In normal circumstances office activities pose a minor risk to your workforce, however, complacency can be the main contributory factor of accidents and injuries, and yet a simple but effective control ensures you are doing “everything reasonably practicable” to eliminate these risks.

Accidents and Injuries within the office do not necessarily result in visual physical injury. For example, Display Screen Equipment (DSE) is widely used in today’s’ workplace, the risk of obvious physical injury is minimal and yet conditions like Repetitive Strain Injury are real. If the correct procedures and user assessments are undertaken by “competent persons” these risks can not only be controlled, but will ensure less time is lost through work related illness.

Utilising bespoke IT training software and self assessment, most risks to users of DSE can be adequately assessed and eliminated. New Level Safety have developed a self assessment process which allows the user to assess their workstation and then gathers the data centrally as a management summary, allowing you to determine actual remedial works as opposed to “nice to have”, and includes budget costs. The software can be hosted on your Intranet or via our own extranet service.

Other tasks within the office can result in injuries caused by Manual Handling activities, Slips Trips and Falls and electricity. Again, utilising our bespoke office risk assessment these risks are identified and adequate controls recommended for you to implement thereafter, without impacting on the day to day operation of your business.