Health and Safety

MORE TH>N BUSINESS's Toby Langford gives an overview of health and safety policies, risk assessments and accident reporting.

As an employer you are required by law to have a Health and Safety policy which sets out your company policy on health and safety as well as who is responsible. If you employ more than 4 people this has to be documented.

The podcast also covers the 5 steps to risk assessment, which are:

1. Look for the hazards;
2. Decide who may be harmed and how;
3. Evaluate the risks;
4. Record your findings;
5. Review your assessment and revise if necessary.

Other important areas of health and safety include:

• Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment regulations 1998 (PUWER).
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER).
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (COSHH).
• Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR).
• Noise at Work Regulations 2005.
• The Electricity at Work Regulations 1998.
• Portable Appliance Testing.

The above list is by no means exhaustive: Risk Management Guides covering more than 100 topics are available from MORE TH>N BUSINESS's parent company Royal & SunAlliance. If you require further information, please do not hesitate to make contact.

In addition, Royal & SunAlliance Engineering provide consultancy and inspection services in connection with the above.