Health & Safety

What Are Your Main Requirements Under Health & Safety Legislation?

Health & Safety management in some form or another is now commonplace across all organisations. But how can you be sure that your organisation is meeting its legal requirements?

Your main requirements under Health & Safety legislation include:-

• Putting into place a policy and informing all employees of this;

• Making suitable arrangements for employee welfare;

• 'Employers liability insurance';

• 'Employees liability compulsory insurance certificate';

• Conducting risk assessments and controlling the risks / hazards identified;

• Full investigation of any accidents;

• Many more specific requirements set out in individual regulations.

It is vital that your organisation meets all of these requirements in order to protect the Health, Safety & Welfare of your employees and other stakeholders. However, this alone is not enough - you must be able to demonstrate every aspect of your Health & Safety management system to enforcing authorities in order to comply with the 'Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999'.

If you fail to comply or demonstrate the management of Health & Safety in your workplace you will be subject to damaged reputation, fines and in some cases even imprisonment of responsible persons (usually directors).

Crownford's Approach to Health & Safety Management

Whether your organisation is working towards accreditation for OHSAS 18001 or wishes to put in place a non-accredited Health & Safety Management System to the specification of HS(G)65, Crownford can help you at every step.

The Health & Safety Manual that we will help you to put in place has a unique structure and reference system - this provides complete traceability and makes your manual easy to use - both for your organisation and for enforcing authorities such as the 'Health & Safety Executive' and Local Authorities. Providing the system is maintained once in place this will ensure your organisation of legal compliance.

To ensure that the expert advice that you need is always available, you will have access to out telephone advice line regardless of the level of service you subscribe to.

Crownford's Health & Safety Service

As part of Crownford's approach to Health & Safety, several key areas are addressed to allow development of a management system. The service elements below are separated into two areas, proactive and reactive elements.

The proactive service elements are:-

01 - Process Mapping
02 - Legal Register Compilation
03 - Risk Assessment
04 - Objective Setting
05 - Policy Writing
06 - Safety Manual Compilation
07 - Safety Management System Audit
08 - Monitoring & Review
09 - External Audit / Certification

In addition, the reactive service elements are:-

10 - Telephone Advice Line
11 - Accident Investigation
12 - Assistance With Correspondence

For further information on Crownford's Health & Safety services please contact us and ask to speak with one of our Business Managers.