Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 9 January 2006.
John Mann
PPS (Rt Hon Richard Caborn, Minister of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the implications for health and safety of electronically tagging workers in commercial warehouses.
Anne McGuire
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has made no assessment of the implications for health and safety of electronically tagging workers in commercial warehouses.
Such warehouses are allocated to local authorities for the purposes of health and safety enforcement. Operators of such warehouses have to assess all risks to which their employees may be exposed.
HSE guidance on health and safety in warehouses is in the process of being revised and this topic will be considered for inclusion if evidence is available that any risk exists.
Yes1 person thinks so
No2 people think not
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