Health and Safety

Prisma Associates has a particularly strong background, qualification
and experience in Health & Safety management, offering advice on all aspects of health and safety:

Arranging training for all levels of staff
Carrying out site inspections and audits within company factories, offices, warehouses and construction sites, providing full reports, advice, prioritisation of the works and approximate costs
Conducting Risk Assessment
Applying PPE and CDM Regulations
Ensuring compliance with COSHH
Pat testing
Preparing Health & Safety policies, procedures and safe systems of work.

Two recent pieces of legislation affect Directors’ Responsibilities and Liabilities:

Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 – in force from January 2009, revises the mode of trial and maximum penalties applicable to certain offences relating to health and safety.
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 – in force since April 2008, introduces a new offence, across the UK, for prosecuting companies and other organisations where there has been a gross failing, throughout the organisation, in the management of health and safety with fatal consequences.