Services
FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION
At our first meeting we will consider your existing or proposed health & safety policy, risk assessments and safety management arrangements, method statements, staff safety training etc.
This allows us to highlight areas that may require particular or immediate attention. Please note that we will do this with you, allowing you access to every aspect of the process.
HEALTH & SAFETY STATISTICS – you’re not alone
Even now despite strict regulations and warnings from governing bodies like the HSE, things still go wrong for employers and their employees. In 2007/08 the UK working population suffered:
• Workplace deaths:
229 workers were killed in the workplace
• Workplace injuries:
299,000 reportable injuries advised to the HSE
• Workplace sickness:
2.1 million people suffered from illness caused or made worse by current or past work
• Working days lost:
34 million days lost overall due to workplace injury or ill health
These statistics from the HSE not only confirm the impact to industry as a whole, but also stress the importance of correctly implementing Health & Safety policies within your business. SMART-Health & Safety Solutions are health and safety consultants that specialise in supporting small to medium sized businesses who cannot justify the direct employment of a health and safety manager.
In our experience many SME’s do not fully comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 (HSAWA74) and supporting Regulations. In general most companies already know this. They would like to comply, but are concerned that once they attempt safety improvements they will open themselves to a mixture of diverse issues from their staff, reduce profits – and generally make life a misery all round…Which is simply not true!
Furthermore, many companies do not care for ‘advisor’s’ or ‘consultants’ telling them what they already know – and billing them for the privilege. They are irritated by those who sell by fear – claiming you can go to prison or incur massive fines. What these companies want is some help to comply, without messing about with their productivity unnecessarily.
SMART-Health & Safety Solutions are different to many other health and safety consultants and advisory companies – in so far – we get involved by helping you manage the introduction of safety. Initially we will start at a basic level of getting by achieving compliance with HASAWA74. Once clients understand the process they often request further improvements to their overall health & safety commitment. This is because they find they are more confident handling their staff; winning contracts and satisfying the terms and conditions of their insurance underwriters.
We also assist you to undertake Risk Assessments on:
- Expectant Mothers
- Young Persons
- Special Needs
- Disabled Persons
- DSE
- Manual Handling
- Fire related
- Other Hazards
And general assessments on:
- DDA including compliance audits with fully workable solutions.
Our expertise is in evaluating the current position with respect to preventing injury and compliance, and to offer practical programmes to improve health, safety and environment performance. The practical programmes are based on a continuous improvement approach – commencing with topics of the highest priority and tailored to the resources of the client. The client’s involvement in solutions is paramount, and they can expect to do much of the work with support, and under guidance from, ourselves. We will work along with the client to reach a situation where they can have confidence that they will have done as much as is reasonably practicable to prevent injury to those in their workplace.
We were recently tasked with providing a fully workable Health & Safety Management system to a multi-site organisation throughout the South West. When producing a documented series of Health & Safety Manuals as part of the overall management system this can run into many pages.
In most cases though, two or three manuals are appropriate and would be prepared in a similar manner to the following illustration specific to your own industry:
MANUAL ONE – CONTENTS
Health & Safety Policy Statement
Organisational detailing
Arrangements
MANUAL TWO – CONTENTS
Guidance
Codes of Practice specific to the organisation
Specific systems & procedures
FIRE
Risk Assessments
Forms (custom created specific to you).
Other specific policies such as; Environmental, Bullying & Harassment, Whistle blowing, Equal Opportunities, Quality, etc
MANUAL THREE – CONTENTS
Actual & individual training records
Group training register
Completed Risk Assessments
Safety Rep & or Departmental safety sampling/inspection records
Fire Log Book
Accident report forms (blank) completed are filed confidentially
Details of First-Aiders
Details of nominated Fire Wardens
Copies of actual safety notices
Company driver forms (blank) completed are filed with HR
DSE assessments
PAT records
Certificates such as; Electrical, Legionella, Gas, Water, A/C, etc
Record of safety committee meetings
TU documentation
COSHH including assessments, MSDS’s etc
Noise surveys
PEEPS
PPE issues, maintenance and receipts.
Other relevant forms and documentation relevant to your organisation
Also to run jointly with the above manuals it is recommended that any Leases, Asbestos survey documentation etc is also set aside with this information.
Our written systems specific to you can be in excess of 1000 pages – and when we are retained to audit & review your procedures, we will maintain the management system by way of updated information as and when legislative, ACoP, Guidance, Best Practice changes are required, this will take place automatically
We make a point of representing the owner or director who employs us. We are contracted to assist your organisation when the HSE or the environmental health officer visits, and even when the insurance underwriters become involved in your business activities.
If you are looking for health and safety consultants that won’t hinder you, then we are here to help.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
We also offer outsourced human resources related services to a wide spectrum of clients. With extensive, hands-on experience of employment contracts, tribunals and problem situations, coupled with up-to-date knowledge of employment law, SMART-Health & Safety Solutions is the guide your business needs, to help you through the maze of human resource management. This expertise means that many of our clients retain SMART-Health & Safety Solutions as an alternative to an in-house HR department.
With the strong links between Human Resources and Health and Safety, SMART-HR Solutions became aware of the need to offer clients similar expert services to address the general – and sometimes specialist – employment issues that clients faced.
The services that we now provide, allow SMART-Health & Safety Solutions to contribute towards a comprehensive ‘hands on’ HR advisement and handling service, as well as an all-inclusive Health & Safety Solution. Please see the HR link on this website.
MITIGATING RISK
Our Health & Safety advice will ensure your business complies with legislation and protect you from the penalties for non-compliance.
IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY
Ensuring employees work within a happy and healthy environment, resulting in improved individual and business performance.
MANAGEMENT FOCUS
When you have our health & safety support you can leave it all to us, the experts, enabling you to do what you do best and to concentrate on running your business.