How to report a health and safety issue or concerns?

If you feel a health and safety issue or concern cannot be dealt with by your organisation or you are a member of the public you can contact either the Health and Safety Executive or your Local Authority depending on the type of issue or concern.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for enforcing health and safety within workplaces. These types of workplace include but are not limited to:

• factories

• farms

• building sites

• mines

• schools and colleges

• fairgrounds

• gas, electricity and water systems

• hospitals and nursing homes

• central and local government premises

• offshore installations

Your local authority environmental health department can be contacted directly about issues regarding:

• offices (except government offices)

• shops

• hotels

• cafes

• restaurants

• leisure premises

• nurseries and playgroups

• pubs and clubs

• museums (privately owned)

• places of worship

• sheltered accommodation and care homes

The health and Safety Executive also provide a list of specialist contacts for specific industries such as nuclear installations, Highways and Schools which you can find here

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