LAST month, we noted that contractors can pose extra risks to you (as a client) because they may not know all the hazards or precautions associated with a given job, and other hazards and emergency measures at your workplace (www.healthandsafety-atwork.com/hsw/choosing-wisely ). When you take on a contractor, your legal duties extend to taking reasonably practicable steps to ensuring they can work in safety and that others (such as your employees) are not harmed by their work. The general duty is set out in Section 3.1 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, which says that every employer must conduct their undertaking "in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety".
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机译：上个月，我们注意到承包商可能给您（作为客户）带来额外的风险，因为他们可能不了解与给定工作相关的所有危险或预防措施，以及您工作场所的其他危险和应急措施（www.healthandsafety-atwork。 com / hsw /明智地选择）。当您承包承包商时，您的法律责任延伸至采取合理可行的步骤，以确保他们可以安全地工作，并且确保他人（例如您的员工）不受其工作伤害。 《工作健康与安全法》第3.1节规定了一般职责，其中规定，每个雇主都必须“在合理可行的范围内，确保不在其工作岗位上的人员可能因此受到影响而不会因此遭受其健康或安全风险”。
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