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Safety
and Environmental Solutions Limited is a small independent
consultancy with a professional yet personal approach.
We are located in East Durham and operate throughout the
United Kingdom and overseas in many different types of
industries and environments.
We have over 25 years HSE experience
and over 35 years experience within the oil, gas,
construction and manufacturing industries.
Our personnel are all NEBOSH-qualified and are also IEMA /
IRCA registered auditors and are familiar with all current
UK HSE legislation and best practice in the following areas:
HSE Policy / Procedures
A
health and safety policy sets out your general approach and
objectives (your vision) and the arrangements you have put
in place for managing health and safety in your business. If
you have five or more employees, you must write your policy
down.
Risk and COSHH assessments
It
is required by law for you to have adequately assessed the
health and safety risks in all your business. In
a risk assessment everything in your work which could cause
harm to people is identified. COSHH assessments are used to
control exposure to hazardous substances which is also
required by law.
Method Statements
Method statements
are key safety documents that takes the information about
significant risks from your risk assessment, and combines
them with the job specification, to produce a practical and
safe working method for your employees to follow on site.
Fire-fighting training
Using
fire extinguishers, hose reels and fire blankets for fires
in the office, factory, and at home, and also involving
vehicles.
Accident Investigation
It
is important to be able to identify the root and
contributory causes of an accident to be able to put in
place an action plan to reduce the chances of that accident
happening again to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP).
Health / Safety / Environmental (H.S.E.) Audits
These entail one of our personnel visiting your premises and
looking at the way you run your business so we can assess
any risks which you may be exposed to. We will then be in
the best position to advise you of the most cost-effective
way to manage those risks.
Permit-to-Work training.
Permit-to-Work systems are invaluable in controlling
multiple hazardous / non-hazardous activities within the
same work area to ensure safe simultaneous operation.
Toolbox Talks
Toolbox talks are short (5-10 minutes) briefings which are
usually given to employees at the start of their shift
before they start work. They are usually based on one topic
and are designed to have the employees focus on the hazards
which they could be facing in their work that day.
Behavioural Safety Audit training
Behavioural Safety Audits (B.S.A.’s) are an important tools
to help supervisors correct unsafe behaviour and also
commend safe behaviour in the workplace.
Environmental Impact Assessments
An
environmental impact assessment (E.I.A.) is an assessment of
the possible impact—positive or negative—that a proposed
project may have on the environment; considering natural,
social and economic aspects. |
