OUR SERVICES

We have a wide range of services designed to help businesses cope with the demands of modern health and safety legislation.

Government Statistics

"2.1 million people were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their current or past work."

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

  • Advice on compliance with COSHH and related legislation.
  • Preparation of COSHH policies and procedural documentation.
  • COSHH risk assessments.
  • Air sampling and monitoring programmes for dusts, gases, vapours etc.
  • Advice on control techniques, including selection of respiratory protection.
  • Testing and inspection of ventilation systems.
  • COSHH Assessor and Hazardous Substances awareness training programmes.
  • COSHH audit service.

NOISE ASSESSMENT

  • Exposure assessments in compliance with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations.
  • Evaluation of hearing protector capabilities.
  • Air sampling and monitoring programmes for dusts, gases, vapours etc.
  • Advice on noise control techniques.
  • Assessment of community noise nuisance problems.
  • Noise hazard awareness training.

THERMAL ENVIRONMENT, LIGHTING, OFFICE HAZARDS

  • Assessment of work in hot and cold environments.
  • Thermal comfort investigations.
  • Assessment of workplace lighting levels.
  • Display Screen Equipment assessments.
  • Office building risk assessments and legislation compliance advice.

EXPERT WITNESS

  • Workplace inspections in respect of negligence and compensation claims under civil law.
  • Preparation of expert reports.
  • Availability for provision of evidence as an expert witness.

HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT

Modern health and safety legislation demands risk assessments for hazards as diverse as noise, lead, display screen equipment and manual handling. Any foreseeable workplace risk must be assessed, and the assessment recorded except in the simplest of cases.

OHS Scotland offer the following Health & Safety Risk Assessments;

  • Workplace risk assessments for SMEs
  • Manual handling assessments
  • Display Screen Equipment assessments

HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING

OHS Scotland offers three levels of health & safety training :

  • COSHH Assessor workshops and courses
  • Noise hazard awareness training
  • Management update seminars on health and safety