Health and Safety Advice for BH Post Code Businesses. 

Hi and welcome, I'm Steve Tallamy and I have been involved in the management of Health and Safety in the workplace for over 30 years, and I want to help you!  With the credit crunch hitting harder by the minute there is a danger that health and safety budgets will be cut to a minimum, if not scrapped completely. Of course this is a dangerous situation and I have decided to do something about it by providing genuine health and safety advice and training at a fair price.  As an independant advisor I am able to ...

• value your business and give you a tailor made service.

• understand your needs better than a large organisation maybe could.

• provide a personalized one to one service.

• help and advice on other business administration.

Getting hurt at work or becoming ill through work is  not a pleasant subject to think about. The reality is that over 200 people a year lose their lives at work in Britain. In addition, around 150,000 non-fatal injuries are reported each year, and an estimated 2 million suffer from ill health caused or made worse by work. 

The mistake is to believe that these things happen in highly unusual or exceptional circumstances that never occur in your workplace. This is not the case. Some basic thinking and acting beforehand could usually have prevented these things from happening. 

Implementing health and safety measures doesn’t have to be expensive, time consuming or complicated. In fact, safer and more efficient working practices can often save money but, more importantly, they can help to save lives. 

Ten questions and answers for everyone 

What is health and safety all about? 

Preventing people from being harmed by work or becoming ill by taking the right precautions – and providing a satisfactory working environment. 

Why are there health and safety laws? 

Because health and safety at work is so important, there are rules which require all of us not to put ourselves or others in danger. The law is also there to protect the 

public from workplace dangers. 

Do health and safety laws apply to me? 

Yes. To all businesses, however small; also to the self-employed and to employees. 

Executive 

Who enforces health and safety law? 

Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or your local authority. For example: 

HSE at factories, farms and building sites; local authorities in offices, shops, hotels and catering, and leisure activities. 

What do inspectors actually do? 

They visit workplaces to check that people are sticking to the rules. They investigate some accidents and complaints but mainly they help you to understand what you need to do. They enforce only when something is seriously wrong. 

Do I need to register my business? 

It’s likely you will if you employ anyone - contact Infoline. 

Do I need to have employers’ liability compulsory insurance? 

It’s the law if you employ anyone - and you should display the certificate. See the free leaflet, Employers’ Liability Compulsory Insurance Act 1969. A guide for employers HSE40(rev1), available from HSE Books on 01787 881165 or from www.hsebooks.co.uk. 

Do I need to display any posters? 

Yes, the health and safety law poster (ISBN 978 0 7176 2493 5) if you employ anyone. Alternatively you can provide your employees with individual copies of the same information in a leaflet called Health and safety law: What you should know (available in packs of 25 ISBN 978 0 7176 1702 9). The poster and leaflets are available from HSE Books. 

Do I have to report injuries at work? 

Yes, and other incidents.  The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), require you to report work-related accidents, diseases and near-miss incidents. Make sure you know how to report, even if you never need to.

Do I have to contact an inspector to get information? 

No. HSE operates a confidential telephone information service called Infoline which is open Monday-Friday between 8 am and 6 pm. You can contact Infoline by telephone 0845 345 0055 or fax 0845 408 9566, or e-mail hse.infoline@natbrit.com. Alternatively you can write to HSE Information Services, Caerphilly Business Park, Caerphilly CF83 3GG.

Better still contact me using the details below!

So if you are a small to medium sized business, whether it be a shop, office, service provider, sub-contractor or even a work at home mum in the Bournemouth and Poole area of the UK then I will offer you the following .........

FREE - Initial informal assessment to assess your Health and Safety requirements and a plan to suit your budget.

Audit and review of your existing management systems and controls (if you have any) which will develop into a working document showing risks and evaluations including ....

1. Managing health and safety 
2. Slips, trips and falls 
3. Asbestos 
4. Hazardous substances 
5. Falls from a height 
6. Musculoskeletal disorders 
7. Display screen equipment 
8. Noise 
9. Vibration 
10. Electricity 
11. Work equipment and machinery 
12. Maintenance and building work 
13. Workplace transport
14. Fire and explosion
15. Stress
16. First aid and accident reporting  

 So, there are at least 16 good reasons why you should give me a call!

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To make the initial FREE assessment and review, or if you have any questions regarding my services please get in touch;

Office Tel: 01202 723082  -  Mobile: 07837 915599

Or you can email this  Enquiry Form to me at address below....

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Also Available

CDM Co-ordination for certain types of projects as well as some general business administration.