Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd
IVYDENE HOUSE
Forest Road,
Binfield
Berkshire RG42 4HP
info@absolutehss
Tel: 0845 864 6934
Fax: 0845 864 6935

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Meeting Health and Safety Compliance
Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd

Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd take pride in implementation of Safety Systems. Our practical approach will provide the employer with peace of mind when meeting Health and Safety Compliance.

Compliance audits allow a detailed benchmark to be produced. The staff of Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd will assist your company in developing a detailed action plan and support it's implementation.

Simple Databases can be formulated using existing network systems; in some cases the information is already available and only requires collation. The Databases can then easily be produced to meet individual and company needs. A practical approach allows buy in and ownership from the work force, providing them with the knowledge and confidence that Health and Safety compliance is everyone's responsibility not just a "Management Thing." The most difficult obstacle with implementation of Health and Safety systems is Ownership. Our approach can assist in removing that obstacle.

Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd based in Binfield, Berkshire has current clients in London, Hampshire, Berkshire, Middlesex, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Wales and Scotland we have the capablity of operating nationwide where required. A number of our clients have also utilised our services to formulate Health and Safety standards for their european offices, and in doing so implementing minimum operating Health and Safety standards for their EMEA branch of their business.
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Entertainment and Events
The entertainment and leisure industry covers a wide range of activities, from Corporate Fundays, Fairgrounds, Christmas Marquees, Sports Facilities to Kabaddi Tournments. There is a wide range of free information available to all event managers and clients. In Bekshire (Maidenhead, Slough and Windsor etc) an excellent source is the Safety Advisory Guidance - SAG Document again free online. The Staff at Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd are fully versed in the preparation of Event Plans and in coordinating events.
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2009 Healthy Workplaces - Good for you, Good for business.
A European campaign on Risk Assessment Healthy Workplaces is a two-year European campaign which aims to promote an integrated management approach to risk assessment. Risk assessment is the cornerstone of the European approach to occupational safety and health (OSH). Sign up your organisation FREE online and recieve your Certificate of Participation

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The Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007 is here. Want construction work done safely? Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd can advise businesses on their duties, we can act as your Competent Person for Non Notifiable construction works or we can offer the service of CDM Coordinator for Notifiable projects. . The HSE now offer millions of pounds of free publications, a free-to-download, web-friendly version of L144 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 - Approved Code of Practice, (Published 2007) is now available. This version has been adapted for online use from HSE’s current printed version. This easy to read document will support what Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd have to offer.
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CDM 2007 training presentations
The HSE has now produced extremely good Powerpoint presentations to train your staff, they can also be used as Tool Box Talks:
Session 1 - Overview [380KB]
Session 2 - Clients [305KB]
Session 3 - CDM co-ordinator [290KB]
Session 4 - Designers [1MB]
Session 5 - Principal contractors & contractors [300KB]
Session 6 - Site health and safety [280KB]
Session 7 - Competence & Training [300KB]
Session 8 - Worker engagement & communication [285KB]
Session 9 - Summary & Where Next [295KB]
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The HSE supports the DWP/JCP ‘Achieving Behavioural Change’ (ABC) Training Course an excellent tool when starting from scratch or if you are reviewing you companies H&S Training - FREE to use. The ABC training course starts from basic understanding and is designed to provide delegates with an understanding of how attitude, behaviour, communication and worker engagement at all levels can help prevent the chances of accidents occurring.
The TASK Card - Task is,
Think First, Act Safe, Stop if Hazardous and Keep Safe.
A perfect pocket card that is designed to prompt a simple point of work risk assessment, by the work team, led by a supervisor, before a task is started.
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Working at Height
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 came into force on 6 April 2005. The Regulations apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury. The Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations 2007 which came into force on 6 April 2007 apply to those who work at height providing instruction or leadership to one or more people engaged in caving or climbing by way of sport, recreation, team building or similar activities in Great Britain. Further FREE online information can be found at:
- HSE - Falls From Height Website
- Question and answer brief for the construction industry on the Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Work at Height Safety Association Leaflets (WAHSA)
- Glass and Glazing Federation Code of Practice
- First aid management for harness suspension when working at height
- Guidance on the application of the Work at Height Regulations 2007 to persons instructing climbing and caving
- HSE - Work at height building maintenance video

