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- Health and Safety Policy - a detailed and comprehensive policy document;
- Risk Assessment - comprehensive risk assessment service;
- Fire Safety Services - fire risk assessments and training;
- Training - in-house Health and Safety and Security training service;
- Safety Audit - expert analysis of your management of health and safety;
- Accident Investigation - impartial and thorough accident investigation;
- Annual Audit Inspection - an integrated set of health and safety management services carried out on an annual retainer basis that will enable you to achieve legal compliance.
Health & Safety Policy
Every employer must have a Health and Safety Policy
The Health and Safety at Work Act requires every employer to have a Health and Safety Policy and also that employers with 5 or more employees must have a written record of their policy. We will consult with you about your business and design a policy document that does more than simply fulfil your legal obligation. The policy document will specify your strategy for achieving compliance and best practice.
We can also carry out an annual review and revision so that you can be sure that it will always be up to date with legislation and your current working practices.
Key Benefits
- Clearly identifies what your standards are;
- Identifies who is responsible for what;
- Satisfies the current HSE guidance;
- Tailored to your business;
- Monitoring and other documentation can also be provided.
Risk Assessment
Comprehensive risk assessment service
Risk assessment is at the heart of the legislation and is the key to achieving success in managing health and safety. The Regulations require that a "suitable and sufficient" risk assessment be carried out BEFORE work is started. If you have not fulfilled this most basic of requirements you are in breach of the law and may face enforcement action or even be prosecuted.
Risk assessment is the systematic examination of premises and working practices to identify hazards and to evaluate existing controls. A "suitable and sufficient" risk assessment will take all of the existing control measures into consideration and will make recommendations for changes and/or additional measures to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.
Risk Assessment Services
In addition to a general risk assessment of your premises, activities and working practices we can also carry out the following types of specific assessment: -
- Display Screen Equipment
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
- Fire (further details)
- Job Safety Analysis
- Manual Handling
- Occupational Stress
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Work Equipment
The risk assessment process will:
- Identify hazards and assess the risks that may arise after taking into consideration the actual circumstances found on site;
- Provide you with a detailed report and an "Action Plan" of prioritised recommendations;
- Where appropriate we will also design and document a Safe System of Work.
The consultant will guide you through the process of implementing the recommendations.
Having these risk assessments done provides compliance with the requirement of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 for "suitable and sufficient" risk assessments.
Fire Safety Services
What is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005?
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 introduces significant change. As well as simplifying current legislation, it introduces the need for employers, building owners and occupiers to have a greater understanding of fire safety and nominate a "responsible person" to ensure compliance.
The government is bringing about better regulation, by regulating only where necessary and in a manner that is more suited to the needs of modern business and commerce.
The Order, made under the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 replaces many of the references to fire safety in other legislation such as the Fire Precautions Act, Licensing Act and Housing Acts with a simple, single Order. It requires any person who exercises some level of control in premises to take reasonable steps to reduce the risk from fire and ensure occupants can safely escape if a fire does occur.
In such premises achieving fire safety is often a matter of common sense but you will have to ensure that sufficient time is put aside to work through the necessary steps. In more complicated premises or those with a high life risk more expert help may be required.
The Order applies to virtually all premises and covers nearly every type of building, structure and open space.
For example:
- Offices and shops
- Premises that provide care
- Community halls
- The common areas of houses in multiple occupation including common fire warning systems etc.
- Pubs, clubs and restaurants
- Schools
- Tents and marquees
- Hotels and hostels
- Factories and warehouses
Workplace safety is an important issue. On average, each year, commercial fires claim 20 lives, injure a further 1400 people and cost businesses a staggering £3.5 billion. By ensuring you comply with legislation and following some common-sense guidelines you can help to reduce the risk of your business joining these numbers.
But excluding:
• Purely domestic premises occupied by a single family group.
Previous fire safety legislation in England has been replaced by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Part 3 of the Fire (England) Act came into force on October 1st 2006 and gives greater emphasis to the responsibilities of owners, occupiers and users of business premises.
The Local Authority Fire Service will no longer issue Fire certificates and the responsibility for Fire safety in the premises will be fairly and squarely on the owner or occupier of the premises.
From 1st October 2006 you must carry out a Fire safety risk assessment of the premises. We can carry out a systematic examination of the premises on your behalf to evaluate compliance with the current legislation. The following aspects are covered: -
- The physical and structural conditions.
- Fire warning systems.
- Fire protection systems.
- Employee training.
- Fire appliances.
- Means of escape.
- Fire safety management.
For Fire extinguisher servicing and replacement and Fire alarm installation and maintenance contact our associate company.
Fire Safety Training
Basic Instruction - Designed to meet the obligation placed upon employers to provide information, instruction and training to employees to enable them to recognise and deal with an emergency situation.
Fire Warden Instruction - More detailed training for those with responsibilities as Fire Wardens. Includes legal duties, evacuation, recognition and use of extinguishers and liaison with Fire Brigade.
Training
Key Benefits of Training
Training is the key of any industry and is essential for a competent and productive workforce. It is also a legal requirement of the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Regulations.
The following types of training can be delivered on your premises to reduce employee down time and to save on the payment of travelling and subsistence expenses etc:
- Health and Safety for Directors, Managers and Supervisors.
- Fire Safety.
- Fire Evacuation Wardens training.
- Display Screen Equipment use.
- Safe Manual Handling.
- Understanding and applying the COSHH Regulations.
- SIA Security Training
- CCTV
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Safety Audit and Status Report
Our Experts will carry out a detailed and comprehensive examination and analysis of your Management of Health and Safety Polices etc in order to enable you to understand your current level of compliance and produce a detailed report to help your Company achieve full compliance.
Key Benefits:
- Impartial and balanced Â
- A Comprehensive report with Executive summary and recommendations.
- Enables you to address the most important non-compliance issues.
- Helps you to achieve compliance and work towards best practice and procedures.
Accident Investigation
GDM H&S Services provide an impartial and thorough accident investigation service
Health and Safety Executive guidance recommends that all accidents be investigated as a way of avoiding a recurrence. Accident investigation is a useful aid to prevention and may even help to save you money in the long term by providing a suitable recovery plan of action etc.
The Hidden Costs
Many business owners think that their Insurance will take care of all the costs if there is an accident. Well think again! Accident payouts are on the increase, this means that the cost will be passed down to the employers, through higher premiums and additional excess attached to insurance Policies. Employer's Liability / Public Liability Insurance will cover you for the payment of damages and legal costs to the injured party if they successfully pursue a civil action against you, but what about your costs?
For example cleaning and clearing the accident site, investigation time, overtime working or temporary replacement labour, plant & building damage, product & materials damage, production delays, loss of experience & expertise, tool & equipment damage and of course there's the inevitable paperwork.
Then there are the legal fees for defending a prosecution and the payment of the fines imposed if you are found guilty. No insurer can pay a fine for you, it is personal to you as the director and you will have to pay or even go to prison!
The biggest cost may be the damage to your Companys reputation which could result in loss of Business etc!
It has been established that for every accident leading to serious injury there are approximately 10 minor injuries and 30 property damage accidents. For every £1.50 that you can recover by insurance there is between £9.00 and £39.00 of unrecoverable cost.
Good Business Practice
It is good business practice to have an investigation after every accident/incident, this  will help your Company  to avoid it happening again, and will improve your working practice’s by introducing extra Training or implementing new Procedures etc
Our Service
Our impartial and thorough accident investigation service is not intended to apportion blame but will examine the direct and indirect causes of the accident with a view to avoiding a recurrence and could help your Company reduce its insurance premiums.
