Lockout Tagout & Permit To Work
There is a legal requirement under the Health, Safety & Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 that where possible, maintenance work is carried out when equipment is shut down, all work equipment is fitted with clearly identifiable isolators and that equipment can be reconnected in a way that poses no risk.
General Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
The identification of hazards and assessment of the risks they pose are critical elements of any safety management system. Inadequate risk assessment and failure to follow recommended control procedures are common causes of serious accidents. It is therefore essential that robust policies and procedures are in place at all work activities to ensure any risks generated must be effectively evaluated and controlled.
Ergonomic Assessments
Ergonomics applies information about human behaviour, abilities and limitations and other characteristics to the design of tools, machines, tasks, jobs and environments for productive, safe, comfortable and effective human use. Ergonomic assessments allow for recognition of the hazard, an evaluation of the overall risk and the recommendation of a control mechanism to combat any residual risks.
Employee Safety Handbook
Under the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005, and Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 every employer is required to provide information and training to employees. When employees are being inducted into your organisation, the instruction they receive covers a variety of topics including health and safety procedures. All of this instruction is specific to your workplace, its activities and its employees.
Emergency Evacuation Procedures
The possibility of an onsite emergency is always present, with a serious risk of fire, chemical spill, bomb scare, explosion and vehicle impact all being an ongoing threat to various different places of work.
Construction Site Safety Audits
As part of identifying health and safety standards on the construction site, it is important to continually monitor, measure, review and document the health & safety issues. A safety audit collates all such information, thus enabling the project supervisors to plan, organise and control existing and upcoming site work in a safe and efficient manner.
Chemical Agents Risk Assessment
A Chemical Agents Risk Assessment involves a study of the substances used in the workplace, how they are handled and their potential to cause harm. It provides organisations with the advice upon which action can be taken to eliminate or control risk.
Accident Investigation
No place of work is ever 100% safe all the time, so the logical conclusion is that at some point you are going to suffer an accident within your facility. All accidents must be investigated for the very simple reason we have to understand how and why it happened and how the system of work failed. This will provide us with the information necessary to prevent a recurrence.