Fill in the Blanks Health and Safety - The AcademyOnline version Test your health and safety knowledge - Level 2 & 3 qualifications by Jenny Storey 1 The and at Act ( ) is the main piece of health and safety . It puts a duty on employers to ensure the safety , health and welfare at work of their employees and to ensure their activities do not others RIDDOR is the Reporting of , and Occurrences Regulations . By law it is required for employers , as well as people who are self - employed and people who are in control of a premises , to report specified in the . These can include a wide range of things such as dangerous occurrences ( when a serious accident was luckily avoided ) all the way to work related deaths COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are to . You can or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by : finding out what the health hazards are ; deciding how to prevent harm to health ( assessment ) ; Electricity at Work regulations aim to prevent or to any person from causes while working or in a work environment . This can include electric or burns , electric arching and fires or explosions started or caused by electricity