Health and safety at work enforcement is the joint responsibility of both local district and borough councils and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
St Edmundsbury Borough Council covers health and safety in shops, warehouses, offices, hotels, catering, sports and leisure, consumer services (such as launderettes, hairdressers, tyre and exhaust fitters), residential care homes and churches.
The HSE cover mainly industrial activities: factories, building sites, mines and quarries, agriculture, railways, chemical plants, offshore and nuclear installations and fairgrounds.
St Edmundsbury Borough Council aims to prevent work place accidents and ill health by:
Health and safety services are provided by teams of environmental health practitioners who have appropriate training and experience.
The service is available to members of the public, employees and business owners and everyone should expect a good quality of service.
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