Occupational Safety & Health
Outsourcing your Health and Safety requirements allows you to utilise the expertise and resources of specialist advisors who understand the regulations and can help you apply best practices within your organisation.
Our amazing team of Health and Safety professionals will work with you to tailor support to your needs, providing you with a named consultant who will act as your competent functions advisor.
They will meet with you on-site to conduct an audit and inspection, offering ongoing guidance for Health & Safety.
The law requires all employers to appoint a competent person in health and safety, and this should either be an internal appointment or using a competent person.
More specifically it is a requirement of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations -Regulation 7 requires employers to appoint one or more Competent Person(s) to assist them in meeting their legal obligations.
The Regulations also require sufficient resources to be devoted to managing Health and Safety.
For large organisations employing or appointing a competent person is not usually a problem.
For smaller organisations this is just not a viable option, this where our service fulfils the role at a fraction of the cost of an employed person.
Our consultants are experienced and fully qualified to take on this role.
We hold NEBOSH qualifications and are members of both IOSH and the Association of Project Safety.
Competent Person - Nominated
Health and Safety Audits.
We conduct a full health and safety audit of your organisation and provide you with a comprehensive report, detailing any non-compliances.
Our auditors will also make practical recommendations supported by legal and standard requirements.
Once the report has been produced, we wont leave you high and dry.
Our team will be on hand to provide advice and guidance if needed.
Welfare Audits.
Our Welfare audit looks in to your organisations welfare facilities and wellbeing arrangements to provide a clear overview of any areas needing improvement.
This can be either a full organisational audit or simply a single area or site.
Our auditors will also make practical recommendations supported by legal and standard requirements.
Safety Audit Checklist
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Documentation – health and safety policy, risk assessments, CDM construction phase plans, HSE notifications.
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Accidents and Incidents – have any accidents taken place, have they been reported and investigated, and what if any remedial action has been taken.
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First Aid – what arrangements are in place regarding first aid, have the first aiders received up to date training.
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Fire – what procedure are in place, have emergency routes been planned and signed correctly, are fire extinguishers in the correct locations and are they maintained.
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Housekeeping – fire risks, obstructions, materials causing trips.
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Electrical – PAT testing, test certificates, overloaded sockets.
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Safety Signage – is the correct signage been used in the appropriate locations, has statutory signage been displayed?
Audits & Inspections
Risk Assessments
Day-to-day risk assessment work for workplaces, machinery and fire.
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Workplace Assessments
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DSEAR Assessments
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LEV Assessments
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Noise Assessment
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PUWER Assessments
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VDU Assessments
Technical Assessments.
Technical assessment work covering COSHH, noise at work, air monitoring, LEV testing and DSEAR risk helps organisations control more specialist exposure and process-related hazards.
This is particularly important where standard workplace assessments alone do not fully capture the level of technical or regulatory complexity involved.
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Identify where further measurement or specialist testing is needed.
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Translate technical findings into practical, operational controls.