Article 8 Informing workers
United Kingdom
Without prejudice to Article 10 of Directive 89/391/EEC, the employer shall take the measures necessary to ensure that workers have at their disposal adequate information and, where appropriate, written instructions on the work equipment used at work.
The information and the written instructions shall contain at least adequate safety and health information concerning:
the conditions of use of work equipment;
foreseeable abnormal situations;
the conclusions to be drawn from experience, where appropriate, in using work equipment.
Workers shall be made aware of dangers relevant to them, work equipment present in the work area or site, and any changes affecting them, inasmuch as they affect work equipment situated in their immediate work area or site, even if they do not use such equipment directly.
The information and the written instructions shall be comprehensible to the workers concerned.