Health & Safety Executive. Powers and Working at Height.

The health and safety inspector may:

• Enter your work premises at any time.

• Give you advice, information and guidance.

• Not interrupt work activities at any time?

• Not issue a formal warning?

Health and inspectors have the authority to:

• Carrying out examinations and investigations?

• Carry out waste removal?

• Carry out building activities?

• Take measurements, photographs and samples?

Health and inspectors have the authority to:

• Take possession of an article and arranging for it to be dismantled or tested?

• Erect working platforms?

• Erect masonry structures?

• Seize and making safe any article or substance that could cause serious personal injury?

Health and inspectors have the authority to:

• Request information and take statements from people they think can help an investigation?

• Dismantle propriety working platforms?

• Inspect and copy documents?

• Seize and make safe any article or substance that could cause serious personal injury?

HSE: Health and safety inspections after an accidents involve:

• Usually the inspector will be visiting to carry out a routine health and safety inspection.

• They could also visit you after an accident that may have been caused by work activities?

• Investigate the causes of the accident?

• Advise you whether you need to take action to prevent a recurrence?

During a Health & Safety Inspection. Inspectors will be seeking to:

• Investigate the causes of the accident?

• Advise you whether you need to take action to prevent a recurrence?

• Determine if there has been a breach of health and safety law?

• If you call HSE for help, you'll end up with an unwanted inspection?

If the inspector considers that you are breaking health and safety law, or your activities give rise to a serious risk, they can:

• Issue an informal warning, verbally or in writing?

• Issue an improvement notice or prohibition notice?

• Prosecute the company and/or individuals?

• Install de-watering equipment?

WAHR is the acronym for:

• Working At Height Regulations?

• Water At Home Regulations?

• Working At Home Regulations?

• Working with Heat Regulations?

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 is commonly referred to as:

• WARH?

• WAHR?

• WRAH?

• WHRA?

Falls from height are one of the biggest causes of workplace fatalities and major injuries.

• True?

• False?