Employers have an obligation to provide any equipment that is required to perform a job and that that equipment is right for the job, properly maintained and the worker required to use the equipment is properly trained.

These obligations are laid out in law and detailed information can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive.

If you have been subject to working with equipment which either you were not correctly trained to use or that has not been properly maintained and in a good state of repair, there are certain steps that you can take to ensure that no injury is suffered by you or a fellow worker. Not least contacting the HSE directly to discuss the matter.

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