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HEALTH AND SAFETY  – PRIMARY AUTHORITY ASSURED ADVICE

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COVID-19 OFFICE REOPENING GUIDANCE

  • Primary Authority Advice COVID 19 Office Re-Opening Policy, Procedures and RA
  • Primary Authority Advice – Office Reopening Policy, Procedures and Risk Assessment

FIRE SAFETY

  • Hot Works Permit Checklist
  • Hot Work Permit
  • Induction Training Check List for Contractors
  • Induction Training Check List for Staff
  • Example Fire Risk Assessment in Food Processing and Cold Storage

FIRST AID

  • Selecting Staff for First Aid Training
  • Provision of Defibrillators in the Workplace

GUIDANCE ON RAYNAUDS PHENOMENON

  • Guidance on Raynaud’s Phenomenon V4 2021

Health Surveillance for Coldstore Workers

  • Cold store Health Surveillance V4 2021
  • H&S poster Employee ‘Keep Warm’ Advice A3

Head Protection for Cold Store Workers

  • Head Protection for Cold Store Workers V4 2021

OVERTIME RISK ASSESSMENTS

  • Overtime risk assessments V3 Oct 2019

PREVENTING FALLS WHILST WORKING ON MOBILE

  • This Guidance is under review. Please contact us for further information

Provision of defibrillators

  • V4 Provision of defibrillators NF

REST BREAKS FOR COLDSTORE WORKERS

  • Rest Breaks for Cold Store Workers
  • Keep Warm Info sheet

RIDDOR REPORTING GUIDANCE

  • RIDDOR – Version 2

SELECTING STAFF FOR FIRST AID

  • Selecting Staff for First-Aid Training V4 NF

WORKING AT HEIGHT IN COLD STORES

  • Work at height Equipment in a cold store V4 2021

Working in a Coldstore – Advice for Employees

  • Working in a Cold Store-Environment V4 2021

INDUSTRY GUIDANCE

ACCIDENT, INCIDENT AND NEAR MISSES

  • Legal Obligation to Report Near Misses

 AMMONIA

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  • Application of Ammonia is Refrigeration Systems – Safety & Environmental Requirements 2

ASBESTOS

  • Managing Asbestos

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING

  • Expecting The Unexpected – Business Continuity Planning
  • HSE Advice – Dealing With Flooding

COMAH

  • COMAH Regs 2015 v2

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

  • Electrical Safety Training

FALLS FROM VEHICLES

  • Falls From Vehicles

 FIRE ASSEMBLY POINT

  • Choosing a Fire Assembly Point

 FIRE DOOR AND CONSIDERATIONS

  • Fire Doors and Considerations
  • Best Practice Fire Grab Packs

FIRE SAFETY

  • Cover sheet – risk assessment for food processing & cold storage premises
  • Cold Storage and Food Processing Examples of Significant Findings from Fire Risk Assessments

 

 

INDUSTRY LEVEL FIRE SAFETY GUIDANCE

  • Acetylene Considerations
  • Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015
  • Disabled Refuges
  • E-Cigarettes and Considerations
  • Emergency Lighting British Standards 5266 1 2016
  • Fire Compartments and Considerations
  • Fire Risk Management
  • Solar Panels & Fire Safety
  • Third Party Certification of Fire Doors
  • Unwanted Fire Signals Guidance
  • What are Significant Findings

FIRST AID

  • Cold Store First Aid Requirements
  • Importance of Annual Refresher Training for First Aiders

GAS & EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES

  • Working with Hazardous Substances

HEALTH & WELLBEING

  • Occupational Health Service Provision
  • HSE Face Coverings and Face Masks
  • Managing Display Screen Equipment in the Office

HSE

  • HSE – A Recipe For Safety
  • HSE Face Coverings and Face Masks

LEGIONELLA

  • Legionnaires Disease, Responsibilities and Guidance

MANUAL HANDLING

  • HSE MSD Tool
  • Manual Handling Assessment Chart
  • Manual Handling in Food and Drink Sector

MATERIALS HANDLING

  • A Site Safer
  • Forklift Supervisor Training Regulations
  • Is Forklift Truck Training Transferable
  • PRIMARY AUTHORITY ADVICE Materials Handling Equipment Observation Assessment
  • Second Hand Forklift Trucks
  • Training is key to Powered Plant Truck Safety
  • Working at Height – The MEWP
  • Young Persons and Material Handling Equipment

 MOVING GOODS

  • Assessing The Risks At Your Customers’ Delivery Points

 MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

  • Food And Drink ‘Better Backs’ Initiative 2008

NOISE

  • Noise Risk Assessment Guidance on Action Levels

RISK ASSESSMENTS

  • Dynamic Risk Assessments

TRANSPORT

  • Driving in Adverse Conditions
  • Employers Road Safety Guide
  • Logistics-Report-2021-summary-version-210525
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