Our range of professional services will ensure your business discharges its legal responsibilities in relation to health and safety.
Our health and safety consultancy services include:
RISK ASSESSMENTS
If you are an employer or self employed you are required to carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessments on your work activities. If you employ 5 or more persons then you are required to record these risk assessments. Utility Safety Solutions offer a unique specific Risk assessment package that includes a consultation, an assessment of your work activities identifying the associated hazards and risks, a recorded risk assessment and a briefing of its findings.
METHOD STATEMENTS
Dependent on the complexity of your risk assessment you may be required to carry out method statements which in effect is recorded evidence of your safe system of work. Utility Safety Solutions can produce site specific method statements in addition to or to supplement your risk assessment package.
HEALTH & SAFETY POLICIES
Health and Safety policies are a legal requirement if you employ 5 or more persons. Utility Safety Solutions can produce Health and Safety policies that assists your organisation in discharging its legal responsibilities.
FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS
Employers or owners of premises must by law carry out a fire risk assessment. When the fire risk assessment has been completed employers must use the findings of the assessment to ensure that suitable and adequate measures are put in place to minimise the risk of injury or loss of life in the event of a fire. Utility Safety Solutions can carry out a fire risk assessment on your premises. We can incorporate this if required into or part of your workplace risk assessment package.
COSHH ASSESSMENTS
Thousands of people each year suffer ill health as a result of exposure to harmful substances. As an employer you are required to assess the risks from these harmful substances and make your employees aware of the control measures identified from those risks. Utility safety solutions can carry out and provide COSHH assessments on the hazardous substances in your workplace that will enable to discharge your duties under the COSHH Regulations.
CONSTUCTION HEALTH & SAFETY PLANS
Under the Construction, Design & Management Regulations 2015 a construction phase plan is required for every project. This plan outlines the health and safety arrangements you will put in place to safeguard those persons under your control. Utility Safety Solutions can devise a plan whether for a simple or complex project to ensure your health and safety arrangements are discharged.
WORKPLACE/SITE SAFETY INSPECTIONS
Utility Safety Solutions can come to your place of work and carry out Health, Safety and Environmental inspections in order to assist you in discharging your legal responsibilities. We will provide practical and logical solutions to any activity, process,system that we identify as requiring improvement.