Health and Safety Consultancy

Health and safety law

All organisations must comply with Health and Safety law and failure to conform could result in penalties for your company and even prosecution. Therefore ensuring you receive sound, competent advice on your Health and Safety obligations is critical to your organisation. This is where our health and safety consultancy services can make a difference.

Every employer has a legal duty under The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to have access to competent health and safety advice to assist them to comply with health and safety law.

If your organisation employs 5 or more employees you are required by UK law to have:

A documented health and safety policy
Documented risk assessments for all significant hazards
Access to competent health and safety advice
Documented arrangements for the planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of health and safety arrangements (i.e. health and safety management procedures)
Adequate health and safety training for a levels of staff

If you have less than 5 employees you still have a legal obligation to manage your organisations health and safety.

Consequences

Failure of your organisation to comply with health & safety law you may result in serious consequences such as:

Prohibition and improvement notices
Prosecution with unlimited fines and jail sentences
Damaged reputation
Director disqualifications

How can we help?

We offer a range of tailored solutions to assist organisations of all sizes. We can provide cost effective health and safety consultancy services and advice as and when required to assist smaller organisations who are not able to afford a full-time health & safety professional.

We can also assist larger organisations by providing independent audits and inspections or by supporting their internal health & safety personnel.

If you take out one of our support contracts we will take on the role of your “competent health & safety advice”.

Seaham Safety Services offer a range of cost effective annual support contracts as part of our health and safety consultancy services with various levels of service to help with all your health and safety needs.

Our support contract starts from just a few hundred pounds an include the following:

We will act as your source of competent health and safety advice
Unlimited telephone and email support for general advice
Regular newsletter containing health and safety alerts and changes to legislation
Health and safety policy assistance
Access to document and form templates
Audit of your health and safety arrangements

What do I need to do next?

If you are interested in taking up a support contract please contact us on 0844 225 0575 for further information or to arrange a free consultation with one of our health and safety experts. Alternatively email us info@s-safety.co.uk

In addition to the services included in our annual support packages the the services below can be added based on an hourly rate:

Hands-on Consultancy

If you require a more hands on approach an adviser will be made available at an hourly rate to assistance with documentation or general meetings etc.

Inspections

We can arrange workplace inspections as part of your support package to assist in the identification of health and safety breaches, bad practice and general areas for improvement. You will receive a report with recommended actions to be taken. Discounted rates are available based on the number of inspections contracted.

Questionnaires

Seaham Safety Services can assist you with any health and safety sections of questionnaires and tenders you may need to complete.

We have a wealth of experience in helping companies to achieve accreditations and win tenders.

We can help to structure your answers with the correct terminology, guide you in the selection of supporting evidence to provide and highlight any areas where you can improve your management of health and safety to raise your health and safety profile.

Please note this service can be included as part of our support contracts excluding the contact support contract.

If you are interested in taking up this service please contact us on 0844 225 0575 for further information or a free consultation with one of our Health and Safety experts. Or alternatively email us info@s-safety.co.uk

Management procedures

Health and Safety Management Procedures

Health and safety management procedures are an important part of ensuring health and safety of your organisation is implemented effectively throughout your business.

They consist of information on how particular issues will be managed and should include relevant documentation to keep records.

Example of health and safety management procedures are:

Businesses with well structured management procedures will find that achieving accreditation easier for OHSAS 18001.

Seaham Safety Services Ltd can provide a health & safety template pack or bespoke your health and safety management procedures as part of our support packages. Alternatively the template pack can be purchased separately.

Risk Assessment

Health and Safety Risk Assessments

It is important that companies employing 5 or more people carry out regular health and safety risk assessments of the significant hazards to their employees. Ensuring these are completed and documented is a legal requirement outlined within the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Seaham Safety Services Limited can offer a support service when carrying out health and safety risk assessments. Our Health and Safety staff will support you through the process offering advice and guidance to assist you in the development of your risk assessments. Also should you wish to improve your knowledge we run regular CIEH Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment Principles and Practice which gives managers and supervisors the necessary knowledge required to conduct risk assessments.