WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY

WHAT IS WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY?

Every employee is entitled to a safe working environment where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. Under health and safety legislation the primary responsibility for ensuring employees health and safety is down to their employer who has a duty of care for them. Employers must consult their employee, or their representatives on health and safety matters in their workplace.

THE REGULATIONS

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 provides the main framework in which explains the duties of your organisation. The supporting regulations and guidance covers an extensive ranges of working activities which your organisation are responsible for implementing. 

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HEALTH AND SAFETY STATISTICS

In 2018 / 2019 the Health and Safety Executives (HSE) reported the following key figures for Great Britain 

• 1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness

• 2,446 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2018)

• 111 workers killed at work (2019/20)

• 581,000 working people sustaining an injury at work according to the Labour Force Survey

• 69,208 injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR

• 28.2 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury

• £15 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2017/18)

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HOW WE CAN HELP?

Our health and safety professionals will be able to assist your organisation in ensuring they are fully compliant. We are able to give practical advice and help set out policy objectives which a line with the legal requirements for your organisations line of work. We will support you to implement and prepare key health and safety documentation which will benefit your organisation. We can carry out workplace inspections and audit reports to highlight specific areas of improvements and will assist you in developing safe systems of works. We can also look at your organisations structure to ensure that all employees have the appropriate training, knowledge, skills and equipment relevant to their job role.