THE GUIDELINES TO HEALTH AND SAFETY


A consultancy firm has produced guidelines to help businesses learn lessons from health and safety events. elnet consulting helps


businesses to move beyond safety, health and environmental (SHE) compliance by focusing on leadership coaching, culture change and behavioural safety programmes. Company


director Brian Cable (pictured) said: “To learn lessons from health and safety issues, a thorough and competent investigation must be commissioned. “It must establish the root


‘ACCIDENTS


AND INCIDENTS OFTEN AROUSE POWERFUL EMOTIONS’


positive forces to deliver the


necessary changes will assist an organisation to embed


causes, identify and manage the delivery of the right recommendations and communicate the lessons learned. “Accidents and incidents often


arouse powerful emotions. The ability to focus these emotions into


lessons learned and prevent reoccurrence.” To ensure this happens, Brian has


produced a checklist: • Does the organisation have suitable and sufficient health and safety procedures?


• Leaders must be mindful of inherent weaknesses by asking


ISSUE SPOTLIGHT: HEALTH & SAFETY PROVIDING


FIRE SAFETY Although fires are rare events, the impact can be devastating. Anyone with responsibility


‘what could go wrong?’ and challenging constant ‘good news’ from audits


• Is there a procedure for reporting and investigating near misses and events?


• Is the investigation team familiar with the investigation process and the industry?


• Does the investigation gather, analyse and challenge the evidence to identify immediate, underlying and root causes?


• Does the report generate SMART conclusions and recommendations.


Brian also highlights the importance of establishing leadership values which create a learning culture so: • All hazards, near misses and events are reported by everyone


• Health and safety is a core value • The focus reveals management and system failures rather than focussing on individuals’ errors


• Learning from peers and other good practices is continuous


• Lessons learned are embedded. Visit: www.elnetconsulting.com


for fire safety in non-domestic premises will know the importance of carrying out a fire risk assessment, in accordance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Northampton-based fire


safety consultants Marsden Fire Safety Ltd has carried out fire risk assessments commercially for nearly 20 years – initially under the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997, and since 2006, under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, providing their customers with full fire safety audits and action plans. Marsden offers fire safety equipment and services, such as fire safety signs, fire extinguishers and extinguisher training and emergency evacuation equipment and evacuation training.


Visit: www.marden-fire- safety.co.uk


www.phoenixsafetyservices.co.uk


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