Even small businesses have a duty of care to keep their
employees and the public safe on site as well as legal requirements to
undertake certain paperwork.
- It is a legal requirement for every company to produce a Company Health & Safety Policy if you have 5 or more employees.
- It is a legal requirement if you have 4 or more people on site at one time that for you to undertake and record a Risk Assessment for the job.
- It is a legal requirement to record accidents and incidents on site on an Accident & Incident Record.
- It is a legal requirement under CDM regulations to have an active Health & Safety Plan and that the customer should not allow your project to start without one.
- It is a legal requirement under CDM 2007 regulations for companies of all sizes to ensure the competency of the tradesmen you hire - use our Contractor Questionnaire for this.
If you don’t carry out everything listed here you’ll be in a much more vulnerable position should you receive a dreaded ‘personal injury claim’ letter from a member of the public, an employee – or even an ex-employee.
You must have seen the full-page ads in the newspapers: “100%
compensation!” “Had an accident? Not your fault?” “Work accident?” “Slip or
trip?”
With Health &
Safety Xpert on your team you have less reason to fear
non-compliance, fines, Fees for Intervention, litigation, injuries – or worse.
If you have EstimatorXpress just import your job
from EstimatorXpress and get:
- Inductions and checks ready for you to use
- Tips on eliminating unnecessary risks
- All the latest Risk & COSHH assessments, method statements, site inspections, pre-construction info pack, construction phase health & safety plans and other essential documents.
Remember!
A risk assessment (or other health and safety documentation) is only effective
if you and your staff act on it.
You must follow through with an actions required and review
it on a regular basis.
You must follow through with an actions required and review
it on a regular basis.
