| 词条 | Health and Safety Executive |
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| type = | logo = Health and Safety Executive logo.svg | logo_caption = | formed = {{Start date|1 January 1975}} | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | dissolved = | jurisdiction = | headquarters = Bootle, Merseyside, England | coordinates = | motto = | employees = | budget = | chief1_name = Martin Temple | chief1_position = Chair | chief2_name = Richard Judge | chief2_position = Chief Executive | parent_department = Department for Work and Pensions | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency = | keydocument1 = Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, ss.10-11 | website = {{URL|www.hse.gov.uk/}} | agency_type = Crown status non-departmental public body | agency_name = Health and Safety Executive | logo_width = | superseding = | director_general = }} The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a UK government agency responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in Great Britain. It is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom with its headquarters in Bootle, England.[1] In Northern Ireland, these duties lie with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland. The HSE was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and has since absorbed earlier regulatory bodies such as the Factory Inspectorate and the Railway Inspectorate though the Railway Inspectorate was transferred to the Office of Rail and Road in April 2006. The HSE is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions. As part of its work, HSE investigates industrial accidents, small and large, including major incidents such as the explosion and fire at Buncefield in 2005. Though it formerly reported to the Health and Safety Commission, on 1 April 2008, the two bodies merged.[2][3] FunctionsThe Executive's duties are to:[4]
The Executive is further obliged to keep the Secretary of State informed of its plans and ensure alignment with the policies of the Secretary of State, giving effect to any directions given to it.[5] The Secretary of State can give directions to the Executive.[6] The Railway Inspectorate was transferred to HSE in 1990. On 1 April 2006, the Executive ceased to have responsibility for railway safety, when the Railway Inspectorate was transferred to the Office of Rail Regulation (now the Office of Rail and Road).[7] The Executive is responsible for the Employment Medical Advisory Service, which operates as part of its Field Operations Directorate. Structure and responsibilitiesLocal authorities are responsible for the enforcement of health and safety legislation in shops, offices, and other parts of the service sector. Agencies belonging to the HSE include {{anchor|HSL}}Health and Safety Executive, Science DivisionBased in Buxton, Derbyshire, the Health and Safety Executive Science Division (HSL- Health & Safety Laboratory) employs over 350 people including scientists, engineers, psychologists, social scientists, health professionals, and technical specialists.[8] It was established in 1921 under the Safety in Mines Research Board to carry out large-scale tests related to mining hazards. Following the formation of the HSE, in 1975 the facilities became a Safety Engineering Laboratory and an Explosion and Flame Research Laboratory, operating as part of the Research Laboratories Service Division of the HSE. In 1995 the HSL was formed, including the Buxton site and laboratories in Sheffield. In 2004 the Sheffield activities moved to Buxton, and the University of Sheffield took over the Sheffield laboratory site.[9] It now operates as an agency carrying out scientific research and investigations (e.g. on the Buncefield fire) for the HSE, other government agencies and the private sector.[8] HM Inspectorate of MinesHM Inspectorate of Mines is responsible for the correct implementation and inspection of safe working procedures within all UK mine workings. It is based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.[10] Offshore Safety DivisionThe Offshore Safety Division (OSD) was established as a division within HSE in April 1991. This was in response to recommendations of the Cullen Inquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster on 6 July 1988. At the time of the disaster, the Department of Energy (DEn) was responsible for both production and offshore safety; this was perceived as entailing a conflict of interests. Dr Tony Barrell, Director of HSE’s Technology and Air Pollution Division was appointed Chief Executive of OSD, having previously been seconded to the DEn to lead the transfer of responsibilities. At the same time, Ministerial oversight was transferred from the DEn to the Department of Employment. The Offshore Safety Act 1992 made the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 and its subsidiary Regulations relevant statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at work etc, Act 1974. The OSD’s initial responsibilities included the establishment of the Safety Case Regulations; a thorough review of existing safety legislation and the move towards a goal setting regulatory regime. OSD became part of the HSE’s new Hazardous Installations Directorate in 1999; it became part of the new Energy Division in 2013. OSHCR (Occupational Safety & Health Consultants Register)The HSE currently administrates the Occupational Safety & Health Consultants Register (OSHCR), a central register of registered safety consultants within the United Kingdom. The intention of the HSE is to pass responsibility of operating the register to the relevant trade & professional bodies once the register is up and running.[11] PersonnelDirectors General of the Health and Safety ExecutiveList of Directors General:[12]
