21st December 2011, 10:56 AM
I think before anyone runs to the HSE they should actually read the law....the provision of site 'facilities' is not necessarily a cut and dried matter and there are circumstances where the provision is dependent upon the number of person s on site, the type of site and the duration of the project....to quote the HSE advice: 'If you employ anyone (however short the period) you must ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’, provide adequate and appropriate welfare facilities for them while they are at work. This means you must provide such facilities unless it is clearly unreasonable in terms of time, trouble, cost and physical difficulty' ....I think the use of the word unless is the universal get out in this instance...
PS Before anyone suggests otherwise I am not defending the lack of facilities, I am just pointing out that there may be no case for the HSE to investigate. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cis59.pdf
PS Before anyone suggests otherwise I am not defending the lack of facilities, I am just pointing out that there may be no case for the HSE to investigate. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cis59.pdf
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