What should I do if my employer ignores an unsafe practice or situation which I have reported?

You should ask the safety committee or a safety representative to contact the HSE. The HSE inspectors have the power to:

• enter premises
• inspect and investigate
• take measurements, samples and photographs
• require an area or machine to be left undisturbed
• seize, render harmless or destroy dangerous items
• obtain information and take statements.

They also have the power to issue improvement and prohibition notices, and can bring prosecutions against any person contravening a relevant statutory provision.