Occupational Health and Safety at Work
- The undertaking of comprehensive Health and Safety Risk Management audits and delivering pragmatic Risk Control Solutions
- Health and Safety at Work Training Courses (on site) including Kinetic Handling, COSHH and Fire Safety. For more information view our Training information.
- Undertaking of Liability Audits/Surveys for Insurance Companies
- Undertake corporate Workplace Risk Reviews and Risk Assessment Projects including Work Place Fire Risk Surveys.
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Assessments (including fundamental airborne chemical sampling)
- Noise at Work Risk Assessments, and predicting suitable Personal Hearing protection, we will commission workplace studies (incorporating noise exposure calculations relating to personal acceptance levels and giving direction on pragmatic Hearing Conservation Programs).
- Act as a Corporate Competent Person, as required by the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
- Independent Accident Investigations
- Developing, and producing bespoke Health & Safety Policy documentation
Occupational Health & Safety at Work
Outline: The company recently worked with a client to determine how to reduce his loss time due to occupational ill health. The project involves ascertaining the in-situ local extraction system of a chlorinated hydrocarbon vapor degreasing tank which was affecting the operator, and persons working adjacent, causing nausea and dizziness.
Action: The inspection revealed that the upper rim extraction vents were situated as to prevent capture of any escaping harmful vapour. We re-designed the extraction points to a position as to induce and capture this vapor before leaving the tank, and enhanced the velocity rating.
Benefits: thus preventing the operator becoming exposed to harmful emissions. This along with reducing fugitive emissions eliminated loss times due to this problem, and promptly led to supplementary production.
Food Safety Management
- Food Safety Management Audits
- Food Hygiene Awareness and Foundation Certificate Training
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Training, Evaluation and Project Work
Food Safety Management
Outline: We were responsible for instigating an effectual hygiene management programme for a busy restaurant/pub, whereby we introduced a planned approach to reducing food products, mainly due to contamination from food spoilage bacteria. The situation could easily have been made worse by allowing any contaminated food products to enter the food chain. At worse, this could have led to a sporadic outbreak of food borne illness.
Action: The management programme was based on the Hazard Analysis & critical Control (HACCAP) doctrine, and since then the risk from such exposures has diminished, and significant savings made on food wastage.
Environmental Management
- Integral Environmental Impact Assessments & Pragmatic Environmental Impairment Solutions
Environmental Management
Outline: A client was receiving complaints from private residents from dwellings situated across the road to his premises. The complaints were that of noxious smells front his engineering factory, which caused them to feel nauseous.
Action: On further investigation involving a site survey, we found that his organic solvent emission stack was below the height recommended, and no consideration was given to local topography. This enabled us to determine process plumage, and local wind dispersal, and develop a suitable emission stack design to a height as to prevent private and public nuisances to local residents.
Benefits:This piloted the way for our client entering into shared environmental values with the local community, resulting in good neighbour policy, and less time spent on dealing with local complaints.
Legal 'Competent Person' Role
Dependant upon the service contract, McQuillan Health & Safety Risk Management can undertake the central legal role of 'Competent Person', as defined under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations (and holds appropriate professional indemnity insurance cover to this extent).
Our service has in the past proven successful in mitigating business exposures to both financial and consequential losses, and contributed to the Client’s proficient Loss Control policies.