Helping our clients to see their objectives
more clearly.
Health & Safety Management
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SERVICE OFFER
Vizion 21 will work with clients to produce
tailored health & safety
management systems which cover all the main areas of European health,
safety and welfare legislation in a easy to understand and practical format.
The systems are fully compliant with British Standard BS 8800 ‘Guide to
Occupational health and safety management systems’ as well as the Health &
Safety Executive's (HSE) ‘Successful health & safety management’ and ‘5 steps
to Risk Assessment’. The systems help businesses comply with the requirements
of the Health & Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health
& Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Each management system is based on the researched
needs of the client and tailored
to fit the type and scale of each business. The systems include a
comprehensive but easy to use procedures manual backed up with on-site training
in its use, access to help line support and regular coaching to ensure continued
effective usage.
The system has already been introduced with great success to a wide range of client
businesses such as:
Two NHS
Primary Care Trusts and an Acute Hospital Trust - including healthcare
specific sections
on risk management, infection control, violence to staff, medicines management, medical
devices management, etc
Two Local Authorities - sections on
lone working, control of infection, ranger work, asbestos, etc.
Major sporting venues and events-
crowd safety, safety at sports grounds, fire & evacuation safety,
emergency planning.
Over 100 schools - sections covering
craft design & technology (CDT), sports safety, ground-keeping, arts and
crafts, science departments, riding schools, Outward Bound and foreign
trips,
A major UK Hotel chain - with
sections on employment of sub-contractors, public safety, safety at swimming
and leisure facilities, catering safety, housekeeping.
Industrial businesses - including
sections on workshop safety, warehouse safety, fork lift trucks,
mechanical safety, construction safety, etc.
A large international catering company
- sections on safe use of dangerous equipment, cleaning safety, use of gas
and electricity.
Large office buildings - visual
display equipment assessment, ergonomics in the office, sick building
syndrome, etc.
A large facilities management company
- mechanical safety, gardening safety, vehicle safety, sports safety, etc.
BENEFITS TO CLIENTS
Regular use of the system ensures that client businesses:
Comply with numerous legal duties under health & safety legislation.
Demonstrate to enforcement officers
an ongoing commitment to health
& safety.
Are
guided efficiently through the maze of health and safety legislation and
requirements.
Have a means of measuring their safety performance.
Reduce the number of time loss accidents which saves money and improves
staff moral.
Reduce costs associated with accidental equipment damage.
Involve all staff in the development of a ‘safety culture’ with
excellent team building side effects.
Save money on researching and developing their own in house system.
Maintain and even reduce insurance premiums based on good safety
performance.
Introduce
a
standard system which ensures consistency and gives a highly effective means of
comparing individual safety performances in multiple business locations
Are
assisted with in house training programs. Each section of the system has worked examples
and clear guidance notes.
Helping our clients to see their objectives
more clearly. 
