Helping you understand how to improve health and safety at work

The Health & Safety Advisory Service understands the importance of assessing the risks involved before starting any new projects.

Established in 1992, we have a wide knowledge base of the health and safety requirements for various different businesses. We carry out health and safety assessments and audits to build a picture of your existing health and safety controls.

Risk assessments

Current health and safety legislation hinges on the duty to assess risks to employees or others who may be affected by your operations. The assessments we produce identify the hazards, associated risks, persons at risk, existing control measures and practical suggestions on additional measures that may be required, typical assessments include:

• Workplace
• Equipment
• Plant and machinery
• Manual handling
• Hazardous substances
• Personal protective equipment
• Display screen equipment

Health and safety audits

These are necessary to build up a picture of existing health and safety management controls and to determine their suitability. The audit procedure is designed to scrutinise policies, procedures and day-to-day activities from a which a comprehensive report is produced which compares 'what is' against 'what should be', again with practical suggestions for improvement. Health and safety audits are best carried out by an external pair of eyes as nothing is overlooked.