Retained contract

If you are not in a position to employ full time health and safety support then we are able to act as your health and safety professional to enable you to comply with regulation 7 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. You can use our name on contracts and quality submissions. If you have professionals in place then we are in a position to provide a support function to them.

As part of this retainer we will meet with you annually to discuss progress and decide on further action. We will:

• provide an on-call facility for health and safety advice which could be accessed by agreed senior staff.
   

• act as a sounding board for ideas and initiatives, and support you with their delivery.
   

• be available with immediate effect to investigate accidents in the workplace and support senior management during liaison with external enforcing bodies.
   

• support the existing management team in achieving high standards of risk management.
   

• monitor changes in legislation and provide a brief outline of the change.

Note: Detailed consultancy work, training and auditing would be charged at a reduced daily rate.

Health check audit

This is designed to focus on the key health and safety issues that face businesses. It is an office based audit completed in half a day. The purpose is to give a basic overview of health and safety compliance and it is the starting block for developing a health and safety action plan. This audit is primarily aimed at small businesses that do not currently operate a detailed health and safety management system.

Compliance audit and inspection

This is a comprehensive and thorough audit that looks at all aspects of health and safety management. It is aimed at small, medium, and national companies. The audit can be delivered to organisations with and without detailed management systems. Generally it is completed in a day but this varies depending on the size and scope of the business. It starts within the office and extends to the operational areas.

Behavioural audit
 

Tailored business audit and inspection

If you do not feel that any of the above audits are suitable for your organisation then Safety Horizon have the expertise and experience to work with you to develop an audit programme that will fit in with your current situation. This customised audit is designed to assist you with the development of a business improvement plan that will not only reduce accidents within the workplace, but will also help you to improve your profitability.

We offer a full consultancy service. We have access to professionals in a wide range of fields that can look at individual health and safety issues. We are able to develop, and assist with, the implementation of health and safety management systems to ISO 18001 and HSG 65 standards. We also develop systems that are integrated with environmental and quality systems.

We also have access to consultants who specialise in risk assessments and environmental training and assistance.

Please call either Colin or Mark for an in depth discussion.

Risk assessment is the foundation of good health and safety management and performance. We have the expertise to work with you to develop risk assessment in the following fields:

Asbestos
COSHH
Noise
Confined spaces
Dust (including high silica)
Display Screen Equipment (including ergonomic assessments)
Fire
Food hygiene and safety
Manual Handling
Site specific assessments on individual tasks

The competence of all employees from the shop floor to the Managing Director is of paramount importance. We offer interactive training programmes to enhance your business performance along with accredited courses. Our training can be based at your workplace or within a comfortable external environment.

Our training is backed up with workplace activities that can be used as evidence for NVQ portfolios.

Click here for a list of previously delivered programmes.

We are able to assist health and safety professionals to become eligible for IOSH membership via a series of post-graduate qualifications at certificate, diploma and MSc level through the University of Strathclyde. We also provide personal tuition for NEBOSH exams.

When vacancies arise in your organisation we are able to interview and subsequently recommend health and safety professionals to enhance your current risk management team.

If you have had an accident in the workplace then you may need assistance with accident investigations, witness statements, and interaction with the HSE.

We have experience in dealing with a full range of incidents from near hit investigation to fatal accident inquiries. We provide a detailed report following any investigation carried out.