If you are about to carry out some non-routine maintenance it may result in some work activities that need to be risk assessed further as these activities may not have been considered previously during your Umbrella Risk Assessment.
Additional risk assessments will often be required prior to carrying out this type of activity and this may also result in additional training or safe working procedures.
Typical non-routine maintenance activities can result in many additional safety considerations as a result for example :-
Changing bulbs in a warehouse, racking refit or change of layout – e.g. work at height considerations, safe systems of work, training
Repair/servicing to a piece of equipment –e.g. isolating equipment, permits to work, specific training requirements
Refurbishment or repair to structure of building – e.g. safe systems of work, contractor management, hot work permits, work at height etc.
Don’t forget to inform your Safewell Adviser if you carry out any non-routine maintenance so that the safe working procedures can be discussed and additional risk assessments carried out as required prior to any work being undertaken.
Just call or email your Safewell Retained Health and Safety Adviser, or use the contact form on the right or below.
We have worked with Safewell for many years and are retained clients, so we have developed an excellent working relationship with the team. However, this really came into its own when Covid 19 appeared.
As a Plumbing and Heating business, we were able to carry on working during the lockdown but only for responding to emergencies. We were obviously very concerned about the health and safety of our employees and before we even had chance to get in touch with Safewell, they had emailed us offering their assistance. It is hard to put down on paper how that made us feel - we like everyone else felt totally at sea, which way to turn, what to do? But Safewell were there guiding, supporting and being totally brilliant. Their attention to detail is very impressive and reassuring and we feel able to ask lots of questions without feeling silly.
During the pandemic Safewell helped us to write risk assessments, safety procedures and protocols. They kept in touch regularly, issuing new guidance as soon as it appeared and checking in with us. They held group Q&A sessions over Zoom which were helpful, and knowing other businesses were facing the same challenges and having the opportunity to discuss issues was invaluable. Their help during the preparation for a full return to work was brilliant, they enabled us to be fully prepared and feel in control, and when we had our first case of Covid within the team, because we had planned our response it felt ok.
I think our team felt very reassured by our robust approach and that our office was Covid secure. We are extremely grateful to all the team at Safewell
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