Risk Assessments
Gauntlet Health & Safety Ltd can carry out a range of Risk Assessments required by Health & Safety Regulations and HSE Codes of Practice, as listed below.
Our risk assessments are based on BS8800 and they produce an easy to follow management action plan.
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General Risk Assessment
An inspection will be carried out of the work place and work activities to assess the risks to health and safety and to identify the measures required to control these risks. The assessment will assist the client in meeting the requirements of the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3. The General Health & Safety Risk Assessment may identify the need for additional hazard specific risk assessments covering such areas as the control of substances hazardous to health and manual handling operations. Any of the client's activities away from the premises will be risk assessed through interviews with employees and management during the site visit. Visits to other locations, further work activity assessments and hazard specification assessments can be arranged but additional costs may be charged (see below).
Hazard Specific Risk Assessment
Our hazard specific risk assessments are bespoken to our clients needs. This may be for specific items of plant or machinery or it may be for a particular work process.
COSHH Risk Assessment
An assessment will be carried out of the risks created by work that is liable to expose employees to substances hazardous to health. The assessment will also consider the necessary measures required to achieve statutory compliance. The assessment will assist the client in meeting the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.
Manual Handling Risk Assessment
An assessment will be carried out of those manual handling operations that pose a risk of injury to employees. It will consider the task, the individual, the load, the working environment and other issues and identify where further steps can be taken to reduce the risk to the lowest level reasonably practicable. The assessment will assist the client in meeting the requirements of the Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992.
Display Screen Equipment Risk Assessment
An analysis of workstations will be carried out to assess the health and safety risks to which people using the workstations are exposed. The assessment will identify control measures that could be implemented to reduce the risk to the lowest extent reasonably practicable. The assessment will assist the client in meeting the requirements of the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992.
Asbestos Risk Assessment
An assessment will be carried out to assess the employer’s compliance with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002. The assessment will identify actions required to ensure compliance and asbestos surveys (Types 1, 2 or 3) can be arranged to determine the presence of asbestos containing materials (ACM) or presumed ACMs.
Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment
An assessment will be carried out to determine whether personal protective equipment is suitable. The assessment will include an assessment of workplace risks, the characteristics the equipment must have and those characteristics of the equipment provided. The assessment will assist the client in meeting the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992.
Noise Risk Assessment
An assessment will be carried out to determine the degree of the employer's compliance with the Noise at Work Regulations 1989. The assessment will identify actions required to ensure compliance and a noise survey (noise levels and daily personal exposure to noise) can be arranged.
Water Hygiene Risk Assessment
An assessment will be carried out to determine the degree of the employer's compliance with the Legionnaires Disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems. Approved code of practice and guidance (L8). The assessment will identify actions required to ensure compliance. A survey can be arranged to assess the risks from legionella and other hazardous micro-organisms, and a report provided with recommendations for a water system management programme.
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