Health and safety

With the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), we enforce the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which covers occupational health and safety. Responsibilities are set through the Enforcing Authority Regulations 1998. 

Accidents

Employers, self-employed and people in control of work premises have a duty to report certain types of accidents that occur in workplaces under Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR). Workplaces included any place where a work activity is taking place e.g. a factory, a retail premises or a building site. 

Health and safety questions

Who do I report to?

Email us if your business is: 

  • Office-based
  • Retail or wholesale 
  • Warehousing 
  • Hotel and catering
  • Sports or leisure
  • Residential accommodation, excluding nursing homes
  • Concerned with places of worship 

For all other types of business, report a health and safety issue through the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). 

Who do the health and safety laws apply to?

To all businesses, large and small as well as employees and self-employed people. 

Why do officers inspect workplaces?

Inspectors visit workplaces to check that businesses are complying with the law, they also give advice about how you achieve it. However, officers can take enforcement action when laws have been seriously breached.

Do I need to have employers' liability insurance?

If you employ anyone it is a legal requirement and the certificate should be put on display. 

Do I need to display any posters?

The health and safety law poster should be on view if you employ anyone. 

I am just starting up my own business, is there anywhere I can go to get advice?

The HSE can help you with more detailed information. 

Cooling towers and evaporative condensers

Premises with cooling towers and evaporative condensers must register with them with us under The Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992. The reason for this relates to the control of legionella, or legionnaires disease. 

Read The Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992 on the government's legislation website.

If you are in control of a premises with a cooling tower or condenser you have a duty to notify us in writing.

You do not need to tell us if you have a cooling tower if:

  • it contains no water that is exposed to air
  • its water supply is not connected
  • its electrical supply is not connected

If you make any changes to your tower or condenser you must tell us immediately.

To register your cooling tower or evaporative condenser you must fill in the form below and send it to us at 

Crawley Borough Council
Environmental Health
Town Hall
The Boulevard
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 1UZ

Cooling towers register

  • Gatwick Airport Ltd North Terminal, Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, RH6 ONP
  • Gatwick Airport Ltd South Terminal, Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, RH6 ONP
  • County Mall, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1FP
  • Delphax Technology Ltd, Unit 3 Satellite Business Village, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 2NE
  • Airbase UK Interiors Ltd, Unit C2, Woolborough Lane, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9AG
  • Eskimo Ice, Whitworth Road, Crawley, RH11 7SS
  • Ultra Ice (UK) Ltd, Unit 1, Rutherford Way, RH10 9LN
  • Digital Realty, Unit 1, Power Avenue, Manor Royal, Crawley, RH10 9BE
  • Digital Realty, Unit 2, Connect Way, Manor Royal, Crawley, RH10 9BD
  • 4D Data Centres Ltd, 17-19 Kelvin Lane, Crawley, RH10 9EY