Legislation/Consultation	In Force/ Closes	Need to Know	Applies In	Resource
Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998	28th July 2016	Informal consultation on the effectiveness of the division of regulatory responsibility between the HSE and the local authorities	GB
Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016	1st July 2016	Implements the EU’s EMF directive. Introduces requiremnt to assess levels of EMF exposure against specific thresholds.	GB	hse.gov.uk
Explosives Regulations 2014 (amendment) Regulations 2016	20th April 2016	Implements the recast of the Explosives for Civil Uses Directive. Changes include new requirements for the civil use of explosives to be accompanied by instructions and safety information	GB	hse.gov.uk
Freight Containers (Safety Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2016	26th Feb 16	Amendments to the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984. Proposals include major changes to the Safety Approval Plates and additional safety tests.	GB	hse.gov.uk
Definitive guideline for health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences	1st Feb 16	Gives judges a framework of tiered penalties based on the offending organisation’s turnover, the level of harm risked and culpability.	England and Wales	bit.ly
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015	23rd Dec 15	Transitional period for projects started before April 2015 ends. Works with more than one contractor must have appointed a principal designer.	GB	hse.gov.uk
Transportation of Directive 2013/35/EU on exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs)	3rd Dec 15	Proposed Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations will require duty holders to assess exposure to EMFs	GB	hse.gov.uk
Deregulation Act 2015	3rd Dec 15	Turban wearing Sikhs do not have to wear head protection in any industries.	GB	hse.gov.uk
The Health and safety at Work ect. Act 1974 (General Duties of Self-Employed Persons ) (Prescribed Undertakings) Regulations 2015	Oct-15	Changes the law to exempt self-employed people whose work activity poses no potential risk to other workers or the public.	GB	hse.gov.uk
Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case ect) Regulations 2015	Jul- 15	Applies to offshore oil and gas operators, interoperating additional requirements of directive 2013/30/EU	GB External Waters	hse.gov.uk
Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH) 2015	Jun-15	Main Duties unchanged from 1999 regs; lower tier operators must provide public information about their site and its hazards for the first time; both upper tier and lower tier operators must provide public information electronically.	GB	hse.gov.uk
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012	May-15	Workers undertaking non-licensed work for the first time must have a medical examination before they start.	England and Wales	legislation.gov.uk
Construction (Design and Management) regulations 2015	Apr-15	CDM coordinator replaced with principal designer, prescriptive requirements for duty holders to check contractors’ competence removed, CDM duties extended to domestic clients.	GB	hse.gov.uk
Road Traffic Act 1988	Mar-15	Section 5 amended to include an offence of driving under the influence of a controlled drug – including some prescription medications.	England and Wales	lexisurl.com

Covering your Heath & Safety needs for 2023

If your looking to outsource you Health & Safety Competent Advice in 2023 there are a number of reasons why you should pick Seguro:

• We provide a full Health & Safety Management System including a policy, employee handbook and an environmental policy.
• Access to telephone advice on an unlimited number of occasions
• We provide monthly newsletters detailing latest legislation, HSE news and any updates we need to share
• We post blogs on a weekly basis of informative information for your business
• Access to our vast library of Risk Assessments and Method Statements
• Help filling out PQQ’s (Health & Safety advice)
• Advice and support reporting any RIDDOR  accidents or incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
• Ability to gain expert reliable advice instantly

If you think we may be able to help you on a monthly basis please get in touch.

Seguro Christmas Operating Hours

We wanted to give you plenty of notice to our operating hours over the Christmas period:

Close – 23rd December 12pm

Open – 5th January 9am

All services are still available via the website, including risk assessments and making enquiries. All E-learning purchased will run as normal as the system is automated.

We will be monitoring emails on an adhoc basis so send any enquiries to: info@seguro-safety.co.uk

Working At Heights E-Learning

Working at heights within business remains one of the biggest causes of major injuries and fatalities. The most common causes include falls from ladders and through weak surfaces.

The definition of ‘Work at height’ is working anywhere, if there were no measures in place, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury (for example a fall off a ladder when you are working on a roof).

What do I have to do?

As an employer you have the responsibility of ensuring that all work carried out by your employees has been carefully planned looking at the risks involved. These should then be measured using a risk assessment to ensure that you are doing everything possible to manage the risk by adopting the avoid, prevent and minimise rule.

Where possible you should introduce equipment that minimise the risk you personnel ensuring everyone is kept as safe as possible.

Dos and don’ts of working at height

Do….

• Ensure that when working at height their is a safe route to and from ground level
• try to do as much of the work required from ground level
• ensure all equipment is suitable and maintained
• ensure extra precautions are taken when working near weak surfaces

Don’t…

• overload ladders refer to all mechanical information that is provided to ensure the machinery if fit for purpose
• overreach on ladders or stepladders
• rest a ladder against weak surfaces, eg glazing or plastic gutters
• use ladders or stepladders for strenuous or heavy tasks, only use them for light work of short duration (a maximum of 30 minutes at a time)

If you are looking for information on Working At Heights E-Learning and providing training for your staff we can help.

