Occupational health and safety audits provide businesses and organisations with a balanced and detailed overview. This overview covers various aspects of health and safety within the workplace, areas to improve upon, potential risks and a general summary of regulatory compliance. If you’re interested in assessing your workplace safety, then read on to find out everything we recommend and know about what’s required.
Understanding Occupational Health & Safety Audits
At its core, an occupational health and safety audit is a processed report on a business or organisation’s compliance with current UK health and safety regulations. The key element of the audit is to identify areas of risk and non-compliance. It will help your business avoid preventable accidents and preserve the wellbeing of employees.
The Benefits of Occupational Health & Safety Audits
The benefits of an occupational health and safety audit can be broken down into the following:
- Improved workplace safety and employee well-being.
- Legal compliance and avoiding penalties.
- Enhanced productivity and efficiency.
By carrying out an audit, you can help to sustain optimum workplace safety whilst keeping employees and workers safe and sound. Not only this, but it will also help you to avoid any fines associated with the legal ramifications of noncompliance. As a result, your workplace will become more efficient, productive, and morale will be boosted due to an overall feeling of safety and care.
The Health & Safety Audit Process
The process for an audit is fairly straightforward. Our health and safety experts will assess your business identifying key areas for improvement and specific risk elements. From here, we’ll conduct the following:
- A 1:1 consultation to run through the findings of the occupational health and safety audit
- Frameworks and plans for building improved processes and preventing any risks or accidents that could result from our identified areas
- Clarifying and identifying specific legal compliance that may potentially be currently broken, and helping you to understand the requirements to amend this
- On-going reporting and analysis to maintain and update your health and safety procedures moving forward.
How To Choose The Right Audit Provider
When it comes to occupational health and safety audits, it’s extremely important to use a trusted organisation that provides a stellar service. We recommend researching and carefully selecting a business based on a variety of factors. These include reputation, experience, online presence and communication. You’ll want to ask questions during consultations to ensure the potential organisation is up to date on all legislation and qualifications.
Not only this, but you’ll want to ask about processes, packages and referrals. All these aspects combined ensure the chosen contractor will provide the best service possible to keep your business health and safety compliant. From 2022 to 2023, HSE reports that over 1.8 million workers sustained workplace health issues. As a result, the importance of workplace health and safety has never been higher.
Choose Vox Solutions For Quality Occupational Health & Safety Audits
If you’re looking for a trusted company that values the highest standard of occupation health and safety, then get in touch with Vox Solutions. We’re up to date with all the latest legal regulations and qualifications to guarantee the best service possible. Give us a call today to find out more.
