Health and Safety Consultancy

HSW Ltd has particular expertise within the technology and science research fields, including developing CoSHH systems for research, biosafety and laboratory safety together with substantial knowledge of both the DSEAR, REACH regulations and CHIP regulations including the production of Material Safety Data Sheets.

Health and Safety Audit

A health and safety audit provides an independent, objective review of existing safety management across your organisation.

Our audit outlines health and safety legislation that applies to your business and gives a clear and thorough report highlighting where best practice is demonstrated and where there are shortfalls in current procedures.

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Risk Assessment

Assessing risk is one of the primary obligations set out within the Health and Safety at Work regulations 1999. We can work with you to understand and control the risks associated with your business, providing straight forward, easy to understand advice and action plans.

Creating a safer working environment with informed and empowered employees reduces staff absences and increases productivity.

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Health and Safety Training

As accredited IOSH trainers, Health and Safety Works provide a range of courses designed to support your business in understanding health and safety legislation and ensuring best practice.

From Health and Safety courses for Managers and Senior executives through to Manual Handling courses, Laboratory Safety, Risk Assessment, Introduction to DSEAR, Cryogenic Gas Safety and Asbestos Awareness our courses are designed to ensure your business is working safely.

We can also give general awareness seminars on many topics and have delivered these to local safety groups.

We provide the training facilities and all course materials and courses can even be run at your premises to gain greater discounts.

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Benefits of Health and Safety

Putting good H&S in place should not be seen as a regulatory burden; it offers significant business benefits.

  • reduced costs, less downtime due to accidents, plant breakdowns, lower insurance
  • reduced risks, greater company stability and sustainability
  • lower employee absence and turnover rates equals financial savings
  • fewer accidents;
  • Best practice
  • reduced possibility of legal action
  • reduced possibility of Fines and/or imprisonment in criminal prosecutions
  • reduced possibility of Compensation claims from injured staff in civil cases
  • improved standing among your business partners e.g. suppliers and partners;
  • better reputation for corporate responsibility among investors, customers and communities;
  • increased productivity, staff are healthier, happier and better motivated.

Health and Safety Projects

Since September we have been working closely with Aatec Services Ltd on an office fit out for Medimmune on Granta Park.

Medimmune's American safety managers visisted the site and decided on the standards that we had to implement.  This included printed RA & MS's for all activities to be signed daily, regular site inspections, tool box talks and stringent PPE requirements.  Throughout the project all staff and contractors involved cooperated with the very high safety requirements and documention.

The site was very well run by Aatec Services Ltd, with the help for Safety provided by us.  This was a 26 week project with 2 safety crane lifts, one involving the air conditioning plant and another an external spiral staircase extension to the roof level.

Throughout the whole project there was no minor or lost time accidents.

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Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register - OSHCR

 

The aim of this register is to help businesses find advice on managing their general health and safety risks. The register is only open to those health and safety consultants who have met certain standards within their professional bodies.

Part of the Government's review of H&S undertaken by Lord Young was that there should be a register for qualified consultants.
The register is now operational and HSW Ltd are pleased to be part of that register in that as Director of HSW Ltd I am on the register.

So now as David Oates CMIOSH CBiol MSB I can use the following logos with my name.

 

 

December Update

HSW Ltd has undertaken work for the following new clients over the last few months;

This includes forklift risk assessment for Halspan based in Essex, a safety review for Rand Europe, CoSHH training for Suffolk Constabulary, IOSH Working Safely for St. Faiths School in Cambridge, 2 air monitoring projects one for Isocyanates and styrene (see projects for more information), S&P Electrical contractors have appointed HSW Ltd to look after their Health and Safety, finally Wesley Coe based in Ely appointed us to carry out a Health and Safety audit, DSEAR, CoSHH and PUWER Risk Assessments.


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