<p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for regulating health and safety in onshore major hazard industries and the offshore oil and gas industry.</p><p>The protection afforded by health and safety at work legislation to workers employed both onshore and offshore applies regardless of their employment arrangements.</p><p>HSE routinely checks that employers in major hazards sector have in place systems to ensure the competence of employees to ensure that they are appropriately skilled, and understand the risks of their work and the control measures necessary to prevent a major accident.</p>