Remember the MOTHER rule
and keep healthy & safe both
during and after pregnancy!
HEALTH & SAFETY
Make sure you inform your manager
of any hazards you have identified
ADVICE
Only take on new practices with
advice from your manager
Take regular rest breaks and look after
yourself
Healthy eating makes good sense
Enjoy your pregnancy – keep safe
and well
Review your circumstances and notify
FOR
your manager of any changes that
affect you at work
NEW & EXPECTANT
Brochure # HS 10
Health and Safety Department
MOTHERS
IN THE
WORKPLACE
CONGRATULATIONS…
On your pregnancy
This leaflet, together with the New and
Expectant Mothers Hazard Checklist, is
designed to help you, with your manager,
identify any new and existing dangers that
may affect you in the work place during
your pregnancy, after the birth of your child
and whilst you are breast feeding.
Pregnancy is not equated with ill health; it
should be regarded as part of everyday life
and its health and safety implications can
be adequately addressed by normal health
and safety management procedures.
The
law
that
requires
this
is
Some of the more common risks for you
Your Responsibilities
to think about are:
We all have a responsibility for
safety at work. Written notification

Handling unpredictable loads
should
your

Lifting /carrying of heavy loads
manager as early as possible, to

Standing or sitting for long lengths
of time

Exposure to infectious diseases exposure to lead
certificate from your GP or midwife.

Work related stress
It is important that any advice you

Workstations and posture

Exposure to radioactive material

Threat of violence in the workplace

Long working hours
Your Manager’s

Excessively noisy workplaces
Responsibilities

Dehydration during breast feeding
be
forwarded
to
ensure the health and safety of
yourself
and
manager
may
your
also
baby.
ask
Your
for
a
have received from your GP or
midwife, which could affect you
while at work, is passed on to your
manager.
the
Management of Health and Safety at Work
Regulations.
Your manager will ask you questions from
a new and expectant mothers’ hazard
checklist.
This is to identify any new or
existing hazards that may affect you at
work This will be kept in your personal file
and
reviewed
change.
should
circumstances