Safety Legislations
- Section 6 - Health and Safety Considerations
- Health and Safety Regulation - A Short Guide
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations 1999
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
- BS EN 60335-2-76@2005
Responsibilities
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING HEALTH AND SAFETY
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act,1974, installers have a responsibility to advise their customers on how to ensure the safe ongoing use of AVISHOCK™ and how to isolate (unplug) the system when requested to do so by personnel working on the structure.
It is the installer's responsibility to advise their customer to:
- Remove the power lead to the Energiser to ensure that the Energiser cannot be plugged back in inadvertently or otherwise during work on the system
- Ensure that Warning Signs are maintained
- Include the Energisers in routine Portable Appliance Testing of Electrical Equipment
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the customer/user has a responsibility to follow the advice of the installer and to advise their contractors/staff on the safe use of AVISHOCK™.
It is the customer's responsibility to advise their contractors/staff to:
- Inform those who might come into contact with the AVISHOCK™ system during the course of their work, that the Energiser must be isolated (unplugged) prior to them working on the building
- Ensure that they know how to isolate (unplug) the system
- Specify that ladders are not used on the building whilst AVISHOCK™ is live
