An Organisational Audit will find out if your company is doing everything it can to be compliant. Monitoring and auditing the safety process is a critical activity to ensure that Health and Safety standards are being maintained and improved.

Ensure can carry out a comprehensive Health and Safety Audit which involves a detailed evaluation of your company’s existing management systems, methods of work, how hazards are managed throughout your workplace and any unsafe acts or conditions and non-compliance with Regulations.

We deliver a detailed report of the findings with a plan of remedial actions necessary to ensure that your company is complying with Health & Safety Legislation and best practise. The actions in the plan are prioritised High, Medium and Low so that you can direct resources at the areas where you will minimise risk.

Ensure Safety & Training can assist with gaining accreditation such as CHAS, Safe Contractor, Construction Line, Altius and SMAS

These are specific H&S assessment schemes that will allow companies and contractors to work on sites.

Ensure can complete the application for these accreditation.

Ensure can provide

• the required documentation
• the competent advice
• the training: asbestos awareness, first aid, ladder training, fire warden, manual handling
• site audits along with documentation
• advice on maintenance and inspection routines

Ensure can

• Complete your annual Fire Risk Assessments in line with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
• Identify sources of ignition, fuel and oxygen.
• Identify who could be harmed.
• Assess precautions and escape routes.
• View inspection records.
• Identify relevant cost-effective precautions to control and reduce risks.

A detailed report of findings is provided.

Ensure can

• Provide a qualified auditor to visit your site.
• Carry out an inspection of your policies and procedures.
• Identify where your organisation is compliant or not with relevant legislation.
• Carry out an inspection of your Risk Assessments and training records.
• Carry out a detailed look at your work areas to identify hazards and risks, and possible reduction opportunities.
• Provide a detailed plan of actions prioritised as High, Med or Low

If requested, provision of on-going support can be provide

Ensure can

• Prepare your specific SSOW for hazardous tasks within your organisation.
• Provide detailed but easy to understand information for your staff to follow when carrying out tasks.
• Integrate the SSOW into your existing management systems.

Where requested, Ensure can monitor compliance with the SSOW.

Ensure can

• Assess the level of noise your employees are exposed to during their working day, in line with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005.
• Identify sources of noise.
• Identify ways to reduce the noise at source.

A detailed report of findings is provided.

Ensure can arrange to provide Health surveillance for your employees who work in areas which contain risks to health. Examples include:

• Lung function test.
• Audiometry (hearing tests)
• Driver assessments.
• Eye sight test (Drivers, DSE screen users)
• Skin tests.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require companies to assess the risks to their employees and others who may be affected by their activities. A risk assessment is nothing more than a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm.

If a company has five or more employees then the risk assessment must be written down, available to the staff and the staff trained in line with the assessment. This can be a time-consuming process and difficult to manage. Ensure can provide this service for you, ensuring that suitable and sufficient risk assessments are carried out and a realistic program of recommendations and precautions are put in place.

We have many years of experience in carrying out risk assessments of all types, and across a wide range of industries such as: food manufacturers, construction, electrical, woodworking, warehousing, manufacturing, schools and nurseries and doctors surgeries to name but a few.

Examples of Risk Assessments include:

General, Fire, Noise, Dust, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Display Screen Equipment (DSE), Manual Handling, Provision and Use of Work Equipment (PUWER)

The management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 state that you must get help from a competent person to enable you to meet the requirements of Health and Safety law.

A competent person is someone who has sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other qualities that allow them to assist you properly. At Ensure we have the qualifications, experience, knowledge and other skills to provide this service for your company. This service is fully tailored and can involve telephone advice with an annual audit visit or supplying a consultant to manage Health and Safety on a weekly, monthly or bi-monthly basis depending on the specific needs of your company.

This service is much more cost effective than employing a full-time safety professional.

Ensure can provide H&S policies and procedures specific to your organisation as well as suitable and sufficient Risk Assessments. These are completed in a clear and easy to understand format to ensure compliance with H&S legislation.

Ensure can

• Complete your risk assessments in line with Regulation 3 of the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
• Identify all relevant hazards and risks within your organisation.
• Identify who could be harmed.
• Identify relevant cost-effective precautions to control risks.

Where requested, Ensure can monitor completion of actions and review as required.

Ensure can

• Investigate accidents and near misses.
• Identify root causes.
• Identify remedial actions.

Where requested, report relevant accidents under the RIDDOR regulations.

Ensure can arrange to

• Provide an asbestos management survey.
• Identify areas that contain asbestos.
• Assess the risks.
• Provide a management plan.

Ensure can arrange for

• Assessing the requirement and types of fire precautions needed.
• Providing and fitting extinguishers.
• Providing and fitting signage.
• Providing and fitting alarm and detection systems.
• The testing and maintenance of systems.

Ensure can arrange for

• Testing and inspection of electrical equipment in line with current guidance.
• A log of test results will be provided
• Implementation of a schedule for retesting