Woburn Safety Services

This programme highlights the personal responsibilites of managers and staff.

Assisting employers with Health and Safety compliance, by systematic examination.

Drafting or assistance in Construction Phase Health and Safety plans for clients.

Assisting Employers comply with the various requirements for Risk Assessments.

Woburn Safety Services can assist employers to comply with the various requirements for Risk Assessments, either by carrying out the assessments on their behalf, or training employees to do so.

Health and Safety Point-of-Work Risk Assessments
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations require every employer to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of all tasks where a specific risk assessment is not required under any other set of Regulations. The employer must assess all risks that cannot be eliminated, to ensure the Health and Safety of employees. Additionally, the employer must assess the risks to the Health and Safety of persons not in the employment of the business, which arise out of, or in connection with, that business.

Manual Handling Assessments
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations require employers to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks associated with handling loads in the workplace

COSHH Assessments
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations require employers to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks associated with exposure to substances used, or produced, in the workplace.

Fire Risk Assessments
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order requires employers to carry out Fire Risk Assessments at any workplace under their control. Organisations working within a multi-occupancy building are responsible for the required assessment within their own premises.

Display Screen Assessments
The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations requires employers to make a suitable and sufficient analysis of workstations, identify the Users and Operators and assess the Health and Safety risks to which those persons are exposed.

In all cases where employees are at risk, employers must provide protection from the relevant hazards, the employer must also inform employees of the outcome of any Risk Assessment affecting them, of the controls provided, train employees in their use where necessary, provide adequate supervision and ensure that the controls are effective and used.