What Hazards can we help with?
We can help you manage all sorts of hazards you might encounter at work, here's a selection of the sorts of work we do....
General / Low Severity Hazards
All hazards must be managed to the requirements of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
This requires the all operations to be assessed considering potential to eliminate hazards or control through engineered means in preference to administrative means. These means must be implemented appropriately as determined. Operations can call in interactions with other regulations also, and these must be considered.
Key outputs we can support with:
- Hazard Management Strategy
- Hazard identification
- General Risk Assessment and Triaging for individual risk assessment
- Investigating novel approaches to managing lower risks
Hazardous Substances
Hazardous substances at work must be managed to the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.
This requires the usage of substances to be assessed considering potential to eliminate hazards or control through engineered means in preference to administrative means. These means must be appropriately implemented.
Key outputs we can support with:
- COSHH Strategy (eg: substance preferences, health surveillance, safety measure strategy)
- Individual substance COSHH assessments
- Planning of occupational health oversight
- Creation of policy / procedures
Work at Height
All work at height must be managed to the requirements of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
This requires the all operations to be assessed considering potential to eliminate hazards or control through engineered means in preference to administrative means. These means must be implemented where appropriate. Given working at height involves getting people and things to height, this may also give rise to lifting operations that need to be assessed and managed under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.
Key outputs we can support with:
- Work at Height Strategy (for complex / long term activities)
- Creation of general policy / procedures
- Support to lift planning / individual work at height plan
Fire Safety
Fire risks at work must be managed to the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 amongst others.
This requires both the general robustness of any premises against fire to be assessed in light of the activities that will be undertaken in it. Equally this means that individual high fire risk activities need to be assessed and appropriate management action taken.
Key outputs we can support with:
- Building / Complex Site Fire Strategy
- Building Fire Risk Assessments
- Planning Safety measure implementation / remediation
- Individual hot work / high fire risk activity assessments
- Creation of policy / procedures
Machinery
Machinery must be provided and operated in a manner that meets the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 amongst others.
This requires the all machinery to be assessed considering potential to eliminate hazards or control through engineered means in preference to administrative means. These means must be implemented where appropriate. Machinery also often brings in consideration of other regulations, such as those related to Electricity, Gas or fluids at pressure.
Key outputs we can support with:
- PUWER Strategy (for complex machinery)
- Functional Safety Assessments / Audits for compliance against ISO 61508 and similar standards
- Creation of general policy / procedures
- Arranging inspections / tests
- Justification of safety with respect to ISO 61508 and similar standards
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