Between the 1st September 2020 to the 12th Feb 2021 the Health and Safety Authority carried out three thousand, eight hundred and nine (3,809)
workplace
inspections across a wide range of sectors.
During this period, in additional to carrying out inspections assessing compliance with Health and Safety legislation, the Health and Safety Authority was involved in a number of roles around the management of COVID-19 in workplaces which included the training of, and supporting, other inspectorates to carry-out Protocol related inspections and, also as a member of Outbreak Control Teams , in support of public health, at various meat plants.
The table below details the levels of enforcement issued arising from the inspections.
Workplace Inspections
|
Written Advice Given
|
Improvement Notice Issued
|
Prohibition Notice Issued
|
Fixed payment Notice* Issued
|
3089
|
2327
|
56
|
79
|
10
|
Note*- Fixed payment notices are issued for non-compliances under ADR (European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) Regulations.