Health and Safety at Work is chiefly concerned with the prevention of injury, or disease to people at work and those who visit the workplace. Legal responsibilities are placed on employers, including the self-employed, employees and manufacturers of equipment, as well as those who fit and maintain it.
In Northern Ireland, Local Authority Environmental Health Officers are responsible for enforcing this legislation in retail, wholesale and office premises.
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) deal with other premises e.g. factories and manufacturing premises. Click here for link to HSENI website.
Please click for Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council's Health and Safety Enforcement Policy.
Health and Safety at Work
In Northern Ireland, Local Authority Environmental Health Officers are responsible for enforcing this legislation in retail, wholesale and office premises.
The following links provide more detailed guidance on various aspects of Health and Safety.
Accidents and Injuries
Asbestos
Churches
Cosmetic Piercing, Ear Piercing, Electrolysis, Tattooing and Acupuncture
Event Safety
Fireworks
Gas Safety
Guidance for Businesses
Hairdressers
Health and Safety Registration Form
Employers Health and Safety Duties
Health and Safety Training
Legionella
Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)
Noise in Entertainment Premises
Risk Assessment
Safe Maintenance
Sunbeds
Working at Heights
Workplace Transport
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to do if I run a business in the City of Lisburn?
What is the maximum/minimum temperature in the workplace?
What posters need to be displayed in the workplace?
What details do you need to put on the new health and safety poster?
Do you have any information on how to compile a health and safety policy?
Am I entitled to an eyesight test if I work on a VDU?
What should we have in our first aid box?
What do I need to do if I run a business in the Lisburn and Castlereagh Area?
Depending on the nature of your business you may need to register your details with the Environmental Health Service under Health and Safety at Work legislation. Please contact the Environmental Health Service for further advice and a free advisory information pack “Information for Smaller Businesses on Managing Health and Safety. Health-and-Safety-Registration-Form.doc is available to download.
What is the maximum/minimum temperature in the workplace?
Workplace-Temperature-Guidance.doc is available to download.
What posters need to be displayed in the workplace?
A copy of the approved poster entitled ‘Health and Safety Law in Northern Ireland’ should be displayed in the workroom, in a position where it can be read easily by the workforce. Alternatively employees may be given an approved leaflet containing the same information.
The Northern Ireland poster can be ordered from HSE books by phone, 01787881165 or online at www.books.hse.gov.uk.
It is also available from The Stationery Office, (TSO). You can order online at www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore/niposter or place your order by email at customer.services@tso.co.uk. You can also telephone 0870 600 5522 to place your order. (This is a requirement of the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations (NI) 1991).
What details do you need to put on the new health and safety poster?
Health & Safety Poster details are available to download here
Do you have any information on how to compile a health and safety policy?
Health & Safety Policy Guidance is available to download here
Am I entitled to an eyesight test if I work on a VDU?
VDU Guidance is available to download here
What should we have in our first aid box?
First Aid Box Guidance is available to download here
If you have any comments, require any further guidance or advice, do not hesitate to contact the Health and Safety Team of the Environmental Health Service for a response, at Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, Island Civic Centre, The Island, Lisburn, BT27 4RL. Telephone 028 9244 7300 or email: ehealth@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk