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Complaints about health and safety

Health and safety at places of work, and involving work activities, is regulated under the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Who to complain to...

If the workplace/work activity is in connection with any of the following you should contact the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) on 01772 836200:

• schools or education 
• manufacturing, mines and quarries 
• building sites 
• peripatetic (in the street and at people's homes 
• transport 
• nursing homes 

If the workplace/work activity is in connection with any of the following you should contact West Lancashire Borough Council's Commercial Safety Section on 01695 577177:

• office activities 
• warehousing 
• leisure 
• residential care homes 
• retail (shops and food premises) 
• entertainment 
• skin piercing 

All health and safety matters concerning the Council's buildings and activities as an employer should be directed to West Lancashire Borough Council's Commercial Safety team on 01695 577177. We will handle any information provided to us in accordance with our Privacy Notice (PDF, 9Kb).