Health & Safety

This page provides information about Wrexham County Borough Council Health and Safety service, which is part of the Public Protection Department.

The aim of the Health and Safety service is to protect the health and safety and welfare of employees and to safeguard others, principally the public, who may be exposed to risks from work activities.


Please also see Health & Safety frequently asked questions.

About Health & Safety

The primary responsibility for ensuring health and safety in the workplace lies with those who create the risk, and in particular employers need to make suitable and sufficient arrangements for managing health and safety.

Officers within the section are responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 in all premises for which the Council has enforcement responsibilities. These premises include warehouses and stores, offices and shops, garden centres and residential care homes. The full range of premises enforced by the Local Authority can be found in the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998.

The range of activities undertaken by the officers are as follows:-

  • Investigate accidents and seek to prevent recurrences

  • Inspect premises on a routine basis for compliance with health and safety legislation. These are carried out on a priority based system. The frequency of our visits is determined by factors such as the type and size of premises, the work activity and the health and safety history of the premises.

  • Investigate and resolve complaints relating to workplace conditions.

  • Promote health and safety awareness to employers and employees by providing information, advice and participating in national campaigns.

  • Register and licence skin piercing and tatooist establishments.

  • Provide advice to business. We answer queries from business proprietors who require basic information on health and safety at work. Often we can provide this over the telephone and/or send out explanatory leaflets.

  • Provide advice to workers. Employees who are experiencing health and safety problems at work or who have any concerns or queries, may need to discuss their situation with someone outside their workplace. We can provide advice and/or deal with the query as a complaint. If an Officer makes an investigation the complainants name is not revealed.

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"Fit for Work, Fit for Life, Fit for Tomorrow" is the Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Strategic Delivery Programme for reducing work related fatal and major injuries and work related ill-health. Wrexham County Borough Council works in partnership with other North Wales Local Authorities and HSE focussing on the key areas of:

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Health and Safety Advice Sheets

The Health and Safety Advice Sheets available on this website provide a wide range of Health & Safety Business Information, which are available to read online, or download in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat PDF or plain text.

Link to to the Health and Safety Advice Sheets

Registration for Cosmetic Piercing, Tattooing and Electrolysis

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Contact Information

If you want any further information on any of our services please contact us:

Telephone: 01978 292040

Fax: 01978 297003

Email: environmental@wrexham.gov.uk | Online general enquiry form

Address:
Housing and Public Protection Office
High Street
Ruabon
Wrexham
LL14 6NH

Related Useful Links

Health & Safety Executive website

Incident Contact Centre website

For general advice by telephone, the HSE operate a telephone enquiry service offering health and safety advice on 0845 345 0055.

The HSE also provides a number of publications in other languages (external link).

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