Health and Safety
Welcome to the web pages for Neath Port Talbot County Borough
Council’s Health & Safety Enforcement Team.
It is our aim to make the borough a safe place for its
residents, for people who work in the borough and for its visitors.
We are the team responsible for ensuring that health and safety
plays a key role in the operation of businesses that are based in
Neath Port Talbot.
Accidents are often the result of poor health and safety
management and we aim to ensure that businesses are doing their
best to remove/minimise the risk of injuries to the public and
employees alike.
Along with the Health and Safety Executive, Neath Port Talbots’
Health and Safety team are responsible for making sure that the
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and its associated
regulations are followed by employers and their employees. To do
this we perform a number of duties:
- conducting Health and Safety Inspections
- providing advice and guidance
- responding to Service requests
- accepting and logging statutory reports such as accident
reports and lift notifications
- undertaking accident investigations
- running campaigns to raise public awareness of important
issues
- Routine water sampling