Workstation risk assessment course helpful to your plan
Employees must have safe working conditions. This leads back to effective management. Management needs to make a plan that will help to improve health and safety at work along with making things safe all the time. In a smaller business, the budget may not warrant a full time risk management staff member. It may be better to hire a consultant and take a workstation risk assessment course to learn what type of plan you should have in your company. It can seem as though it is common sense in an office when setting up a risk management plan; however, there can be some things that are better to plan for. In an office, there is still equipment, the need for a ladder, and even cleaning supplies. It is in the employer’s best interest to have a detailed plan according to the HSE and risk assessment managers rather than letting something go unnoticed or unrepresented in the risk assessment plan.
An employer can be liable for not taking proper duty of care measures. It can even happen when the employer feels something is common sense so they do not mention it. For example, handling a fire in an office building would be a key component of the risk assessment in an office building. Perhaps your office is on the 12th floor, where you have an elevator or stairs for the exit. With 12 floors, it would be pretty difficult to get individuals out a window with a rope ladder with any type of safety when there is fire; yet, one could plan to go up rather than down depending on the origination of the fire.
To learn more about risk assessments in an office setting, it is best to seek a consultant such as Winter and Co. that can assess your place and suggest a plan.
