Safer Workplace Better Business

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Safer Workplace Better Business is a simple, jargon-free system developed by the Devon Health and Safety Sub Group to help small businesses comply with health and safety law. It is a simple to use tool-kit which saves businesses from "re-inventing the wheel" time and again. Each of the most common risks businesses face has a section already written out for a business to tailor to reflect what happens at that individual premises.

It builds in to a system which has all the paperwork a business needs to satisfy the law; a training manual, records, managements checks etc which demonstrates how the business is managing it’s health and safety risks.

The pack was developed by the Devon Health and Safety Sub Group, a working group of the ten Local Authorities in Devon. The Sub Group organise training for a number of industries and liaise to discuss enforcement issues across the county. They have found that a large number of small and medium enterprises have a poor knowledge of Health and Safety and struggle with their documentation. The Group adapted the well known “Safer Food Better Business” pack idea to help businesses deal with their health and safety duties without having to employ specialists, unless signposted that certain high risk activities would require expert assistance.

The pack has been extensively trialled throughout the county over the past two years, and is now being promoted across the country by the Local Government Regulation Service.

The approach is jargon-free and straight forward and will not take people away from the main priority of running their business. Successfully put into place, this approach will not only enable people to comply with law but also protect their business's reputation. It may also improve bottom line profits by reducing accidents, costs, safeguarding staff and improving production.

You can download the pack (5502KB - 06 March 2012 - PDF Help) as a whole, or as individual pages from the links on the right of this page.