VDU Workstation Assessments

VDU’s are widely used in all industry today and are a contributing factor to back injury, eye strain from poor ergonomics and eye strain from incorrect positioning of equipment or in regard to lighting. The General Application Regulations 2007 contains a list of minimum requirements in which the employer is obliged to carry out a risk assessment of each VDU workstation.

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Safety Statement

Under the requirements of Section 20 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, employers are obliged to produce a Safety Statement in writing. You can produce this yourself or employ a competent person or organisation to do it for you. This document should be well constructed and clearly represent the activities, obligations and responsibilities of your organisation.

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Safety Management System

The nature and extent of any occupational safety management system is dependent on the size of an organisation, its management structure, nature of activities and risks involved. This system will review existing organisational structures and processes; document and implement relevant health and safety policies, procedures and commitment; plan and formulate any health and safety objectives and targets; ensure that the implementation and operation of the plan is viable; measure the performances of all areas and places of work for a designated time period and review and audit same.

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Safe Operating Procedures

Safe or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are essentially codes of practice for various hazardous activities & operations. SOPs detail the system of work to be undertaken in the interests of safety, quality and efficiency. EazySAFE [incorporating Phoenix Safety] can produce SOPs for all hazardous activities to define the safe method of operation.

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Retained Advisor Service

We understand that, for many organisations, hiring an extra health and safety resource is not a viable option. For this reason we provide a Retained Health & Safety Advisor Service. You may need assistance for just one day a week or you may need more; whatever your requirements are, we can tailor our service to meet your needs.

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Project Supervisor Design Process

Under the Safety, Health and Welfare (Construction) Regulations 2013 duties and responsibilities have been placed on PSDP in order to improve the health and safety in the construction industry by engaging all the participants in a project from conception to completion. EazySAFE [incorporating Phoenix Safety] can provide the safety expertise and competence to assist designers, architects, project managers etc, in fulfilling the PSDP and Health and Safety Coordinator roles.

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Project Supervisor Construction Stage

EazySAFE [incorporating Phoenix Safety] can assist a PSCS in their role of Health and Safety Coordinator. We can provide full site safety management solutions, including the provision of site safety advisors, training, and auditing. We can also provide assistance for contractors in meeting their duties under the Regulations including site auditing, site-specific safety statements, risk assessments and method statements.

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Pregnant Employee (New & Expectant Mothers) Risk Assessment

The purpose a Pregnant Employee (New & Expectant Mothers) Risk Assessment is to examine the work activities carried out by employees and determine the suitability of the activities with regard to pregnant employees.

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ISO 45001

ISO 45001:2018 is an occupational health and safety management standard. It defines a set of occupational health and safety management requirements for occupational health and safety management systems. Internationally, the standard is now the most widely used occupational health and safety management standard.

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Manual Handling Risk Assessment

Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005, and the General Applications Regulations 2007 Chapter 4, Part 2, S.I 299 of 2007, it is the duty of employers to take organisational measures to design their workplace, work processes, workstations and systems of work to eliminate manual handling in so far as is reasonably practicable. Where this is not possible the employer must assess, or get a competent person to do it on their behalf, any residual risk posed and reduce it to levels which are acceptable in the interim.

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