Health & Safety Services
Leading specialists in Health & Safety Legislation
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Health and Safety Support for SME businesses
We are a professional health and safety consultancy with many years of experience assisting and supporting clients to comply with health and safety legislation as detailed within the health and safety at work act.
The majority of our Health and Safety Advisors are Chartered Members of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH), experienced and qualified in health and safety, food hygiene and are qualified safety trainers. We are well positioned to help your business/organisation comply with the Health and Safety at work act, with our Health and Safety Support Services.
Why do you need competent assistance?
Simply, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations states that employers must appoint competent persons to assist in health and safety either in house and where more complicated situations require a higher level of knowledge and experience outside assistance (e.g. NorthgateArinso Employer Services Health and Safety Support).
Regardless of whether you are self-employed or employ fewer than five employees, you still have to have a health and safety policy and risk assessments in place. However, when you employ five or more employees then you must have the policy and risk assessments documented to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act and any other associated health and safety legislation.
Managing health, safety and the environment is just like managing any other business function – you need
- Objectives
- Plans
- Implementation
- Measurement, review and audit
Unlike many other business functions, the consequences of getting it wrong can literally be fatal and lead to prosecution and civil claims for negligence. As an employer you are responsible to comply with health and safety legislation to ensure the health, safety and welfare of your employees any others affected by your undertaking, failure to do so could result in a prison sentence, extensive fines or both depending on the seriousness of the offence.
The importance of complying with health and safety legislation
Health and safety statistics produced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) key annual figures for 2008/09
- 1.2 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness (long standing as well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 551 000 of these were new cases.
- 180 workers were killed at work,
- 131 895 other injuries to employees were reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR),
- 246 000 reportable injuries occurred,
- 29.3 million days were lost overall, 24.6 million due to work-related ill health and 4.7 million due to workplace injury.
It is feasible to assume that one or more of your employees could be part of the above statistics. If you have suffered an accident as an employer, you will know that once it goes wrong it really goes wrong. It is at that stage you have to prove to your Enforcing Authority (HSE or your local council’s Environmental Health department) and your Insurers that you have complied with health and safety legislation and have rigorous documentation in place to prove you have done what would be deemed reasonable. Non-compliance with health and safety legislation detailed within the health and safety at work act could lead to:
- Accidents
- Criminal and/or Civil Prosecution
- Loss of Business
- Loss of Good Reputation
How NorthgateArinso Employer Services can help you and your business comply with the health and safety at work act?
We can provide health and safety support to ensure your business/organisation complies with the latest health and safety legislation by:
- Assigning a dedicated Health and Safety Advisor, helping you to comply with the health and safety at work act
- Preparing and installing health and safety policies and procedures that reflect your businesses undertaking to comply with the health and safety at work act.
- Assisting with risk assessments, safe systems of work and method statements.
- Assisting with accident investigation and liaise with the Enforcing Authorities on your behalf.
- Carry out health and safety training and offering ongoing health and safety support.
- Carry out health, safety and welfare gap analysis, workplace site inspections and audits
- You will have access to our 24/7 health and safety support advice line
- Benefit from an Indemnity for prosecution costs
- Health and Safety Consultancy work
For more information on our Health and Safety Support Services
To find out more about our Health and Safety Support Services and ensure your business complies with Health and Safety Legislation as set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act, please call 0845 073 0260 or fill in our short enquiry form.
First Business Support Ltd (No. 03056267) trading as NorthgateArinso Employer Services is
authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for general insurance business.