REGULATION 14
What regulation 14 requires
The Regulation requires that every window or other transparent or translucent
surface in a wall, partition, door or gate should, where necessary for
reasons of health or safety, be of a safety material or be protected against
breakage of the transparent or translucent material; and be appropriately marked
or incorporate features to make it apparent.
Inability
to conform with Regulation 14 could invalidate your Public and Employee
Liability Insurance.
Information
Since 1975 the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) has required
employers, the self employed and certain people who have control over workplaces
to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of anyone
who may be affected by their work activities. So if glazing constitutes a risk,
reasonably practicable measures need to be taken to deal with it.
Regulation 14 includes requirements for
glazing which make explicit those that are implicit in the HSWA. The regulations
apply to a wide range of workplaces including factories, offices, shops,
schools, hospitals, hotels and places of entertainment. They do not apply to
domestic premises used for work, or to construction sites. They have applied to
new workplaces from 1 January 1993 and they will apply to all workplaces from 1
January 1996.
The duty to comply with the regulations will usually fall to the employer.
However, people other than employers may be duty holders under the regulations
if they have control of a workplace to any extent; such as owners and landlords
of buildings used as workplaces.
Depending upon the tenancy agreement, particularly of a multi-occupied
building, the owner, as opposed to individual employers, may be the duty holder
responsible for complying with the requirements.
HOW WE CAN HELP YOU:
Survey
Assessment
We will assess every window or other
transparent or translucent surface in a wall, partition, or door or gate to
establish whether there is a risk of anyone being hurt if people or objects come
into contact with it, or if it breaks.
The regulation only expects action
"where necessary for reasons of
health or safety". So If there is a risk then actions
will be recommended to comply with the
regulation to:
