Health and Safety Consultancy

HSW Ltd has particular expertise within the technology and science research fields, including developing CoSHH systems for research, biosafety and laboratory safety together with substantial knowledge of both the DSEAR, REACH regulations and CHIP regulations including the production of Material Safety Data Sheets.

Health and Safety Audit

A health and safety audit provides an independent, objective review of existing safety management across your organisation.

Our audit outlines health and safety legislation that applies to your business and gives a clear and thorough report highlighting where best practice is demonstrated and where there are shortfalls in current procedures.

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Risk Assessment

Assessing risk is one of the primary obligations set out within the Health and Safety at Work regulations 1999. We can work with you to understand and control the risks associated with your business, providing straight forward, easy to understand advice and action plans.

Creating a safer working environment with informed and empowered employees reduces staff absences and increases productivity.

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Health and Safety Training

As accredited IOSH trainers, Health and Safety Works provide a range of courses designed to support your business in understanding health and safety legislation and ensuring best practice.

From Health and Safety courses for Managers and Senior executives through to Manual Handling courses, Laboratory Safety, Risk Assessment, Introduction to DSEAR, Cryogenic Gas Safety and Asbestos Awareness our courses are designed to ensure your business is working safely.

We can also give general awareness seminars on many topics and have delivered these to local safety groups.

We provide the training facilities and all course materials and courses can even be run at your premises to gain greater discounts.

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Benefits of Health and Safety

Putting good H&S in place should not be seen as a regulatory burden; it offers significant business benefits.

  • reduced costs, less downtime due to accidents, plant breakdowns, lower insurance
  • reduced risks, greater company stability and sustainability
  • lower employee absence and turnover rates equals financial savings
  • fewer accidents;
  • Best practice
  • reduced possibility of legal action
  • reduced possibility of Fines and/or imprisonment in criminal prosecutions
  • reduced possibility of Compensation claims from injured staff in civil cases
  • improved standing among your business partners e.g. suppliers and partners;
  • better reputation for corporate responsibility among investors, customers and communities;
  • increased productivity, staff are healthier, happier and better motivated.

Health and Safety Projects

We continue to work with Dermal Laboratories 2 days a week to implement a Health & Safety Management System across their 3 sites, which included manufacturing, warehousing, offices and laboratories.  A lot of work has gone into developing and producing new Safety Policies and supporting documents for the whole Group.  This documentation and then been backed up with specific Risk Assessment, CoSHH and DSEAR training. 

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Autumn 2012

Health & Safety Works Ltd has been busy throughout the year looking into many different areas of H&S for clients.

This has varied from bespoke CoSHH and Risk Assessment training, Building Safety Surveys to Ergonomic Risk Assessments. 

Across the last year we have 15 Clients on an annual retainer for HSW Ltd to be their named competent person for all H&S matters, as well as welcoming some new companies to our Client list; Bluestone Creative  an office based web design company, Abbey Barns a Private House Estate management company and SDM Construction amongst others.

Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register - OSHCR

 

The aim of this register is to help businesses find advice on managing their general health and safety risks. The register is only open to those health and safety consultants who have met certain standards within their professional bodies.

Part of the Government's review of H&S undertaken by Lord Young was that there should be a register for qualified consultants.
The register is now operational and HSW Ltd are pleased to be part of that register in that as Director of HSW Ltd I am on the register.

So now as David Oates CMIOSH CBiol MSB I can use the following logos with my name.

 

 


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