Facilities Management Health and Safety Audits
At Lanahan Risk Management Services, we help ensure your Facilities Management organisations are legally compliant with all health and safety regulations. As experts in the field, we can provide you with peace of mind, knowing that you, your members of staff and your property are as safe as possible.
Health and Safety Audit for Facilities Management Businesses
We conduct health and safety audits for facilities management businesses which are designed to collect information and establish how effective your safety management system within your facilities management business is.
Furthermore, we’ll identify the areas which may need some attention, outlining a plan to amend them with actionable timeframes to ensure you’re completely compliant with all legislations.
Are Health and Safety Audits a legal requirement for Facilities Management businesses?
Whilst health and safety audits themselves aren’t actually a legal requirement for facilities management businesses, it is a legal requirement to have a health and safety system of some kind. As a result, we’d recommend a health and safety audit to account for the unique challenges and risks present in facilities management.
The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) sets duties for an employer to ensure health and safety in the workplace. This act defines general duties outlining a duty of care to your employees. Another relevant piece of legislation is the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1999) which states that employers must conduct risk assessments, develop safety policies and provide training to employees to increase safety.
In the field of Facilities Management, these regulations aren’t just a legal requirement, but a matter of urgency in ensuring that your workplace is safe. Facilities management often involves overseeing multiple sites, managing third-party contractors and dealing with a wide range of risks, from building maintenance to fire safety and compliance. Given these complexities, we strongly recommend regular health and safety audits to ensure systems are not only compliant but also practical and effective.
For a professional and efficient Health and Safety Audit, get in touch with us.
What a Health and Safety Audit for a Facilities Management business includes
A Health and Safety Audit for a facilities management business includes:
- 1We assess key parts of your health and safety management system and internal procedures, identifying hazards and risks specific to your operations. From there, we provide practical recommendations to reduce risk and align with best practice.
- 2A detailed and actionable report that includes recommendations for necessary action in terms of increasing safety, outlining important areas that need immediate attention in your facilities management business.
We also offer a health and safety competent person service, meaning that we would act as your named ‘competent person.’ This allows for peace of mind that your business is in safe hands.
How often should a Facilities Management business have a Health and Safety Audit?
As a minimum, we’d recommend that a Facilities Management business should have a health and safety audit at least annually. This ensures basic compliance from a legal perspective, and should cover your safety plan in most cases.
How an external Health and Safety Audit helps the Facilities Management sector
An external Health and Safety Audit from professionals in the field helps the Facilities Management sector by providing an informed outsider’s perspective of your safety practices and policies.
We may be able to offer a different perspective, or spot things which had previously gone unnoticed. In the Facilities Management sector, we often find that there are a lot of more minor (but still important) risks which have been overlooked internally, due to the focus naturally being on the more significant ones. An external audit helps to collate all risks, both minor and major, as well as providing an actionable plan to counter them.
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