Would you like us to?
Risk assessments are the employer’s responsibility and need to be undertaken by a competent person. Retained annual clients may use our name as their competent person to assist and they have access to our library of risk assessments on this web site. These are downloadable and amendable. We will check your work if you would like us to.
As part of our service we can train your staff to assess risk.
Special risk assessments can be carried out by our consultants during their normal visits to your premises or by special arrangement.
It's your choice.
When we come to conduct your audit it would be useful if you can have to hand any existing documentation, and also have available the staff who are responsible for implementing health and safety in your business, to discuss their concerns.
Your insurance costs ought to be reduced. Make your insurance broker aware of your new safety management arrangements and they ought to be able to negotiate a discount for you.
It is certainly true that by proper management, your claims history should improve, the consequence being a reduction in the number and severity of claims which will show an ongoing benefit to your insurance rates.
Let us know as soon as possible – certain types of accidents must be notified to the enforcing authority, and we can help you with this. Depending on the nature and seriousness of the accident it would also be wise to inform your legal advisers.
You are required by law to ensure that all serious incidents are properly investigated and it may be that a visit from one of our consultants needs to be arranged very quickly.
One of our safety consultants, along with a representative of your organisation, will undertake the following:
- An inspection of the physical premises and an assessment of risk both for the premises and the work being carried out in it
- A fire risk assessment if necessary
- A check of how prepared you are in case of emergency, including evacuation procedures and signage
- A check on mandatory and recommended health and safety training requirements
- A discussion on the management structure and responsibilities for health and safety
- A close-out meeting with senior management of your organisation
- A full written report
As often as you need us to – normally two to three visits a year are sufficient for safety management, but occasionally more visits are needed. We can be contracted to visit your site as often as you wish.
All our clients have easy access to regular legal updates and other relevant news online, providing easy-to-digest information on often complex and rapid changes to legislation. If you choose to become a retained client, we automatically send you updates for inclusion in your policies whenever new legislation is introduced.
Yes, as an additional service we can supply a wide ranging legal fees insurance policy which is well worth asking about.
No. We will work with you and your team to ensure you are taking all the appropriate steps to minimise risks to your organisation and comply with all the appropriate legislation. Ultimately however, the responsibility in law for ensuring a safe place to work for your employees and complying with health and safety legislation is that of the employer. We can, however, attend your offices every week, or several times a month, to keep your documentation and records up to date. This on-site presence also helps to improve the safety culture within an organisation.
