SAT Safety LTD is a professional team committed to providing practical/user friendly advice and service at cost effective rates to the construction industry. This has been the forefront of the company's success.

Our objective is to raise the level of awareness and assist companies to develop a good Health and Safety culture in the workplace.

We provide professional consultants who will visit your workplaces to carry out an audit/inspection on your current working practices and procedures, provide a detailed report highlighting those that require attention and provide the advice to assist you in implementing suitable corrective actions.

 

 

 

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  Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 an offence will be committed where failings by an organisation's senior management are a substantial element in any gross breach of the duty of care owed to the organisation's employees or members of the public, which results in death. The maximum penalty is an unlimited fine and the court can additionally make a publicity order requiring the organisation to publish details of its conviction and fine. This list is designed to check your status as a leader on health and safety. How do you demonstrate the board's commitment to health and safety?

What do you do to ensure appropriate board-level review of health and safety?


What have you done to ensure your organisation, at all levels including the board, receives competent health and safety advice?

How are you ensuring all staff – including the board – are sufficiently trained and competent in their health and safety responsibilities?

How confident are you that your workforce, particularly safety representatives, are consulted properly on health and safety matters, and that their concerns are reaching the appropriate level including, as necessary, the board?

What systems are in place to ensure your organisation’s risks are assessed, and that sensible control measures are established and maintained?

How well do you know what is happening on the ground, and what audits or assessments are undertaken to inform you about what your organisation and contractors actually do?

What information does the board receive regularly about health and safety – e.g. performance data and reports on injuries and work-related ill health?

What targets have you set to improve health and safety and do you benchmark your performance against others in your sector or beyond?

Where changes in working arrangements have significant implications for health and safety, how are these brought to the attention of the board?