| Health & Safety Audits & Premises Risk Assessments |
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To manage safety objectively, line managers need arrangements to enable them to monitor implementation of systems against the defined standards. Often, managers assume that because the written procedures are in place and staff are trained to use them compliance is automatic - this has been proven to be a dangerously erroneous assumption in many cases.
There is always the danger of the 'short-cut' or 'custom and practice' being established and very often this is only identified in public enquiries following serious accidents rather than by routine monitoring before the accident occurs. To manage any aspect of an organisation’s activity the manager must have targets and regular feedback of information on performance. Safety management is no exception; the performance feedback comes from monitoring and incident/accident information. Safety Audit Safety audit is the part of a safety management system which subjects each area of company activity to a systematic critical examination. Each component of the total system is included: management policy, features of the process and design, operating procedures, emergency procedures, training, etc. The aim is to disclose the strengths and weaknesses and the main areas of vulnerability and risk, with the objective of minimising loss through accident and/or plant damage. The outcome of the audit will be a report, followed by an action plan agreed with local management. The implementation of the action plan must be monitored AF Consulting are able to assist your organisation with Health & Safety Audits, we can either be engaged to complete the audit or alternatively to offer a consultancy role to assist your senior management teams complete the audit internally. Premises Risk Assessments All businesses in the UK are required to carry out regular premises risk assessments to satisfy the requirements of Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Our Premises Risk Assessment service uses our health and safety professional’s training and experience to identify hazards, assess the level of risk, the adequacy of current risk controls / working procedures , and recommendation of further risk controls or changes to policies and / or procedures if current measures are inadequate. Contact us on 01594836141 or e mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information |