If you can tick all the right boxes you are well on your way to Safety Compliance Assurance. If not, don’t worry, help is at hand.
1 – Health and Safety Policy
You must have a Health and Safety Policy statement that explains how you intend to manage Health and Safety hazards within your workplace.
- You have a recently reviewed policy
- Your policy has not been reviewed recently
- You don’t have a policy
Does your policy explain how you intend to manage Health & Safety hazards within your workplace and is it:
- Authorised by senior management;
- Communicated properly;
- Reviewed regularly; and
- A written statement if you have 5 or more employees?
If not we can help you implement a fully compliant policy easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT MEDIUM RISK.
Your Health & Safety policy statement must undergo regular review so that it remains reflective of your workplace activities.
We can help you review your policy easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK.
You must have a Health & Safety policy in place as this demonstrates your commitment to managing the risks associated with your workplace activities.
You need to take urgent action.
2 – Assessment of workplace risks
You need to have a system that supports you in identifying and managing all hazards to employees and site visitors. Remember, every workplace no matter how trivial the activities seem from a Health and Safety perspective WILL have hazards and risks which require managing.
- You have a system to manage all workplace risks
- You are aware of workplace risks
- You are not aware of the workplace risks
Can you demonstrate that you have a system in place which supports you in identifying and then managing all hazards to which all employees and site visitors may be affected?
Are you also able to demonstrate that you are reducing the level of risk exposure related to these hazards.
We can help you implement an appropriate system easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT MEDIUM RISK.
Being aware of the risks which could cause harm to employees or others in your workplace is the first step is achieving Health & Safety compliance, the next step is being able to demonstrate that you are managing those risks.
We can help you manage your workplace risks easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK.
Not considering or choosing to ignore your workplace risks that could cause harm to employees or others is not accepted under Health & Safety law.
You need to take urgent action.
3 – Assessment of other risks within the workplace
Being able to demonstrate management of other safety risks within your workplace e.g. fire safety, is a legal requirement. You must have a system that supports you in identifying and managing all other hazards which could present a risk to employees and site visitors.
- You have a system to manage other risks
- You are aware of the other risks in your workplace
- You are not aware of other workplace risks
Are you able to demonstrate that you have a system in place which identifies and then manages all hazards which could present a foreseeable risk to which employees and site visitors may be affected?
Are you also be able to demonstrate that you are reducing the level of risk exposure related to the identified hazards?
We can help you implement an appropriate system easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT MEDIUM RISK.
Being aware of the other risks in your workplace which could cause harm to employees or others is the first step is achieving Health & Safety compliance, the next step is being able to demonstrate that you are managing those risks.
We can help you implement risk management processes easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK.
Not considering or choosing to ignore other workplace risks which could cause harm to employees or others is not accepted under Health & Safety law.
You need to take urgent action.
4 – Communicating workplace safety
Health and Safety law requires you to communicate any known and foreseeable workplace safety hazards to all interested parties including employees, visitors and authorities.
- Strong communication channels are in place
- Some safety issues are communicated to some interested parties
- No communication of workplace safety issues
Are you able to demonstrate that you are communicating any known and foreseeable workplace safety concerns to all interested parties including full time, part time and temporary employees, contractors, site visitors, neighbours and also the general public if there is a chance of interaction with your work activities?
We can help you implement an appropriate communication process easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT MEDIUM RISK.
Communicating your workplace Health & Safety hazards and risks to some interested parties is a good starting point in achieving compliance, but are you doing enough?
We can help you communicate your workplace risks to ALL of your interested parties easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK.
Demonstrating good communication of your workplace Health & Safety hazards and how you are managing the risks is a requirement under Health & Safety law. It is really important to ensure that the right groups of people are made aware of the risks to which they are exposed.
You need to take urgent action.
5 – Access to competent Health and Safety advice
Access to up-to-date and competent Health and Safety advice is a requirement under Health and Safety law. This ensures that all employers are familiar with the actions to take in managing their workplace safety concerns.
- Complete access to advice
- Some access to advice
- No access to advice
Does the advice you receive give you the opportunity to ensure that the measures you implement to keep the workplace safe, are current and up to date with the latest legislative guidance?
We can help you with competent and timely advice to keep you compliant.
YOU ARE AT MEDIUM RISK.
It is essential that you are kept up to date with the most recent H&S advice and guidance to ensure that nothing in missed.
We can provide access to competent advice easily and quickly.
YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK.
Choosing to ignore recent updates to Health & Safety legislation, advice & guidance is unacceptable under Health & Safety law and could mean that any systems you have in place to deal with Health & Safety are useless.
You need to take urgent action.
