Another HSE consultation

[kerry davies]

Consultation on proposals to exempt self-employed persons from section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, except those undertaking activities on a prescribed list.

Interesting to note that the prescribed list includes;

An undertaking will be prescribed if one of the following four criteria is met:

. there are high numbers of self-employed in a particular industry and high rates of injuries and/or fatalities (eg agriculture);

. there is a significant risk to members of the public (eg fairgrounds);

. there is the potential for mass fatalities (eg explosives); or

. there is a European obligation to retain the general duty on self-employed persons (eg construction - Council Directive 92/57/EEC imposes duties on the self-employed for safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites)

That last bit suggests a possibility of "CDM At Events" involvement and of course "explosives" covers pyro, both of which we have recently been discussing.