Health and Safety in the Workplace

Metis HR specialises in HR matters but we are sometimes asked how to prepare for a Health and Safety Workplace Inspection. We believe that the best preparation is advanced planning, don’t wait until you get notification that the HSE are on their way. We’ve put together some step by step tips to get in place now so that you are better prepared. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail Ideally, your preparations should start long before the threat of an announced or unannounced inspection. Have you documented all the relevant risk assessments, and implemented the control measures, or at very least started the process of implementing? Do you have a named person in the organisation who has taken responsibility for health and safety matters? Have you told people? Are all of your health and safety policies and procedures properly documented and reviewed? Do you have records of when your employees were last trained? Do they need refresher training? Have you previously had an inspection that left you with things to do? Have you done them? Is machinery or equipment all in good working order with any safety guards fully operational? How do you escalate health and safety matters that are not […]