There are lots of rules and they vary from country to country.
Jamaica did not have a Workplace Health and Safety Act that was passed in 1995. The Occupational Health & Safety Division of the Industrial Safety Section in the Jamaican Ministry of Labour and Social Security is the department with responsibility to monitor and enforce the requirements of the Factories Act and its accompanying Regulations, for occupational safety and health in Jamaica. Current regulations issued under the Factories Act are: # The Factories Regulations 1961 # The Building Operations and Works of Engineering Construction 1968 # The Ship and Docks Regulations 1968 The Factories Act and associated regulations can be seen at http:/www.mlss.gov.jm/eoshd/Regl.php The Ministry is in the process of introducing new legislation entitled the Occupational Safety and Health Act . This Act will be more far reaching in its jurisdiction than the present Act.
Regulations are usually government requirements. Health and safety regulations are government requirements that relate to preserving or providing health and safety. Health and safety regulations in a workplace are regulations that relate to providing or preserving health and safety in that workplace. There are two kinds of health and safety regulations: "general regulations" that apply to all workplaces, and "industry specific" regulations that apply to specific workplaces.
No such thing! However, in the UK, there are "Health & Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992" and "Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992".
The Health & Safety at Work Regulations, issued under a separate Health & Safety Act for each industry in the UK. In the US the regulations that govern health and safety at work are the OSHA regulations, issued under the authority of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Other countries have other regulations with other names.
The health and safety regulations on mining in the US are issued by the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA), and agency of the US Department of Labor..
The primary purposes of the health and safety regulations are to establish minimum requirements for health and safety in the workplace and to explicitly establish the health and safety responsibilities of employer, employee and government.
There is no autonomous legislation on occupational health and safety issues in Pakistan. The most important law that administrates occupational health and safety issues is the 1934: Chapter 3 of Factories Act. For instance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh have endorsed the Factories legislation correspondingly in 2013 and 2016. The perilous occupations rules are another applicable legislation under the authority of 1963 Factories Act. These regulations not only identify some perilous occupations but also give permission to state any additional course of action as perilous to the chief inspector of factories.
Regulations.
Two types of health and safety regulations are specification regulations, which say what precisely must be done, and performance regulations, which say what must be accomplished.
Health and Safety regulations for a nurse differ depending on the country and locality within a country where the nurse works.
As a member of the EU, the UK is expected to issue health and safety regulations that implement EU health and safety Directives. Every member of the EU is expected to do that. No two members does it in precisely the same way. So the EU health and safety regulations are harmonized with EU directives, but may differ in subtle ways for the health and safety regulations of other EU members.
In the US: The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and those of the 21 states that have their own approved programs. In the UK: The Safety and Health at Work Act of 1974