Health and Safety Service Offer
Vizion 21 Ltd will work with clients to produce tailored health and safety management systems which cover all the main areas of European health, safety and welfare legislation in an easy-to-understand and practical format.
The systems are fully compliant with British Standard BS 8800 ‘Guide to Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems’ as well as the Health & Safety Executive's (HSE) ‘Successful Health & Safety Management’ and ‘5 Steps to Risk Assessment’. The systems help businesses comply with the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Each management system is based on the researched needs of the client and tailored to fit the type and scale of each business.
The systems include a comprehensive but easy-to-use procedures manual backed up with on-site training in its use, access to helpline support and regular coaching to ensure continued effective usage. The system has already been introduced with great success to a wide range of client businesses such as:
- Two NHS Primary Care Trusts and an Acute Hospital Trust - including healthcare specific sections on risk management, infection control, violence to staff, medicines management, medical devices management, health and safety etc
- Local Authorities - sections on lone working, control of infection, Ranger work, asbestos etc.
- Major sporting venues and events including- Wembley Stadium, Arsenal Stadium, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Artois Tennis Championships, Lords Cricket Ground and covering crowd safety, safety at sports grounds, fire and evacuation safety, emergency planning.
- Over 100 schools - sections covering craft design and technology (CDT), sports safety, ground-keeping, arts and crafts, science departments, riding schools, Outward Bound and foreign trips,
- A UK Hotel chain - with sections on employment of sub-contractors, public safety, safety at swimming and leisure facilities, catering safety, housekeeping.
- Industrial businesses - including sections on workshop safety, warehouse safety, fork lift trucks, mechanical safety, construction safety, etc.
- A large international catering company - sections on safe use of dangerous equipment, cleaning safety, use of gas and electricity.
- Large office buildings - visual display equipment assessment, ergonomics in the office, sick building syndrome, etc.
- A large facilities management company - mechanical safety, gardening safety, vehicle safety, sports safety, etc.
BENEFITS TO CLIENTS
Regular use of the system ensures that client businesses:
- Comply with numerous legal duties under health and safety legislation.
- Demonstrate to enforcement officers an ongoing commitment to health & safety.
- Are guided efficiently through the maze of health and safety legislation and requirements.
- Have a means of measuring their safety performance.
- Reduce the number of time loss accidents which saves money and improves staff morale.
- Reduce costs associated with accidental equipment damage.
- Involve all staff in the development of a ‘safety culture’ with excellent team building side effects.
- Save money on researching and developing their own in-house system.
- Maintain and even reduce insurance premiums based on good safety performance.
- Introduce a standard system which ensures consistency and gives a highly effective means of comparing individual safety performances in multiple business locations
- Are assisted with in-house training programmes.
- Each section of the system has worked examples and clear guidance notes. .
Contact Information
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