Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)

The most important requirement of the regulations is that the equipment must be suitable for the job it has to do. The Court of Appeal has ruled that work equipment should not be regarded as unsuitable when injury results from the mishandling of equipment that is otherwise safe to use, as the case below shows:

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