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Workplace Inspections
Under the Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, every employer must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of both the risks to the health and safety of their employees that they encounter while at work, and the risks to the people not under employment
Duty of Care
As an employer, you have a duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of your employees and anyone else who might be affected by your activities.
Carrying out regular workplace safety inspections is like a service on your car. This has two benefits for your business:-
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Firstly, it is a key way of monitoring your health and safety compliance level, with regards to safe working practices and site safety.
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Secondly, it is an ideal tool for identifying and addressing significant hazards early on.
What does a Workplace Inspection involve?
Below is a general health and safety inspection checklist. This list isn’t exhaustive, however it can serve as a useful guideline for checks a general workplace inspection should cover:
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Machinery – is it sufficiently maintained and guarded?
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Systems of work – are designs safe and still being followed?
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Hazardous substances – are they used and stored safely?
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Manual handling – are staff adequately trained and using correct aids?
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Workplace – is housekeeping good (no trailing wires etc)?
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Fire precautions – are extinguishers in place and escape routes clear?
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Welfare facilities – is a stocked first aid box in place, are toilets clean?
Eden Health and Safety offer comprehensive workplace inspections which will highlight any existing Health and Safety issues and pre-empt any potential future problems.
We will work with you and your managers to ensure that you fully understand any findings and the steps you need to take, thus ensuring excellent compliance with your Health, Safety and Welfare duties.
Regular 'workplace inspections' should take place routinely throughout the year, particularly when:
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Control measures aren’t working (e.g. near miss).
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Processes and procedures are changed.
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A new hazard has been identified.
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A health and safety representative requests an inspection.
These inspections should always be carried out by someone who is competent to identify relevant hazards and risks, and who can assess the circumstances.
The regularity of these inspections, depends on the risk level of the type of work your business is involved in.
Health and Safety Gap Analysis (Audit)
If you are requiring a more in-depth assessment (audit), which includes the workplace inspection and the auditing of your Health and Safety documentation (policies, risk assessments, procedures etc…) then please see Health and Safety Auditing
Our workplace inspections include:
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Full inspection of all workplace and welfare areas
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Observation of safe working practices
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Verbal feedback of observations made and identified issues
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Full written report with compliance level and action plan
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Follow-up support and return visit
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One month’s standard business support by: telephone, email and virtual online chat
*Fee is calculated on the size of premises, number of employees and complexity of the business