The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Carcinogens and Mutagens) Regulations 2007

Information and training of workers

12.—(1) The employer shall take appropriate measures to ensure that workers or their representatives, or both, receive sufficient and appropriate training, on the basis of all available information, in particular in the form of information and instructions concerning—

(a) potential risks to health, including the additional risks due to tobacco consumption;

(b) precautions to prevent exposure;

(c) the requirements of hygiene;

(d) the wearing and use of protective clothing; and

(e) the steps to be taken by workers, including rescue workers, in the case of incidents and to prevent incidents.

(2) Training provided under paragraph (1) shall be—

(a) adapted to take account of new or changed risks; and

(b) repeated periodically if necessary.

(3) The employer shall, in relation to all installations, containers and packages containing carcinogens or mutagens—

(a) tell workers where they are;

(b) ensure that they are clearly and legibly labelled; and

(c) ensure that clearly visible warning and hazard signs are displayed on them.

(4) The employer shall take appropriate measures to ensure that—

(a) without prejudice to the duties imposed on the employer by these Regulations (in particular by regulation 9) workers or their representatives can verify that these Regulations are being applied or can be involved in their application, in particular with regard to—

(i) the consequences for workers’ safety and health of the selection, wearing and use of protective clothing and equipment; and

(ii) the measures to be determined by the employer under regulation 9;

(b) workers or their representatives are informed as quickly as possible of abnormal exposures, including those referred to in regulation 9, of the causes thereof and the corrective measures to be taken;

(c) an up-to-date list is kept of the workers engaged in activities as respects which a regulation 4 assessment has revealed a risk to the health or safety of workers, including (if the information is available) the exposure to which they have been subjected;

(d) the doctor or the Secretary of State as well as any other person with responsibility for the health and safety of workers at work has access to that list;

(e) each worker has access to the information on the list that relates to him personally; and

(f) workers or their representatives have access to anonymous collective information.