Employers have a statutory duty to ensure that safety information and instructions are communicated to their employees. Reduce the risk of accidents by ensuring that all relevant employees, visitors and contractors are made aware of the safety arrangements you have put in place.

What tools are available to the employer to get the health & safety message across? The basics such as the "Health & Safety – the Law" poster and your Health & Safety Policy should be displayed in a prominent position.

Your risk assessments will identify the areas of particular risk, and you may be able to reduce the risk by installing warning signs, or exclusion signs near to the hazards. You should determine what warning signs you deem appropriate in your workplace.

Any specified requirements such as your set of Safe Working Instructions, Safety memos etc should also be communicated to your staff (see How to write concise Safe Working Instructions)

You should consider setting up a Safety Committee consisting of a number of people involved with the day to day management and enforcement of health & safety. This will provide a useful forum for staff to air any concerns and for suggestions to be made for improvements. It will also act as a good communication conduit for disseminating information from senior management to the shop floor. Minutes of Safety Meetings should be taken, and any agreed actions implemented in a timely fashion.