H&S Systems

GR Safety Solutions offer full Health and Safety Management sytems this is a bespoke pack with multiple policies and procedures designed to reduce accidents, incidents, illness and danger to employees. Have one of our highly trained health and safety experts create a bespoke Management System for your business which will be individually tailored to your needs.

Regular health and safety audits are widely recognised as best practice for companies of every type and size. At GR Safety Solutions we offer much more than just a box ticking exercise or defensive measure, they bring many positive benefits to the business. Audits enable you to protect employees and customers from harm. But ultimately a accurately conducted audit can also safeguard the very existence of your company.

COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. A COSHH assessment concentrates on the hazards and risks from substances in your workplace so you can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances. Remember that hazards and risks are not limited to substances labelled as ‘hazardous’.

Manual handling consists of the lifting, holding, putting down, pushing, pulling and the carrying of objects. When done incorrectly, these tasks can have devastating effects on the person. Have one of our highly trained health and safety experts create a bespoke manual handling risk assessment for your business which will be individually tailored to your needs.

The services from GR safety solutions give you peace of mind that your business and employees are protected from any potential risks. With a team of fully trained, specialist risk assessors that go through all your risk assessment documentation, they make sure it’s properly completed and that your general risk assessment is up to date. If you don’t have any in place already, GR Safety Solutions provide multiple templates to help you put in place a system that works for you.

The purpose of The Work at Height Regulations 2005 is to prevent death and injury caused by a fall from height. If you are an employer or you control work at height (for example facilities managers or building owners who may contract others to work at height) the Regulations apply to you. Employers and those in control of any work at height activity must make sure work is properly planned, supervised and carried out by competent people. This includes using the right type of equipment for working at height. Low-risk, relatively straightforward tasks will require less effort when it comes to planning.

A Transportation Management Plan (TMP) lays out a set of strategies for managing the work zone impacts of a project. Because work zone objectives, needs, and issues vary from project to project, the scope, content, and degree of detail in a TMP will also vary. On average, each year, about 7 workers die as a result of accidents involving vehicles or mobile plant on construction sites. A further 93 are seriously injured. The law says that you must organise a site so that vehicles and pedestrians using site routes can move around safely.

You must select and install equipment properly, use it carefully and make sure it is maintained to protect the health and safety of yourself, employees and others who may be affected by the way you use it. Sensible risk assessment is the key, following manufacturer’s recommendations for use and maintenance, and ensuring employees are trained and competent. This includes taking reasonable steps to ensure new work equipment complies with the relevant European requirements for safe design and construction. You must not use, or permit the use of, unsafe work equipment.

The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 places a duty on employers to ensure that noise exposure levels are reduced to meet the current exposure limits and a specific requirement is placed on employers to ensure health surveillance is conducted COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations require all UK employers to control any substances that may harm the health of their employees. This includes regularly conducting a range of relevant risk assessments, such as an air quality risk assessment. This risk assessment is aimed at measuring the volume of airborne hazards that are present within your workplace, to ensure you’re not causing harm to your employees health. GR Safety Solutions are ready to provide your working environment with the latest in air quality testing.