HSE
In the U.K. all workers have a right to work in places where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. Health and safety is about stopping you getting hurt at work or ill through work.
The U.K. laws state that employers must:
- Decide what could harm employees in their work and precautions. This is part of risk assessment
- In a way employees can understand, explain how risks will be controlled and ensure they know who is responsible for these controls
- Provide the health and safety training staff need to do their job
- Provide staff with any equipment and protective clothing they need, and ensure it is properly maintained
- Report injuries, diseases and dangerous incidents at work
- Have insurance that covers staff in case they are hurt or become ill through work. Display a hard copy or electronic copy of the current insurance certificate where staff can easily read it.
- Work with any other employers or contractors sharing the workplace or providing employees (such as agency workers), so that everyone’s health and safety is protected
Why Insight is the solution
The Insight package easily allows employers to manage all of these requirements in the following ways:
- Hazard identification, control description and assignment, risk assessments and remedial action planning can all be carried out using SMART RMS
- Accidents and injuries can be reported and investigated using SMART Occurrence these can then be linked to the RMS to ensure sufficient controls are in place to avoid the accident occurring again
- SMART Library allows employers to centrally store and manage their documentation including insurance certificates, guidelines / procedures for employees and all safety related documentation