Because Employers are in most control over Safety in the work place they have the most responsibilities.

Employers must take every reasonable precaution to ensure the health and safety of persons at or near the workplace. As an employer, some of your main responsibilities include:

• providing and maintaining equipment with proper safety devices
• providing employees with the training, information and supervision they need to do their jobs safely, including informing employees about any health or safety hazards in the workplace
• making sure employees wear personal protective equipment and know how to use it properly
• establishing a Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee or ensuring that a Health and Safety Representative is selected, where required by legislation
• co-operating with the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee or Health and Safety Representative and with Health and Safety Officers from the Department of Labour
• preparing and maintaining an occupational health and safety policy and/or program, where required by legislation
• preparing a list of hazardous chemicals present in the workplace
• following the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations and making sure that employees also follow them
• perform work in a manner that does not expose employees to hazards
• Constructors / Contractors must ensure health and safety information is communicated to all parties, e.g. construction site