Small Business Services
As a business owner, you are legally responsible for the health and safety of everyone affected by your business – not just your staff, but anyone who is on or around your premises and affected by goods or services you sell. This includes visitors, consumers and even members of the public.
Under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, every employer has a duty to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of employees are protected. A breach of this duty of care, by either the employer or an employee, could result in a criminal prosecution by an enforcing authority, or a civil law case.
There are a few steps required to comply with the law, and these include developing a health and safety policy and making other suitable arrangements for employee welfare. Osprey Health & Safety Services can explain in jargon-free language what ‘Health and Safety’ is about, and the considerations necessary to ensure your business is compliant and your workers are protected, kept healthy and safe.
The service can include, but are not limited to:
- Explaining your legal responsibilities
- Writing or reviewing your existing health and safety policy
- Carrying out risk assessments
- Advising on first aid and incident reporting
- Fire risk assessment and evacuation procedures
- Training for you and your staff
- Writing specific procedures for your business risks
- Retained H&S Adviser Service
Free Informal Meeting
Our preferred way of working with our clients is built around longstanding working relationships. We can start from scratch, from nothing, and develop a system for your business that is proportionate to the size and scope of what you do. On the flip side, we can help you develop or improve an existing system.
The value we add to our clients is from getting to know them, their businesses, and their processes, to ensure their health and safety systems are specific to them. Ultimately, our aim is to be seen as part of your team.
We like to start by meeting potential clients for a tea or coffee and an informal chat about them and their business, to find out where they are in term of Health and Safety performance and what their aspirations are in terms of compliance. There is no cost to you for this meeting and is a great opportunity to show off what you do and very likely get some free pointers.
If you would like to have a chat and find out in a little more detail about what we do or would like to discuss support in meeting your legal requirements to ensure your workers are safe, contact us now.