Services
Listed below is a very small number of the requirements under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. It is by no means an exhaustive list. If you require a specific service please call to discuss. |
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Health & Safety Policies Risk Assessments Noise Assessments FIRE COSHH Assessments Display Screen Equipment Manual Handling PUWER LOLER DSEAR Construction, Shutdown & Outage Services Staff Induction and Training Appointed Safety Advisor Service Healthcare Accident Investigation Auditing Health and Safety Management |
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Health & Safety Policy.If you employ 5 or more people then you must prepare and display a Health and Safety Policy. It is a statutory requirement and failure to do this will leave you liable to prosecution. We can produce your health and safety policy. The policy manual sets out the responsibilities and policy statements, covering rules for employees, contractors and visitors, together with all management control policies and procedures. We will also provide all the statutory notices, fire registers and first aid notices so that your business complies with the particular requirements of the law. |
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Risk Assessments.The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require risk assessments to be carried out where there is a risk to employees or others. This is now the cornerstone of good health and safety management. You have a legal duty to prepare or to have prepared written risk assessments. Some risks are of a general nature but others will need to be considered against more detailed legislation. Acting in the role of the "Competent Person" as required by the current Health and Safety legislation we can identify the hazards and produce appropriate risk assessments. These will be presented in an easy to follow manner detailing remedial actions as necessary. All risk assessments must be reviewed from time to time to ensure they remain valid. |
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Noise Assessments.Noise is an important occupational hazard and is becoming an ever increasing element for costly litigation. The new Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 requires an employer to consider the “daily personal noise exposure” level to its employees. If an employee is likely to be exposed to the first action level or above 80 dB(A) or to the peak action level or above, (200 pascals), ensure that a competent person carries out a noise assessment and analysis. Failure to do so will be an offence. Using our sophisticated and fully calibrated Class 1 Integrating Logging Sound Level Analyser we can carry out your noise assessments, produce a full site survey and detail what control measures are required. Being a Class 1 instrument you can be certain that the data is correct and that no “errors” have occurred as so frequently happens with inferior Class 2 type instruments. |
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FireThe Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the “responsible person” to carry out or have carried out a fire risk assessment on the building or place of work. This major piece of legislation has repealed and revoked over 80 individual Acts and Regulations including the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and the Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 1999.A previously issued Fire Certificate from the local Brigade is no longer valid – the onus is placed firmly on the occupier or responsible person. That person will be required to determine the risk from fire to persons employed in or visiting the workplace including staff, visitors and contractors and to record the measures that should be implemented to control those risks. We can assist you by analysing the likelihood and severity of
the significant hazards causing harm, taking into account the existing
and planned preventative and protective measures. Using our Fire
Risk Management software we can produce your risk assessment(s)
and audit report so that when the Fire Officer attends your records
are available. |
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COSHH Assessments.If you use or store chemicals at work then you must undertake COSHH assessments. The assessments must include product particulars and the action to be taken in the event of an emergency. We can prepare your COSHH policy, undertake your assessments and produce an itinerary of all substances in use at your premises. |
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Display Screen Equipment.If your business or undertaking requires the use of Display Screen Equipment (DSE) then you are legally obliged to assess the risks to the operators of that equipment subject to certain conditions. You are required to provide a suitable and sufficient analysis the workstations and to provide adequate health and safety training to the operator. We can prepare your DSE Policy and provide a full assessment of your work station setting out the minimum standards for workstations as required under the Display Screen Regulations. |
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Manual Handling.More than a third of accidents reported each year to the enforcing authorities are associated with manual handling - the moving or transporting of loads by hand or bodily force. There is now substantial acceptance of both the scale of manual handling problems and methods of prevention. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 provide a clear hierarchy of measures including avoidance, assessments and reduction as far as is reasonably practicable. A full assessment of every manual handling operation could be a major undertaking and might involve wasted effort. We can prepare your Manual Handling Policy, and use numerical guidelines, which will help to identify the manual handling operation, which warrant a more detailed examination and assessment. |
