HEALTH & SAFETY ASSESSMENTS

It’s Your Legal Duty to Manage Risk Assessments

 

If your business has more than five employees then it is your legal responsibility to conduct risk assessments under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations. Therefore, you have to actively manage risk assessments to ensure that your workplace is safe.

 

As external specialists in health and safety, we can offer an expert consultancy service and that ensures that we can help you overcome the challenges that you could face if you fail to take health and safety seriously.

 

The Support that We Offer

 

We have extensive knowledge and expertise in all areas of Health and Safety throughout the manufacturing, construction and retail industries. Therefore, we make sure that we can help your business to make better choices and decisions based on solid health and safety measures.

 

When we carry out the risk assessments for you, we will take on liability for the evaluation and that means that you can put your trust in us. Our experts will assess your workplace, looking for any potential issues or problems that could cause further issues for your business and employees.

 

As part of the risk assessment, we will:

 

Identify - Our experts will identify any possible instances that could cause harm within the workplace and who could be harmed.

 

Evaluate - We will then evaluate the situation and consider the safeguards that you have in place. Our experts will then evaluate whether these safeguards are suitable when it comes to mitigating risks.

 

Recommendations - We will provide a detailed report based on our findings, indicating any potential issues we have identified and what you need to do to put them right. We will also provide recommendations based on your current measures, helping you to make improvements where necessary.

 

We can then help you to identify an action plan that helps you to implement new or remedial measures. High risk activities will need to  be tackled immediately while medium risks should be resolved in days or weeks while low risks can be handled in months in some instances.

 

How Often Should a Risk Assessment Take Place?

 

You should aim to have a risk assessment carried out annually. However, if there are any changes to work practices or if there are any accidents or ill health then you will need to review them sooner.

 

At West Pavilion Design and Engineering, we can take care of your risk assessment needs. We cover Wales, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, so get in touch with us today if you want to make sure that your business is legal and compliant.