- Be advised - Working at Height Prosecutions
- Following death of a man in Smethwick HSE warns of the dangers of working at height
- Swansea man fined £10,000 after worker injured in fall
- East Sussex company and director found guilty of manslaughter
- Property developer prosecuted for dangerous scaffolding
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MYTH of the MONTH - The HSE Clarifies of Myths related to Health and Safety. These articles are also supported with FREE downloadable posters.
August 2010 Myth - Health and safety bans bunting
July 2010 Myth - Health and safety brings candyfloss to a sticky end
June 2010 Myth - Health and safety risks stop children playing pin the tail on the donkey
May 2010 Myth - You don't need to secure your load if you're just driving down the road
April 2010 Myth - HSE still bans this, that and the other
March 2010 Myth - Risk assessment is too complicated for me to do
February 2010 Myth - There's nothing you can do about slips and trips and they don't really hurt anyone anyway
January 2010 Myth - It's ok to get a general handyman to work on gas appliances
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Reduce food waste - Love Food Hate Waste
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Sleep Apnoea - A drivers nightmare because tiredness can kill.
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Absolute Health and Safety Solutions are supporting Armed Forces Day - Bracknell 2010
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If you have a Health and Safety related problem, lets talk - contact one of our friendly consultants.
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Health and Safety News
Paul Bidwell welcomes Joseph Gordon Cuffe
At 0556 on 30th July 2010 Paul Bidwell, Senior Consultant at Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd welcomed his first Grandson, Joseph Gordon Cuffe to the fold. Weighing in at 7lb 3oz Joseph is a welcomed addition to Kevin and Amy's family. Mum is doing great and of course, a big smile on the dad's and granddad's faces are going to be hard to shift for a while.
Services
Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd offer a variation of services to suit our clients in many counties around the UK including:
- London
- Berkshire
- Wiltshire
- Oxfordshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Surrey
- Hampshire
- West Sussex
- East Sussex
- Kent
- Essex
- Suffolk
- Norfolk
- Cambridgeshire
- Bedfordshire
- Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Hertfordshire
- Dorset

Our Practical Solutions include:
Health and Safety Policy
Compliance Audits
Fire Risk Assessments
Fire Safety Audits
CDM Coordinator
DDA Audits
DSE Risk Assessments
Safety for Company - Events & Fun Days
Risk Assessments
- Competent Person
- Manual Handling
- Food Safety (HACCPS)
- Pregnant Workers
- Event Management
- Young Persons
- Training
- Permit to Work Development
- Online DSE Risk Assessments
Risk Assessment
Manual Handling
Emergency Plans & MAPP Documents
Fire Warden
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Tips and recipes to reduce food waste - Love Food Hate Waste
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HSE Better Backs 2006



Click for Bracknell, United Kingdom Forecast

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Section 18 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) puts a duty on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities (LAs) to make adequate arrangements for enforcement.
The following standards will be adopted:
Make it Happen
Do it Right
Work Together
Sell the Story
LA's have a three year deadline to meet this commitment. A Short video made by Judith Hackitt - HSE Chair clearly explains the program.
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Registered Office
Beechey House
87 – 89 Church St
Crowthorne
Berkshire RG45 7AW

Reg No: 4053413




Health and Safety
Health and Safety Policy
It is the duty of every employer who employs five or more people, to develop and implement a general Health and Safety Policy. The Health and Safety Policy will only be effective with a genuine commitment from the most senior person/s and full acceptance from the workforce.

Our bit for Charity
Recycle your Mobile Phone for the Ark
Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd are supporting the the local Crowthorne Charity - The Ark Trust. The Trustees of The Ark Trust have set up a Mobile Phone Recycling Webite in conjunction with Envirofone to help raise funds for the Ark Trust Charity..



CDM Coordinator & Competent Person

Fire Safety & Emergency Planning

Display Screen Equipment & Ergonomics