FAQ's

I have just set up a business and would like to know what health and safety requirement I may need?

Don’t panic, if you employ less than 5 people you don’t need to worry about providing too much paperwork as long as you can indentify and manage the risks involved in your what you do.You can get some free advice by calling our friendly team who can point you in the right direction and show you where to find what you need.  If your going to grow quickly or already employ more than 5 people there are some additional requirements and a duty to write down some of the ways in which you keep people safe but again assistance is at the end of the phone.  Call 08456 434 699 and we’ll give you free and impartial advice on what you need to do.

Why do we need Crossroad Health and Safety Systems?

To ensure that your company or organisation has properly addressed the legal, moral and financial responsibilities that are health and safety related. Crossroad Health & Safety Systems tailored health and safety management systems, procedures and policies will save you time, demonstrate your commitment to keeping your workforce safe and, unlike ‘off the shelf’ documentation, won’t let you down in court.

Are your Consultants experts?

Yes. All our Health and Safety Consultants are professionally qualified and have varying workplace experience gained over many years.   All are able to assist with the normal health and safety problems, risk assessment, COSHH, manual handling, generating management systems and so on. 

Will you do my risk assessments for me?

Would you like us to?

Risk assessments are the employer’s responsibility and need to be undertaken by a competent person. Retained annual clients may use our name as their competent person to assist. As part of our service we can train your staff to assess risk.
It's your choice.

Will I need to specially prepare anything for audit?

No. If you have any existing health and safety paperwork to hand, this would be useful.

What happens if there’s an accident involving one of our employees or on our premises?

If you are a retained client just let us know as soon as possible. Certain categories of accidents must be notified to the Enforcing Authority (EA) and we can help with this.
You are required to ensure that all serious incidents are properly investigated. It may be that a visit from one of our health and safety consultants to assist you with this needs to be arranged very quickly.
Talk to us straight away.