Harness-it can help you meet your responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, (HSWA), which affects everyone connected with your business.

We can help you create an effective health and safety policy. We can conduct risk assessments and maintain a list of identified risks and methods to reduce them.

We can maintain your safety system via our support service at a fraction of the cost of employing a full time health and safety officer.

Contact Harness-it and let us plan, create and maintain a safety management system suitable for your company

Legislation you should be aware of:

• You must assess the health and safety risks to your staff that are present in the workplace, via a Risk Assessment. If you employ five or more employees you must formally record the findings of this Risk Assessment
  
  
• You must introduce measures to keep the risk of accident and injury, identified by the Risk Assessment, to a minimum.
  
  
• If you employ five or more people you must draw up a health and safety policy statement.
  
  
• You must set up efficient systems for reporting accidents and ill health at work.
  
  
• You must provide clear information and up to date training to employees on health and safety issues.
  
  
• In high risk industries, you must set up procedures to deal with emergencies.
  
  
• The ability Discrimination Act should also be complied with.
  
  

You must regularly review the risks present in the workplace and your company health and safety policy.

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