(1) Every employer shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of his or her employees.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the employer's duty extends, in particular, to the following:
(a) managing and conducting work activities in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of his or her employees;
(b) managing and conducting work activities in such a way as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any improper conduct or behaviour likely to put the safety, health or welfare at work of his or her employees at risk;
(c) as regards the place of work concerned, ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable -
(i) the design, provision and maintenance of it in a condition that is safe and without risk to health,
(ii) the design, provision and maintenance of safe means of access to and egress from it, and
(iii) the design, provision and maintenance of plant
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