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Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)Almost all equipment used at work will in some way be captured by the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. These are complex Regulations and can present real difficulties for some companies when machinery risk assessments are required. We have the expertise to assist in the preparation of your PUWER Policy and risk assessments. Please note: We do not undertake insurance of or statutory testing of work equipment. |
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LOLERAll lifting operations and lifting equipment is generally captured by the requirements of LOLER 1998. Such equipment rangers from cranes and lifting gear to a stair-lift for elderly persons. The Regulations, like PUWER above can be difficult to interpret and apply. We can assist you in LOLER matters. |
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Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres RegulationsDangerous substances as defined by the Regulations include substances, preparations and dusts with the potential to give rise to fires, explosions and similar energy releasing events which could cause harm to people. Almost every workplace will have a substance capable of creating a hazard or contributing to an existing one. These could be fuels, gas, paints, varnishes, solvents and certain dusts which, when mixed with air, could cause an explosive atmosphere, e.g. from machining or production operations. The Regulations require hazardous areas to be identified and classified as zoned areas. The nature of the hazard will dictate the category zone number. Explosive atmospheres can be described as an accumulation of gas, mist, dust or vapour, mixed with air, which has the potential to ignite or explode. An explosive atmosphere does not always result in an explosion but if it ignited, the flames would quickly travel through it. If this occurred in a confined space the rapid spread of the flames or rise in pressure could result in an explosion. Our experience gained over many years in the Petro-chemical and other high risk industries can help you with DSEAR risk assessments and zoning advice. |
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Construction, Shutdown & Outage ServicesAs members of the Association for Project Safety (APS), we can offer full CDM Co-ordinator services under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007. Our considerable experience of shutdowns and outages mean that we can take full day to day safety management of your contractors during plant shutdown. Our services include induction and contractor management for:
We can we can provide full construction site inspection services on daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis and provide a 50-point check list document to be filed with the site manager. This will act as a reference point if the enforcing authorities pay you a visit. |
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Staff Induction and TrainingThe obligation to provide adequate training for your staff starts from the day you employ them. In addition to basic company induction all employees must be provided with sufficient knowledge and information to enable them to carry out their tasks safely and effectively. Using our own IT and Visual Aid Equipment we can present a full induction programme and pack for employees and contractors. |
Appointed Safety Advisor ServiceEvery employer must have one or more competent persons to assist in the measures he needs to undertake to comply with the requirement and prohibitions by or under statutory provisions. This means that a professional competent person must be available to guide the employer through the myriad of legislation. Our "Appointed Safety Advisor Service" has been designed to assist companies by providing ongoing professional and qualified support to those who do not employ health and safety professionals, or it can be used to supplement existing "in house" expertise. Each contract can be time specific and can include a built in plan for training days and consultancy work. It will include free telephone advice for the life of the contract and preferential costing / sourcing of safety supplies. |
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HealthcareA major consideration with water systems in a healthcare or residential site is the risk from Legionella bacteria. The organism can attack the lungs and cause a form of pneumonia. Death often follows. With a potential charge of Manslaughter facing the owner or operator responsible for a water system that has caused a death it makes sense to have a safe system in place. From your schematic drawings of the system we will carry out an initial risk assessment of the care facility. The appropriate water treatment service will be identified for the site together with a recommended maintenance programme. Sample points will be identified as well as indicating areas of the system that require attention. We will offer a complete service (including sampling) to ensure that you operate safely and fulfill your obligations under HS(G)70. |
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Accident / Incident ReportingIf one of your employees has an accident or an incident occurred (of a prescribed kind) at work, you have a legal duty to report this under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995. We can carry out this work on your behalf in a prompt and efficient manner. In addition we can produce a detailed accident report for legal and insurance purposes etc. We can also provide a "Third Party" accident investigation service, providing professional and impartial advice to stand as "Expert Witness" in court proceedings. |
Auditing Health and Safety Management.The HSE guidance document (HS(G) 65) document is a practical guide for the establishment of a successful health and safety management system. However, organisations need to continuously audit their management systems, identify shortcomings that require attention so that they can review and plan for continuous improvement. Using our Audit Service based upon the HSE Guide and appropriate approved software we can provide you with a report identifying strengths and weaknesses including quantifiably evaluations. |
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