Riesgo - providing expert health and safety consultation and advice
Risk Assessments
Employers with five or more employees must make a ‘suitable and sufficient’ assessment of risks to their employees Health and Safety by law. Riesgo Health and Safety Solutions can help with conducting and completing Risk Assessments for your business, whatever your industry and make suggestions to improve your Health and Safety performance, whilst reducing risks.
Health and Safety Audits
A Health and Safety audit gives you a gap analysis of where you are in terms of meeting your legal obligations. This can be both challenging and time consuming but Riesgo can do this for you, ensuring that you’re fully compliant with Health and Safety law and avoiding any unnecessary fines and prosecutions from the HSE.
Health and Safety Management System – ISO45001
Want to achieve ISO45001 but don’t know how to get there? Daunted by the auditors? Need to migrate from OHSAS18001 to ISO45001 but don’t have the resources to complete in time for the deadline of September 2021? Look no further as Riesgo can help you to achieve your goals and assist with the preparation, as well as attending external audits.
COVID-19
Has your Risk Assessment been updated to include COVID-19? Don’t know where to start? Riesgo can do this for you, ensuring that you’re doing everything you can to work as safely as possible and protect your employees. We can help you make improvements and implement solutions in order that you’re working as safely as possible, whilst complying with the law.
Good workplace health, safety and hygiene practices help to reduce the risk of injury and ill health, including the transmission of COVID-19 and the cost of absenteeism that goes with it.
Third Party Accreditation
Under pressure from customers to achieve CHAS or Safecontractor? Need to get on that tender but don’t have the relevant accreditations? We can help you.
Policies and Procedures
A written Health and Safety Policy is a legal requirement if you have five or more employees. Riesgo can help you fulfil this duty whilst creating a policy which demonstrates your business activities, aims and objectives but is easy for your employees to understand.
Accident/Incident Investigation
We can carry out accident and incident investigations for you and show you how to implement effective corrective and preventive actions, as well as how to determine root cause analysis.
Should the unfortunate event of a RIDDOR reportable accident occur, here at Riesgo we can help you by liaising with the HSE on your behalf and completing the relevant paperwork, therefore relieving the stress on your employees and on your business. We can be at the end of the phone to help and advise at all times, however major or minor the accident.
Competent Person and Professional Representation
In order to meet the requirements of Health and Safety law, a business must have help from a ‘Competent Person’.
‘A Competent Person is someone who has sufficient and relevant training, experience and knowledge and other qualities that allow them to assist you properly.’
Riesgo can help you by providing a friendly and useful service at an affordable cost, ensuring that you are and continue to be legally compliant.
Do you dread the HSE ‘knocking on your door’/entering your premises? HSE Inspectors have the right to enter your premises, unannounced, WHENEVER THEY LIKE. They can talk to whoever they want, look at machinery, collate documents and take photos. They can exercise powers in any way, shape or form to help them fulfil their role. They also charge you for their time and prioritise those businesses who fail to manage Health and Safety.
Riesgo can offer professional representation and deal with the HSE on your behalf but more importantly, can offer you all the Health and Safety advice and services you need to prevent any unnecessary fines, prosecutions or even being shut down.
Health and Safety Training
Confused about what Health and Safety training is compulsory and which is recommended? Unsure about the frequency of refresher training and unnecessary spend and wasting your employees time?
Riesgo can help and advise you on your legal requirements and recommend the most cost effective training, whilst minimising the time taken out of the workplace.
Consultancy and Advice
Overall, and above everything, Riesgo offers a friendly and cost effective service and provides practical, workable solutions, whilst ensuring you are meeting your legal requirements. We will get to know your business inside out and work with you by putting your needs first. No need for expensive consultants or an extra employee.