The HSE and the Health and Safety Commission merged on 1 April 2008. Deputy Directors General of the Health and Safety Executive
The HSE and the Health and Safety Commission merged on 1 April 2008. Chair and Chief Executive of the Health and Safety ExecutiveChairs:
Heads of OSD
CriticismSome of the criticism of HSE has been that its procedures are inadequate to protect safety. For example, the public enquiry by Lord Gill into the Stockline Plastics factory explosion criticised the HSE for "inadequate appreciation of the risks associated with buried LPG pipework…and a failure properly to carry out check visits".[13] However, most criticism of the HSE is that their regulations are over-broad, suffocating, and part of a nanny state. The Daily Telegraph has claimed that the HSE is part of a "compensation culture," that it is undemocratic and unaccountable,[14] and that its rules are costing jobs.[15] However, the HSE denies this,[16] saying that much of the criticism is misplaced because it relates to matters outside the HSE's remit. The HSE also responded to criticism by publishing a "Myth of the Month" section on its website between 2007 and 2010, which it described as "exposing the various myths about ‘health and safety’".[17][18] This has become a political issue in the UK. The Lord Young report, published in October 2010, recommended various reforms aiming "to free businesses from unnecessary bureaucratic burdens and the fear of having to pay out unjustified damages claims and legal fees."[19] Areas of regulation{{div col|colwidth=20em}}The HSE focuses regulation of health and safety in the following sectors of industry:
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/index.htm |title=HSE offices |publisher=Health & Safety Executive |date= |accessdate=2012-04-07}} 2. ^{{cite web |date=1 April 2008 |title=Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive merge to form a single regulatory body |author=Department for Work and Pensions |url=http://www.dwpc.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2008/apr/emp070-010408.asp |accessdate=2008-04-06 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 3. ^Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008, SI 2008/960 4. ^Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s.11(2) 5. ^Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s.11(3) 6. ^Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s.12 7. ^Railways Act 2005, ss.2, 60/ Sch.3 para.3(1)(b)(2); Railways Act 2005 (Commencement No.5) Order 2006, SI 2006/266, art.2(2), Sch. 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120510234756/http://www.hsl.gov.uk/media/113487/annual%20report%202011.pdf|title=HSL Annual Report and Accounts 2010/2011|author=|date=|website=nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=19 March 2018}} 9. ^www.hsl.gov.uk {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113222555/http://www.hsl.gov.uk/about-hsl/centenary.aspx |date=13 January 2012 }} A Century of Science 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/mining|title=Health and safety in mining|author=|date=|website=www.hse.gov.uk|accessdate=19 March 2018}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/oshcr/business-qa.htm |title=About OSHCR on the HSE website |publisher=Hse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-13}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.ukwhoswho.com/public/home.html|title = Who's Who|website = www.ukwhoswho.com|access-date = 2016-03-04}} 13. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/hse-response-to-stockline-too-little-too-late-1.826334|title=HSE response to Stockline 'too little, too late'|publisher=Daily Herald|date=30 August 2009|accessdate=2010-12-19}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2009/12/david-cameron-declares-war-on-the-nonsense-of-the-overthetop-health-and-safety-culture.html |title=David Cameron declares war on the "nonsense" of the "over-the-top health and safety culture" The Tory Diary |publisher=Conservativehome.blogs.com |date=2009-12-01 |accessdate=2014-08-13}} 15. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7966428/Health-and-safety-laws-are-costing-jobs.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Deputy | last=Political | title=Health and safety laws are costing jobs | date=27 August 2010}} 16. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jun/30/judith-hackitt-health-safety-work | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Jane | last=Dudman | title=Dispelling the {{sic|myths |hide=y|around}} health and safety | date=30 June 2010}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/ |title=Busting the health and safety myths |publisher=Hse.gov.uk |date=2014-06-30 |accessdate=2014-08-13}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2007/gnnwm09907.htm |title=HSE and local authorities hit back at ‘health and Safety’ myths |publisher=HSE |date=3 July 2007 |accessdate=2010-12-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605075631/http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2007/gnnwm09907.htm |archivedate=5 June 2011 |df= }} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/402906_CommonSense_acc.pdf |title=Common Sense Common Safety: A report by Lord Young of Graffham to the Prime Minister |publisher=HM Government |page=9 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920234109/http://www.number10.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/402906_CommonSense_acc.pdf |archivedate=20 September 2012 |df= }} External links
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