{"id":1815,"date":"2018-06-05T13:27:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2018-10-16T11:02:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T10:02:39","slug":"if-your-health-and-safety-policy-is-out-of-date-it-could-cost-you-126000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/blog\/if-your-health-and-safety-policy-is-out-of-date-it-could-cost-you-126000\/","title":{"rendered":"If Your Health and Safety Policy is Out of Date, it Could Cost You \u00a3126,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016-17, the HSE had a 93 per cent conviction rate, with the average penalty costing organisations \u00a3126,000. Now, take a minute to review your health &amp; safety policy \u2014are they sufficient enough to avoid such a staggering fine? If you\u2019re unable to arrive at a satisfactory answer, you may need to review your policies. Even though such a task may seem too large and intimidating to properly address, it can be made more manageable with the following strategies:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Assess your risks. <\/strong>Undertake a formal risk assessment of your organisation at least once per year. These assessments should examine tasks, equipment, methods and work environments to identify potential risks. Be sure to keep a written copy if you have at least five employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Discuss health and safety issues with your employees. <\/strong>Meet with your employees to discuss what risks they regularly encounter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Consult health and safety specialists. <\/strong>For certain situations or equipment, your organisation should contact a certified specialist to conduct an inspection. Ideally, these inspections should be conducted at least annually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Review and revise your inspection programme. <\/strong>Your organisation\u2019s risk management and inspection programmes should be reviewed annually, or after any health and safety incidents have occurred.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/01\/12\/insurance-implications-delivering-public-services-part-3\/\"><strong>Similar article<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016-17, the HSE had a 93 per cent conviction rate, with the average penalty costing organisations \u00a3126,000. Now, take a minute to review your health &amp; safety policy \u2014are they sufficient enough to avoid such a staggering fine? If you\u2019re unable to arrive at a satisfactory answer, you may need to review your policies. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[106,80],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions\/2292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}