Councils deliver a diverse range of public services. Responsibility for health and safety extends to their role as employer, service provider and as major procurer of goods and services. This website provides information on how councils can manage the risks to employees and others who are affected by their work activities, by adopting sensible, proportionate approaches.
Local authorities can make an important contribution to the successful delivery of the 2009 Strategy for health and safety in GB.
Individual councils are among the many businesses that have signed the pledge to ‘Be part of the solution' to deliver the strategy.
The risks in local government occur across a wide range of activities and services, from waste management and education to social care, housing refurbishment and highways maintenance.
Information related to these service delivery areas is available from HSE's relevant industry-based pages.
Health, work and well-being - caring for our future (2005)
Safe waste and recycling collection services