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Who is responsible for my safety as an agency worker?

As an agency worker, your agency has a responsibility not to place you in a job for which you are not appropriately qualified. Your agency also has a legal duty to find out about any health and safety risks that may exist at the placement company and what the placement company is doing to prevent and control those risks. They should check that the hirer has carried out a thorough health and safety risk-assessment and ensure that you are made aware of the situation before placing you with the organisation.

The company that you are placed with is generally responsible for making sure that the workplace is a healthy and safe working environment for you.