What Information must be Provided to a Safety Representative?

A properly informed Safety Representative can play an important role in preventing accidents and ill-health, it is in the employer’s interest to ensure that Safety Representatives are supplied with all relevant information.

Safety Representatives must have access to information on:

• any risk assessments and safety statement relating to their place of work;
• reportable accidents, occupational illnesses and dangerous occurrences without identifying any individual;
• on safety and health measures required under safety and health legislation; and
• any safety and health information on dangerous equipment, chemicals or processes used at their workplace including instruction manuals and safety data sheets.

A properly informed Safety Representative can play an important role in preventing accidents and ill-health, it is in the employer’s interest to ensure that safety Representatives are supplied with all relevant information.