Office Premises

During 2008/09, 29.3 million days were lost overall in the workplace (1.24 days per worker), 24.6 million were lost due to work-related ill health and 4.7 million due to workplace injury. Can you afford your people to have days off sick due to not having the right approach to their health and safety?

For all organisations with 5 or more employees, UK law requires that you have:

• A written health and safety policy
• Documented risk assessment for all significant hazards
• Access to competent health and safety advice
• An annual fire inspection of your premises

Within these sections is an obligation on the part of the employer to ensure that sufficient health and safety training is given to staff.

Health and safety in offices is as important as on a building site, in an engineering works or in a care home -but it is probably less arduous because of the less hazardous surroundings. However, Directors and Managers need to consider:-

• If an organisation has a health and safety policy, it needs to ensure that it is communicated to all of its staff
• Fire risks are present everywhere  and proper training for what to do in an emergency, is required
• If staff have to move objects -even boxes of photocopier paper, they should do it in the right way, so as to avoid injury
• First Aid training is required as per the recommendations set out under First Aid

Helmsman Safety Services offer cost effective training solutions to ensure that your organisation keeps up with  its obligations under health and safety legislation, reducing risk and giving you peace of mind.

We can provide you with top-quality training at value-for-money prices which will ensure that your staff receive the training that they require to protect you from both claims and the expense of having to pay staff because of injury or illness.

The courses that we can offer are set out here.

As well as providing training,  Helmsman Safety Services can provide a range of ad hoc advice and guidance when you require it but also offer  various schemes which will help you minimise your risk and meet your obligations to both legislation and your employees. To ensure that your organisation is complying fully with health and safety legislation, choose one of our Safe & Sure annual packages.