Health and Safety Management System/Policy

The Health and Safety Policy is one of the most important single documents on health and safety that any organisation holds and it must, therefore be appropriate to the organisation.

Bonum Safety will prepare a Health and Safety Policy which is:-

• Relevant
• Credible
• Achievable
• Measurable

Risk Assessment

Risk assessments are an assessment of your work activities, to identify what could cause harm to people, and what control measures you have put in place to prevent harm.

By carrying out risk assessments and making sure you communicate the findings to your employees, you will be complying with the law.
Bonum Safety will complete the risk assessments by working with you and assisting in the identification of the control measures required.

Bonum Safety provide quality, professional training tailored to your organisation's health and safety requirements. We have a vast range of experience across various industries and can assist you to identify your health and safety training needs. Training can be delivered in house at your premises for convenience, or at a nearby venue.

Some of the courses we offer are detailed below. However, please get in touch to discuss your individual needs as a bespoke course can be developed for your organisation.

Fire Safety and Management Training

If you are responsible for a business or organisation, it's important that you provide fire safety training as part of your normal training and induction process. This course will give your staff a greater awareness and understanding of the hazards presented by fire and increase their knowledge in practical fire safety measures.

Fire Marshall Training

This course covers the role of the designated fire marshal (fire warden). You will learn about preventing fires and learn about the different types of fire extinguisher and how to use them correctly.

Fire Awareness and Evacuation Training

A course designed for all members of staff. This course will provide employees with greater fire safety awareness and is designed to increase their confidence in the action to take in case of a fire occurring.

Manual Handling Training

The Manual Handling Awareness course has been designed to provide delegates with an awareness of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations and to also provide knowledge and understanding of how to manage manual handling operations safely and reduce the risk of injury to personnel from manual handling operations.

Working at Height Training

Falls from height are one of the biggest causes of workplace fatalities and major injuries, often from ladders or falling through fragile roofs. This course looks at The Working at Height Regulations and how they are relevant to your organisation. Delegates will come away with a greater understanding and awareness of the risk involved when working at height and how to reduce the risk.

Work Equipment (PUWER) Awareness Training

This course provides delegates with an awareness of the Provision and Safe Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) and how to apply in the workplace. This courses is relevant to most organisations that use machinery.

Lifting Equipment (LOLER) Awareness Training

Under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER), both employers and employees have duties they must fulfil in order to ensure the hazards associated with lifting operations and equipment are kept to a minimum. This course will provide delegates with an awareness of LOLER and how to apply in the workplace.

Hand/Arm Vibration Awareness Training

The Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Awareness (HAVS) course has been designed to give participants the knowledge and understanding of the hazards associated with operating vibrating equipment, learn the effects on the human body and the control measures which should be put in place to prevent harm.

Asbestos Awareness Training

Asbestos kills in excess of 5000 people a year. Anyone who through their normal work activities could be exposed to materials containing asbestos in the workplace and particularly those working in the refurbishment, construction and maintenance industries should have training. This course will not only raise individuals awareness of where asbestos may be found but inform them of the emergency action to take if they do accidently disturb asbestos containing materials.

Office Safety Training including Display Screen Assessments (DSE)

The Display Screen Equipment Regulations (DSE) require DSE users, who work with display screen equipment for the majority of their day, to receive training that teaches them how to maintain an ergonomic setup and follow safe practices. Many people spend several hours a day using display screen equipment and are unaware of the health problems it can pose.

Health and Safety Awareness Training

The Health and Safety Awareness course is designed to work with your employees to ensure that they have an understanding of why health and safety is important for company safety and personal safety. The course will be tailored to your particular business needs.

First Aid Training

This comprehensive three-day course covers a wide range of first aid emergencies, enabling all participants to deal with emergency situations with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Training

This course provides delegates with an effective appreciation of the requirements to control substances in the workplace. The course introduces participants to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH), the duties imposed on employers and employees and how best these requirements can be implemented in the workplace.

Abrasive Wheel Training

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) require anyone using an abrasive wheel in the workplace receives appropriate training. Half of all incidents involving abrasive wheels are due to an unsafe system of work or operator error, with the majority of accidents being caused by burst discs.

