If a work accident, a serious hazard or a near miss occurs, resulting in more than one day off work or in a hospital visit, our adviser has to be informed. We can investigate, guide and advise.
Nick Evans
H&S Communications and H&S Meetings
Health and Safety meetings with employee involvement need to be held regularly with minutes recorded, so staff can raise issues, and so they can be advised of planned changes that may affect their H&S.
Changes in Workplace Transport
Staying in control of workplace transport is an important safety matter and measures must be taken to reduce vehicle/pedestrian risks. Changes introduced to the workplace may require changes to risk assessments or additional control measures.
Non-Routine Maintenance
Additional risk assessments will often be required prior to performing non-routine maintenance and may require extra training or safe working procedures.
Purchasing New Machinery, Equipment or Tools
If you plan to purchase new machinery or equipment, this may change the way you work and the people involved. This may also result in changes to safe working procedures and additional safety training.
Business Activity Changes – Are Your Risk Assessments Up To Date?
Any changes in your business activities may result in a need to review your Umbrella Risk Assessments and put in place new safety measures, which may result in a need to update training and guidance to your employees.
Changes to your Business Premises
If you plan any changes to your business premises, such as extending your premises, purchasing new premises
or moving to a new location (hopefully not already completed) please let us know…
Changing Work Activities from Contracted to In-House
Please remember to inform your Safewell Adviser of changes in work activities that might require additional safety advice or training for your teams.
Isocyanate Testing: Are you compliant?
Biological monitoring for Isocyanates has become the occupational standard for those working with isocyanate-based paints. An HSE drive on testing has exposed many companies not carrying this out, resulting in the issuance of an Improvement Notice.
Trades Health and Safety Hand Book
We have recently updated our Trades Health and Safety Handbook to make it more accessible for the reader. It is aimed at employees, is kept short and simple so it is a useful reference guide for health and safety, and is customised for each company.
Changes to RIDDOR coming April 2012
From 6 April 2012, the reporting requirement for over-three-day injuries to workers will change to over-seven-day injuries. From then, you must report work-related injuries where a worker has been incapacitated for more than seven consecutive days.
Lofstedt Report – Review Burden of Health and Safety
Professor Lofstedt, Professor of Risk Management at King’s College London, was tasked in Early 2011 to provide the government with recommendations to reduce the regulatory burden of UK Health and Safety Regulations. Here are the main recommendations from his report.
Call or message the Safewell Team
We are here to make health and safety accessible and easy for everyone. Please call on 01793 852951 or message us to help you.
