About This Service

Appointing a competent person within your organisation is essential because it helps you meet your health and safety legal duties. Acting as a competent health and safety advisor, your appointed person should have the skills, knowledge and experience to recognise hazards, conduct risk assessments and be able to put the necessary controls in place to make the workplace safer. Ultimately, this ensures that you’re able to protect your workers and members of the public from harm. There are a large number of health and safety risks in the construction industry that could pose serious dangers to your workforce or any other persons on site. These include accidents from working at height, moving objects and vehicles, noise-related injuries, manual handling, asbestos, and electrical accidents, as well as slips, trips and falls. On top of putting workers’ lives at risk, businesses could lose a significant amount of man hours and productivity if they fail to address these issues. Furthermore, there can be legal complications, including fines from the HSE or a ban from operating altogether. This is why managing health and safety in construction is so important.