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Executive
Executive
Health and safety leadership
- guidance and support
for small businesses
Sarah Jones
HSE
The importance of small businesses
2008
Dumfries &
Scotland
Great Britain
148,500
5,193,900
60,003,500
<10
employees
4861
147,786
2,078,698
10 - 49
employees
811
26,094
282,058
50 – 249
employees
152
6143
69,286
>250
Employees
21
1447
15,973
Galloway
Population
Workplaces with:
The Health and Safety of Great Britain
\\ Be part of the solution
Our goal \\ To adapt and customise approaches to help
the increasing numbers of SMEs in different sectors
comply with their health and safety obligations.
Our goal \\ To encourage strong leadership in
championing the importance of, and a common-sense
approach to, health and safety in the workplace.
Our goal \\ To motivate focus on the core aims of health
and safety and, by doing so, to help risk makers and
managers distinguish between real health and safety
issues and trivial or ill-informed criticism.
Why health and safety leadership?
Reported workplace injuries
2009/10(p)
Dumfries and
Galloway
Scotland
Great Britain
Fatal and major
injuries to
employees
89
2,567
26,172
Over-three-day
injuries to
employees
276
7,992
95,369
Total injuries to
employees
365
10,559
121,541
Total injuries to
employees:
Rate per
100,000
employees
565
475
460
Why health and safety leadership?
Self-reported work-related ill health
2009/10:
estimated
number of
cases
Dumfries and Scotland
Galloway
Great
Britain
Prevalence –
limited to
people who
worked in the
last 12
months
2,270
97,000
1,266,000
Incidence (new
cases in last
12 months)
1,006
43,000
555,000
The financial cost
The estimated economic cost of health and
safety ill health incidents in Dumfries and
Galloway is between £20.3 million and
£31.0 million.
The estimated cost for accidents in
Dumfries and Galloway is between £17.9
million and £32.5 million.
Every year.
And shattered lives.
HSE guidance (handout available)
Useful information:
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Getting started, step-by-step - 11 steps
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Information about managing health and safety
Leading health and safety in small businesses –
based on IoD/HSE guide
Simple risk assessment for small businesses
HSE guidance
*New from HSE*
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Simple combined risk assessment and
safety policy statement template
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Simplified interactive risk assessment for
low risk office-based work. Similar will
follow for classrooms and shops.
Successful health and safety
management (HSG65) – currently
being revised
Coming soon…
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Basic guidance for managing health and
safety in small businesses focussing on
'what to do' and 'how to do it'
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A minimum standard of professional
qualification for all those operating as
consultants in the health and safety
industry
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A web based directory of accredited
health and safety consultants