Are you providing adequate protection for your employees? According to the Health and Safety Executive’s official website, employers must make the workplace safe and eliminate or control risk to health. Managing the health and safety risks of your business through proper risk assessment is a crucial first step in safeguarding the well being of your members of staff. Your risk assessment will establish whether you have the adequate precautions and measures in place to prevent your staff from coming to harm during their time in the workplace.
In addition employers need to ensure that plant and machinery are safe and suitable for their intended use, maintained in a safe condition and regularly inspected. It’s important too that only operators who have received adequate information, instruction and training and are equipped with proper safety measures such as protective devices, markings, or warnings.
The HSE advise that articles and substances that might be hazardous and cause asthma, dermatitis or even cancer are moved, stored and used safely whilst at the same time insisting that the welfare of staff is taken into account. Employers must provide toilets, washing facilities and drinking water, and welfare issues impacting on the working environment such as lighting and temperature need to be taken into account. Everyone must be clearly instructed in matters of health and safety with training in how to work safely, the sorts of hazards they might face, how to cope with them and emergency procedures. Employers are also expected to consult with staff, discussing health and safety and allowing them to raise concerns and to participate in the decision-making process. Most organisations consult staff through their health and safety representatives either an elected representative of someone appointed by a trade union.
Health and Safety is big news these days. It’s big business too. You don’t have to look far to find come across stories, often with tragic consequences that relate to health and safety issues. The news and the media seems to be full of tales involving health and safety rules being breached and the well-being of employees being put at risk either through poor implementation of the rules, or ignorance of the legal obligations held by employers. In the eyes of the legal system and compensation hungry claimants, ignorance of legislation is no excuse for laws being broken and people’s health endangered. Are you fully conversant with the legal obligations that apply to your industry? Do you have the correct measure in place within your organisation to not only protect your staff, suppliers and customers but also to protect you from the threat of litigation should anything go wrong?
From work clothes and work-wear, such as high visibility jackets, protective eyewear, ear defenders, hard hats and gloves it’s vital that you equip your staff to do their work effectively and safely.
You might be surprised to know that these days some forward thinking office equipment suppliers have extended their ranges of stationery and office supplies to also include other useful products such as health and safety equipment. Lurking amongst the multi-coloured A4 PVC ring binders and the copier paper you will also find fire extinguishers, first aid kits, safety signs, cold packs, splints safety work clothes and work wear.
The next time you need to review your health and safety provision, upgrade old kit or extend your health and safety cover make sure that you talk to your office equipment supplier. Not only will they be able to offer you some top advice but also some of the best ranges and best quality health and safety equipment out there.
By: Mark Bartley
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In addition employers need to ensure that plant and machinery are safe and suitable for their intended use, maintained in a safe condition and regularly inspected. It’s important too that only operators who have received adequate information, instruction and training and are equipped with proper safety measures such as protective devices, markings, or warnings.
The HSE advise that articles and substances that might be hazardous and cause asthma, dermatitis or even cancer are moved, stored and used safely whilst at the same time insisting that the welfare of staff is taken into account. Employers must provide toilets, washing facilities and drinking water, and welfare issues impacting on the working environment such as lighting and temperature need to be taken into account. Everyone must be clearly instructed in matters of health and safety with training in how to work safely, the sorts of hazards they might face, how to cope with them and emergency procedures. Employers are also expected to consult with staff, discussing health and safety and allowing them to raise concerns and to participate in the decision-making process. Most organisations consult staff through their health and safety representatives either an elected representative of someone appointed by a trade union.
Health and Safety is big news these days. It’s big business too. You don’t have to look far to find come across stories, often with tragic consequences that relate to health and safety issues. The news and the media seems to be full of tales involving health and safety rules being breached and the well-being of employees being put at risk either through poor implementation of the rules, or ignorance of the legal obligations held by employers. In the eyes of the legal system and compensation hungry claimants, ignorance of legislation is no excuse for laws being broken and people’s health endangered. Are you fully conversant with the legal obligations that apply to your industry? Do you have the correct measure in place within your organisation to not only protect your staff, suppliers and customers but also to protect you from the threat of litigation should anything go wrong?
From work clothes and work-wear, such as high visibility jackets, protective eyewear, ear defenders, hard hats and gloves it’s vital that you equip your staff to do their work effectively and safely.
You might be surprised to know that these days some forward thinking office equipment suppliers have extended their ranges of stationery and office supplies to also include other useful products such as health and safety equipment. Lurking amongst the multi-coloured A4 PVC ring binders and the copier paper you will also find fire extinguishers, first aid kits, safety signs, cold packs, splints safety work clothes and work wear.
The next time you need to review your health and safety provision, upgrade old kit or extend your health and safety cover make sure that you talk to your office equipment supplier. Not only will they be able to offer you some top advice but also some of the best ranges and best quality health and safety equipment out there.
By: Mark Bartley
About the Author:
Ensuring that adequate provisions for health and safety in the office have been made is something every employer must do. Here Mark Bartley reviews some considerations that may be helpful.
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