The assessment for CHAS needs to be paid direct to them for an assessor to look through the paperwork you have submitted.

On an annual basis these fees increase, a new client fee of approx £50 + vat will also be charged.

Please see the new fees for this year:

 

Standard

1 Employee – £299 +vat

2-4 Employees – £339 +Vat

5-15 Employees – £509 +vat

16-30 Employees – £699 +Vat

31-50 Employees – £789 +vat

Advanced

1 Employee – £469+vat

2-4 Employees – £559 +vat

5-15 Employees – £779 +vat

16-30 Employees – £1079 +Vat

31-50 Employees – £1239 +vat

Elite

1 Employee – £659 +vat

2-4 Employees – £689 +vat

5-15 Employees – £909 +vat

16-30 Employees – £1359 +vat

31-50 Employees – £1559 +vat

 

These fees are correct at 3rd October 2022.

If you are looking for assistance with your CHAS application we have frozen our prices since 2021 for assisting you. Please get in touch.

Welcome to the September edition of ask Seguro

Please find below the five questions we thought were worth sharing from this months queries.

Is it worth having CHAS?

This is a question that only you can answer, it needs to be worth it to your business. CHAS is often needed if you want to work with bigger clients such as councils and large construction companies, and many companies put the cost of getting CHAS into the job it is needed for.

How hard is CHAS to fill out yourself?

There is alot of paperwork and evidence needed to support your application, if you already have all of this in place you will be able to complete the application without any assistance. If not there are companies like ourselves that can assist.

Do you have to pay for CHAS?

There are a number of fees depending on the number of employees you have please see the prices here.

How can people find me on Constructionline?

They would need to be a buyer within Constructionline and then they are able to see you.

Is Safe Contractor worth it?

Safe Contractor is often needed when you want to work with larger companies so the best way to assess if it is worth it is to look at it within your business and future work you could get by being accredited.

Working At Heights Online Training

Working at heights within the construction industry remains one of the largest causes of major injuries and fatalities.  Working at Heights Online Training can help you to ensure all your staff have regular refresher courses to make sure they know what precautions they should be taking.

What do I have to do?

As an employer you need to make sure you have the relevant Risk Assessments and Method Statements for each job you ask your staff to undertake. But you also need to make sure they understand how to read and implement the information you have given to them.

Why Pick the Working At Heights Online Training course?

• Your employees can sit the course anytime, anywhere
• It only takes an hour to complete
• It is multiple choice questions with no chance of failure

If you are looking for information on Working At Heights E-Learning and providing training for your staff we can help.

Health & Safety questions for August

At Seguro we get asked questions on a daily basis and thought it would be good to share them with you. You never know we might be answering a question you had yourselves.

1. I want more work will CHAS get me that?

When being asked to work for Larger clients, public sector bodies or even tendering they may require you to have CHAS. The reason why companies ask for this is they know you are carrying out your work to a set standard. So CHAS may help you to win more work than you would without it.

2. I’ve tendering for a job and been asked for Constructionline why do i need this?

When tendering for work companies need to be able to have a benchmark for assessing the submissions that they receive. Constructionline is a good way of doing that as all the information is in the same format in the same place and shows that you met a certain set of criteria.

3. I don’t have a health & Safety policy why do i need one?

If you employ five or more people you must, by law (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 section 2(3), have a written health and safety policy. Your health and safety policy statement sets out how you manage health and safety in your organisation.

4. Is my CSCS card enough for me to get CHAS?

A CSCS card provides proof that the individual has the necessary skills in order to carry out the job defined on the card e.g Electrician. CHAS need some additional information to see that your staff have been given the knowledge to carry out their tasks safety which is why manual handling and working at heights courses can be sat via e-learning.

5. Do i need a CSCS Card?

In order to gain accreditation for CHAS a CSCS card is not required.

Covering your Heath & Safety needs for 2022

Here at Seguro we can be a one stop shop for your safety needs. We can help you with one off client requests or by being your competent person providing you with our full Safety package the choice is yours.

Competent Person

We provide a full Health & Safety Management System including a policy, employee handbook and an environmental policy. Expert advice is available for you 24/7.

Accreditation

We can help you to provide the paperwork needed to enable you to show you are capable of working safely. These vary depending on what accreditation you are looking to complete. We stay with you until the accreditation is achieved.

• CHAS
• Safe Contractor
• Constructionline

Risk Assessments & Method Statements

We have a full library of RAMS available for you to purchase from as little as £10. All of our documents are available in word format for you to be able to amend and use as you need in your business.

Safety Advisor

This is a support service for less than 5 employees, this comes with expert advice as well as access to our online documents and Risk assessments. This can be purchased separately or comes free with accreditation applications for less than 5 employees.

We offer many more services including PQQ preparation, Construction Phase Plan preparation. Why not visit our website and see if we can help you with any issues you have now and throughout 2022.