Industrial Health and Safety

(asked on 25th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2016 to Question 48471, if he will make it his policy to collect shift pattern data for (a) mining and (b) other potentially dangerous industries.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 28th October 2016

HSE does not plan to make any changes to its policy in collection of shift pattern data for the mining industry. HSE routinely makes use of available sources such as the Labour Force Survey to identify shift patterns and has commissioned research, where appropriate, to address specific issues.

If an investigation of a reported incident led an HSE inspector to believe that shift work (or any risks associated with shift work) was a potential causative factor, they would pursue that line of enquiry and take appropriate enforcement action where necessary.

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