Health and Safety: going paperless

Taking a responsible approach to health and safety management reduces the risk of injury, ill health and accidents. It can bring significant business benefits to an organisation. However, some organisations still fail to manage their health and safety effectively.

A Health and Safety Management System (HSMS) promotes a safe and healthy working environment. It can help an organisation manage staff-related risks to health and safety in the workplace, enabling greater control over insurance costs and delivering improved performance.

SafetyCulture

Recently, I have been helping clients transition from their current health & safety folder systems to the SafetyCulture platform. Having used the platform since 2015, I recently became a SafetyCulture Partner, reflecting in-depth knowledge.  

Many clients, no matter the industry, struggle with keeping health and safety documentation in one place, up to date, and accessible. SafetyCulture helps address this, improving safety and compliance. You can also use the platform for quality, environmental, and HR systems.

Client feedback indicates that SafetyCulture can be set up to be simple to use and more efficient.  

The benefits to date

• Going paperless, saving money and the environment
• Easy access to historical documents for incident investigations, claims or audits
• Improved reporting with a visible audit trail. Management can see actions being raised and closed out.
• Work planning. Clients can see what assets they have and where they are rather than constantly hiring new plants or equipment.

Next steps

There are, of course, alternatives to SafetyCulture out there, and I’d urge you to check them out to find out which system would work best for you.

We can demo SafetyCulture to see if it will benefit your business.  We can also help you set up and implement the platform to make the most of it.

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