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A workplace Health and Safety Plan is intended to promote the safety, health and well-being of employees. Employers should ensure that the plan is available at all workplaces, regardless of size. The Administration of Occupational Safety and Health in Iceland calls for it in field inspections and digital inspections. The plan includes a written risk assessment and a written health protection and prevention plan.

• When carrying out a risk assessment it is necessary to identify risks in the work environment that could potentially threaten the safety, health and well-being of employees, and all aspects of the activity and the work environment must be looked at holistically. In that context it is a good idea to build on the five main elements of occupational safety and health, and specific elements if applicable. However it depends on the nature of the activity how complex each risk factor is in the risk assessment.

• Once a risk assessment has been made a health protection and prevention plan is drawn up, which deals with the measures that need to be taken so that the risk can be prevented or reduced as much as possible.

Here we discuss equipment and machinery, which is one of the five main elements of occupational safety and health.

New and old machines

New machines must be CE marked and must be accompanied by a declaration of conformity, they must also be accompanied by Icelandic operating and safety instructions.

More about new and old machines.

Responsibility for the safety of machines and equipment

Employers, manufaturers and importers/sellers are responsible for ensuring that the equipment in use is safe.

More about responsibility for the safety of machines and equipment.