New to the job: Health and Safety

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have shared resources on supporting health and safety with new employees. Workers are as likely to have an accident in the first 6 months at a workplace as during the rest of their working life. Anyone new to the workplace will be facing unfamiliar risks from the job they will be doing and from their surroundings.

HSE have guidance to protect those new to a job, which includes an in-depth guide to the 6 steps to protect new workers:

• capability
• induction
• control measures
• information
• supervision
• check understanding