Quick guide and where to go

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Your Health and Safety Policy is one of the most important documents that you should. It should be displayed in a prominent place where all employees can see.

It should set out how you will manager health and safety

A template can be found on the HSE website

and example of a completed policy can be found here

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The HSE A-Z topic guide is a good place to start to assess your health and safety management against the legal requirements

  Guidance by topic, includes risk management, RIDDOR, COSHH, asbestos and display screen equipment 

The A-Z guide can be found o the HSE website 

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As an employer, you're required by law to protect your employees, and others, from harm.

You must:

Identify what could cause injury or illness in your business (hazards)

Decide how likely it is that someone could be harmed and how seriously (the risk)

Take action to eliminate the hazard, or if this isn't possible, control the risk

Here you can access the HSE Risk Assessment Template

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Some accidents may become reportable under RIDDOR regulations.  Where an employee has 7 or more days absence following and accident or the injury was a specified injury under the regulation .

You only have a certain amount of time to do this

Further information on RIDDOR and how to report can be fond o the HSE website RIDDOR page

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As an employer you have a legal duty to ensure vibration remains ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable) this is different to other risk assessments where you need to go 'So far as reasonably practicable'

You have specific duties in the Control of Vibration Regulations

Hand Arm vibration syndrome is a reportable disease under RIDDOR and can cause irreversible damage to employees

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Similar to Vibration, employers have a duty to ensure that employees exposure to noise levels above the specified values are protected and remain ALARP.

Dangerous exposure to high noise levels can cause permanent hearing damage including tinnitus and hearing loss

The Control of Noise at Work Regulations can be found on the HSE website

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