Take the Help of Safety Advisor for Working in a Safe Work Environment

Posted by Peligro Group on October 4th, 2017

No matter how many precautions you take during the designing of a company, still you can’t fill the shoes of a safety expert. There has been an alarming increase in the number of deaths and accidental injuries of employees due to unsafe working conditions. This made government to issue stringent laws and health regulations for small-to-big-scale firms in the UK.

There are various people who are clueless about these laws and thus seek the professional’s help. Due to this reasons the need of safety advisors was realized and they came into picture to help out entrepreneurs of different domains. Safety advisors are professionals who are well versed with the updated health laws to guide the companies accordingly.

You can take the help of a Safety Advisor at various stages of your business development. For instance, when you are constructing a new building you would need the guidance of a principal designer to ensure it has been designed in compliance with the applicable laws. Similarly, there are guidelines for refurbishing and even demolition of a building. Main idea behind these regulations is any commercial activity should not put the health of people at risk.

After the designing of a building as per the guidelines, you need to conduct the risk management survey from time to time in the company. This kind of survey analyzes the work environment on the basis of various factors such as asbestos presence, fire risk, food and many more. Finally, suggestions would be recommended by the experts in order to make the workspace completely safe.

For instance, if they find asbestos in large quantity, then they would recommend Asbestos Removal in a particular area or the entire company as per the need. Asbestos management itself is a big survey that includes a variety of activities such as asbestos analysis, sampling, register, report, management, refurbishment, & demolition, and consultancy.

Not only company owners, but also the people who work as homeworkers need to be in compliance with the health & safety regulations. For these people, there is a survey named Homeworker Assessment which analyses the work area of freelancers to ensure it is safe enough for working. People think the risk of accidents or injury is more in offices, at construction sites or in industries. However, the truth is that even freelancers are equally at the risk of health disorders.

Since Homeworker doesn’t have an appropriate work setting he is usually more susceptible to health problems like cervical, joint pain, headache, eyes strain, upper limb disorder, stress, anxiety, fire shock and so on. Therefore, government has issued many health regulations for the homeworkers like Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 and Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. To be in compliance with all these regulations, homeworker assessment needs to be conducted by experts.