Occupational Health & Safety

A good safety record is critical for your organisation and requires good management practices to be successful. The onus is on you to provide a safe and healthy workplace for your staff and visitors, as stated in the Health and Safety Employment Act, 1992.

Whatever health and safety management system you use, Telarc recognition will provide clear evidence of your commitment to sound practices. You will be provided with independent, authoritative, impartial reports that help you ensure you achieve and maintain health and safety standards that are appropriate for your organisation.

Practicable steps

Health and safety in the workplace is more than just commonsense. Practicable steps must be taken - and be seen to be taken - so that employees, contractors and visitors:

• Are safe at work
• Are alerted to all hazards
• Are informed about the hazards, emergency procedures, identifying and managing hazards and the location of safety equipment
• Are trained to work safely
• Do not harm others

For smaller sized businesses needing a cost effective solution to protect themselves against risks in the workplace and a complementary management system, look no further. The Telarc Q-Safe programme gives you the added advantage of integrating your health and safety management system to Q-Base, a compact quality management systems for SMEs.

Alternatively, if you have an ISO 9001 system in place, the successful implementation of the Telarc Workplace Safety code will give you the added confidence that you are meeting your basic statutory obligations as an employer.

Telarc will assess your organisation to the appropriate standards and codes of occupational health and safety.

See the information sheet Occupational Health and Safety Management.