Who to contact
It is the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) that deals with:
- Factories;
- Building sites;
- Farms;
- Motor vehicle repairers;
- Quarries;
- Chemical plants;
- Offshore installations;
- Schools and universities;
- Leisure and entertainment facilities (owned by local authorities);
- Fairgrounds;
- Hospitals and nursing homes;
- Local authorities;
- Fire and police authorities;
- Government departments and establishments (including the military);
- Any other workplace not listed under local authorities.
The HSE is also responsible for investigating gas safety incidents in the home.
If you need to contact the HSE about an incident in any of the workplaces listed above, telephone (0161) 952 8200 between 0830 and 1700 hrs, Monday to Friday or
go to the Health and Safety Executive website for further information.
Contact us for:
- Offices;
- Retail and wholesale shops - includes: cash and carry, market stalls, shoe repairers, coin-operated launderettes, mobile shops, garden centres;
- Tyre and exhaust fitters;
- Restaurants, take-away food shops, mobile snack bars and catering services;
- Hotels - includes: pubs, cafes, wine bars, guest houses, hostels, holiday homes, caravan and camping sites, residential homes;
- Wholesale or retail warehouses - excludes: those that are part of a factory or wholesalers of hazardous substances;
- Leisure and entertainment facilities (privately owned) - includes: night-clubs, discos, bingo halls, amusement arcades, circuses, social clubs, sports facilities, health clubs, gyms, swimming pools, riding schools, pleasure-boat hire, golf clubs, motor racing circuits, race-courses, theatres and art galleries. Excludes: fairs (travelling or fixed);
- Exhibitions;
- Religious activities;
- Undertakers;
- Therapeutic and beauty services - includes: massage parlours, solariums, manicure, saunas, tattooing, skin and body piercing, hairdressing;
- Animal care - includes: kennels, catteries, livery stables, zoos.
If you require any advice, have a complaint, or would like to report an incident, please contact:
Environment & Development Services
Phone: 0161 253 5353
If you have any issues relevant to standards of health and safety involving the delivery of Council services contact:
Health and Safety Services, Town Hall.
Phone: 0161 253 5143
E-mail: hss@bury.gov.uk 