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HEALTH & SAFETY

The regulation of Health & Safety in the workplace has undergone a revolution since the Health & Safety at Work Act came into being in 1974.

New regulations arrive with ever increasing frequency, making it difficult for employers to keep up-to-date, and the recent imprisonment of a company director for safety failures has made everyone sit up and take notice.

In addition, society at large now expects to be protected from risk in every situation and this is reflected in the growth of what have become known as "ambulance chasers", i.e. firms advertising "no-win, no-fee" arrangements for compensation claims.

Employers want to protect their staff from injury and ill health and want to protect themselves from prosecution, but how do you do that when it takes you all your time to run the business?

What you must do:	How Fifth Avenue can help:
Health & Safety Policy If you have 5 or more employees, you must have a written health & safety policy	We can do this for you Your health & safety policy must specify management organisation, i.e. who does what, and the arrangements for managing safety, i.e. how it is done.
Workplace Risk Assessment If you have 5 or more employees, you must have written risk assessments	We can do this for you Your risk assessment must include the following: Identify hazards - what could cause harm? Evaluate controls - what's in place to stop that happening? Evaluate residual risk - what are the chances it will still happen, how many people would be hurt and how badly? What else needs to be done to reduce the risk to an acceptable level?
Risk Registers You must take steps to implement the findings of the risk assessments	We can do this for you We can "rank" your risks to help you plan the changes and any resource implications We can create an audit trail to demonstrate due diligence We can help you review the risk assessment to take account of the improvements made
Safety Inspections You must monitor the implementation of your health & safety policy	We can do this for you We can also put systems in place to enable you to do this yourself
Compliance Audits You must monitor the effectiveness of your health & safety policy in achieving the required standards of safety	We can do this for you We can audit your safety management systems
Training You must provide appropriate staff training	We can do this for you We can provide a range of on-site health & safety training for your staff

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Having Fifth Avenue as a resource has helped us to comply fully with Health & Safety legislation and also manage our commercial insurance premiums. But more importantly they have provided practical advice on maintaining a safe environment in which all our staff can work, whilst at the same time allowing our operations to remain as efficient as possible. Their responsiveness and ability to match safety with the business needs, make them a great partner to have.

Andy Mead, Managing Director, The Finishing Line Ltd

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