Health and Safety

Corporate Audit Solutions Limited can alleviate the burden as documented below by implementing structured processes and policies ensuring that you are compliant in all areas.

Many organisations implement an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) via the ISO 18001 framework and as part of their risk management strategy look to address changing legislation. Our aim is to help businesses promote a safe and healthy working environment by providing a structure that allows you to identify and control your health and safety risks, reduce the potential for accidents, aid legislative compliance and improve overall performance.

Work related ill health and occupational disease can lead to absence from work and in some cases, to death. Such occurrences will lead to costs to individual employers (sick pay, lost time, process lost time and compensation payments).

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UK Statistics

According to the latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website (www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/) there were - 152 fatal accidents in 2009/2010 and 121,430 other injuries to employees were reported under RIDDOR

In 2009/2010, 1.3 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an illness (long standing as well as new cases) they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work. 555 000 of these were new cases.

In 2009/2010 28.5 million days were lost overall (1.2 days per worker), 23.4 million due to work-related ill health and 5.1 million due to workplace injury.

Gruesome reading though this is the fact remains that a committed Health and Safety culture is of key importance in safe guarding the company and its resources from becoming part of the above statistics and litigation.

The solution is carried out with your management and staff involvement, thus ensuring a total understanding and commitment to this legal requirement, resulting in a system that you and your staff can manage in the future.

Small business or large company we can help you to achieve your goal of total compliance.