility to the e!loyees so do the e!loyees.

As an e!loyer esides !ro"idin# trainin#s to the e!loyees& they

ust ake sure that all of achinery and workin# area is safe.

 To reduce a daa#in# e5ect of workin# without !rotection&HASAWA also says 6 ha$ards that can cause accident& diseases& and

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death. The ha$ards are noise& "iration& radiation& te!erature& and

cheical sustances. HASAWA says y controllin# the& it can

reduce e"ery risk.