Face Fit Training

This course will equip delegates with the knowledge and skills required, to enable them to carry out Qualitative face fit testing for personnel in their organisation required to wear a face mask.

Banksman Training

This course raises delegates awareness of the risks associated with transport in the workplace especially with regard to reversing vehicles.

Risk Assessment Training

This Risk Assessment training course is designed to help businesses comply with the Management of Health and Safety Regulations by providing guidance on how to complete a suitable and sufficient risk assessment in the workplace. The course is aimed at personnel who may be required to use or complete a risk assessment as part of their job role.

Bonum Safety can provide a wide range of health and safety services for your organisation as part of your ongoing health and Safety management system or as a one off adhoc service for your organisation. The main services we provide are detailed below however, please get in touch to discuss your individual requirements.

Fire Risk Assessment

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO), the responsible person for the premises must carry out or appoint a competent person to carry out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment. This will identify what action is needed to prevent fire and keep people safe. The responsible person must record the significant findings of the fire risk assessment where 5 or more people are employed.

Fire Safety Management Service

A fire safety management plan details your arrangements to implement, control, monitor and review fire safety standards and to ensure those standards are maintained. The plan describes the arrangements for effectively managing fire safety so as to prevent fire occurring and, in the event of fire, to protect people and property.

Health and Safety Inspection and Audits

The health and safety needs of a business can change over time, so it is important that inspections and audits are carried out to ensure the continued welfare, health and safety of employees and visitors is maintained. An inspection or audit will identify any improvements required, help companies to comply with their legal duties and help promote a positive health and safety culture within the organisation.

Construction Phase Plan Assistance

Bonum Safety can assist the Principal Contractor/ Contractors in the preparation of construction phase plans as required on a one off or regular basis. The construction phase plan must record the arrangements for managing the significant health and safety risks associated with the construction phase of a project, to be effective the plan must be developed as construction work proceeds.

Construction Risk Assessments

A risk assessment is not about creating huge amounts of paperwork, but rather about identifying sensible measures to control the risks in your workplace. Your business is probably already taking steps to protect employees, but the risk assessment will help decide whether all risks have been covered to the correct extent.

Construction Method Statements

Following suitable and sufficient risk assessments, appropriate method statements set out the details on how the site work will be carried out in a safe and secure manner. Bonum Safety can work with you to prepare easy to follow method statements for all the activities your business carries out.

Construction Site Inspections and Audits

Inspections and audits provide reassurance to the clients, contractors and the work force that the construction work on the project is being carried out in accordance with legal and best practice requirements. Following any inspection or audit completed for you a report would be provided highlighting areas of good practice as well as details on any shortfalls. A detailed action plan highlighting any deficiencies would also be provided.

COSHH Assessments

The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) require employers to assess the risk to their employees, and to prevent or adequately control those risks. If you have five or more employees, you must record your assessment but, even if you have fewer than five, it makes sense to write down what steps you have taken to identify the risks. Every year, thousands of workers are made ill by hazardous substances, contracting lung disease such as asthma, cancer and skin disease such as dermatitis. Bonum Safety can work with you to prepare easy to read and understand COSHH assessments for all the hazardous substances your business use.

Hand/Arm Vibration Assessment

If there is likely to be a risk to your employees from using vibrating hand tools an assessment needs to identify who is at risk and to what degree. The risk assessment needs to enable you to decide whether your employees' exposures are likely to be above the exposure action value (EAV) or the exposure limit value (ELV) and to identify which work activities you need to control. Bonum safety can assess your workplace and carry out a hand and arm vibration assessment.

Accident Investigations

Every year people are killed or injured at work. Over 40 million working days are lost annually through work-related accidents and illnesses. Bonum Safety can provide an effective investigation with a methodical, structured approach to information gathering, collation and analysis. The findings of the investigation will form the basis of an action plan to prevent the accident or incident from happening again and for improving the overall management of risk. Bonum safety can assess your workplace and carry out accident investigations for your organisation or support in completing accident investigation.

Face Fit Testing

Respiratory Protection Equipment (RPE) must be able to provide adequate protection for individual wearers. RPE can't protect the wearer if it leaks. A major cause of leaks is poor fit so fit testing will ensure that the equipment selected is suitable for the wearer. Bonum Safety can assess your workplace and carry out Qualitative face fit tests for your employees.