OSH system at national level - Iceland

OSH Legislative Framework

The current fundamental and most important legislative act of the Icelandic OSH legislation is the Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety in the Workplace, No 46/1980, with subsequent amendments [1]. This act states that it is the obligation of the employer to instruct and inform the employees about accident and health hazards at their work places. Additionally, the employer has to organise sufficient education and training on safe work procedures for the employees. This regulation can be regarded as the national transposition of the EU Framework Directive 89/391.In article 65 of the Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety in…