Dr Alistair Bromhead and his colleagues are recognised as leading experts on health and safety issues. They have seen a marked increase in the number of Health and Safety Executive Improvement Notices issued recently in some sectors, possibly a reflection of target areas set by HSE. Organisations will no longer be able to get away with taking any remedial steps recommended without having to pay the Fee for Intervention (FFI) at £124 per hour for inspector time.
High Level of Material Breaches
Of all the inspections carried out during 2013, between a half and a third of them are reported to have resulted in improvement notices being issued. The average number of hours charged was about four, but if the breaches involved were complicated, it could be well run into four figure sums.
Professional Help Available
If you have any concerns about compliance with health and safety laws, and want to avoid the negative impact and expense of receiving improvement notices from HSE inspectors, consider having a site review from a specialist consultant. The Alistair Bromhead team are often retained, either for a one off review, or on an ongoing basis, to identify any issues and plan how to deal with them.
If you think that you have a particular problem that is difficult to monitor or rectify, Alistair Bromhead is the person to consult as his health and safety experience covers a wide range of areas and organisational sectors.
Recent areas of concern include noise levels and protection, dust exposure and local exhaust ventilation, because improvement notices have been issued in all these areas. But if you are anxious about fire safety, manual handling, air quality, the supervision of work at height, or any other health and safety issue, he will be able to help with risk analysis and the right solutions that will satisfy the inspectors and keep your environment safe.