27th April 2006, 04:30 PM
We use a commercial web-based system called Target 100 to produce relevant health and safety documentation including risk assessments and checklists. Each field officer is responsible for producing their own risk assessments using this system, which are updated regularly during the lifetime of the project.
Every staff member has a folder which contains generic H&S information (rules and regs relating to excavation, for example, working in historic structures, ornithosis, manual handling guidance etc. etc.) plus copies of risk assessments for all the sites and activities which they are personally involved with. Also any other information which is relevant (for instance contractors' risk assessments or notices, ground contamination reports etc.). The responsibility for issuing this information, and ensuring that proper mitigation (eg. PPE and/or safe systems of working) is in place, lies with field officers and myself. The responsibility for [u]reading it and acting on it and using the PPE supplied</u> lies with each and every individual member of staff.
We have had this in place in its current form for about eight months now and it seems to work. We are going to review it shortly and overhaul procedures where necessary (should have done a six month review but it has slipped down the list a bit). Feel free to email me off list if you want any more info.
Every staff member has a folder which contains generic H&S information (rules and regs relating to excavation, for example, working in historic structures, ornithosis, manual handling guidance etc. etc.) plus copies of risk assessments for all the sites and activities which they are personally involved with. Also any other information which is relevant (for instance contractors' risk assessments or notices, ground contamination reports etc.). The responsibility for issuing this information, and ensuring that proper mitigation (eg. PPE and/or safe systems of working) is in place, lies with field officers and myself. The responsibility for [u]reading it and acting on it and using the PPE supplied</u> lies with each and every individual member of staff.
We have had this in place in its current form for about eight months now and it seems to work. We are going to review it shortly and overhaul procedures where necessary (should have done a six month review but it has slipped down the list a bit). Feel free to email me off list if you want any more info.