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SJH Safety Solutions Ltd, 68 Trinity Avenue, Newmarket (2026)

02/09/2026

🔥 Would Your Workplace Be Ready for a Fire Tonight?

Fire safety isn’t just about having extinguishers on the wall and an alarm that works.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, those responsible for non-domestic premises have legal duties to assess and manage fire risks.

In environments where people may need assistance to evacuate, good planning becomes even more important.

A few questions worth asking:

➡️ Is your Fire Risk Assessment suitable, sufficient and kept up to date?

➡️ Are fire doors in good condition and able to close properly?

➡️ Are escape routes kept clear at all times?

➡️ Do staff understand what they need to do if the alarm sounds?

➡️ Have you properly considered people who may need assistance to evacuate?

➡️ Are fire safety checks, testing and maintenance being recorded?

Fire safety arrangements shouldn't simply exist in a folder. They need to reflect what actually happens in your workplace — including when staffing levels and circumstances change.

An independent Fire Risk Assessment can help identify potential issues and give you a clear picture of where improvements may be required.

📞 Contact us to find out more about our Fire Risk Assessment services and how we can help you manage fire safety within your workplace.

27/08/2026

⚠️ Would you spot the health and safety issues in your workplace before they become a problem?

When you're working in a business every day, unsafe practices, damaged equipment, missing documentation or gaps in safety arrangements can sometimes become part of the background.

Unfortunately, those gaps can lead to accidents, ill health, enforcement action and unnecessary disruption.

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places duties on employers to protect the health, safety and welfare of employees, while regulations such as the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to have suitable arrangements for effectively planning, organising, controlling, monitoring and reviewing preventative and protective measures.

A fresh pair of experienced eyes can make a big difference.

🔎 SJH Safety Solutions provides on-site Health & Safety Inspections from £349.99.

We'll review various areas of your safety management and workplace arrangements, helping identify both areas of good practice and areas requiring improvement.

Following the inspection, you'll receive:

✅ A detailed inspection report
✅ Identified health and safety concerns
✅ Practical recommendations
✅ A full corrective action plan
✅ Clear priorities to help you understand what needs addressing

The aim isn't simply to find faults — it's to give you a practical route towards a safer, better-managed workplace.

📩 Contact us for more information about arranging a Health & Safety Inspection.

26/08/2026

🏗️ Is health and safety accreditation becoming a barrier to winning work?

For many construction businesses, demonstrating effective health and safety management is an important part of tendering, supply-chain approval and securing work with larger contractors.

Schemes such as SafeContractor, CHAS, Achilles and Constructionline can require businesses to provide policies, procedures, risk assessments, training records and other evidence of how health and safety is managed.

And getting all of that documentation together can be time-consuming.

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and supporting regulations, businesses have legal responsibilities for managing workplace health and safety. Having the right systems and documentation in place isn't just about accreditation — it's about demonstrating that safety is being properly managed.

SJH Safety Solutions can support you through the accreditation process.

We can assist with:

✅ SafeContractor
✅ CHAS
✅ Achilles
✅ Constructionline
✅ Other contractor and supply-chain accreditation requirements

Our Accreditation Support Services start from £349.99, helping you identify what's required, address gaps and put the appropriate documentation in place.

📩 Contact us for more information about our Accreditation Support Services.

23/08/2026

🫁 Wearing a mask doesn't automatically mean you're protected.

Dust, fumes and other airborne contaminants are a common risk across construction and manufacturing. Where Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) is required, simply handing someone a mask isn't enough — it needs to be suitable for the hazard and fit the wearer properly.

Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), employers have duties to prevent or adequately control exposure to substances hazardous to health. Where tight-fitting RPE is used as part of those controls, HSE guidance requires suitable face fit testing.

That's where SJH Safety Solutions can help.

We provide Qualitative Face Fit Testing (QLFT), helping businesses make sure their employees' tight-fitting RPE provides the protection it's intended to.

✅ Qualitative Face Fit Testing
✅ Suitable for applicable tight-fitting RPE
✅ On-site testing options
✅ From £39.99 per test
✅ Bulk testing offers available

Protecting your workforce starts with making sure the controls you've put in place actually work.

📩 Contact us for more information about Face Fit Testing and our bulk testing options.

16/08/2026

How do you know if your health & safety performance is actually good?

Having policies, risk assessments and training records in place is important. But simply having the paperwork doesn’t necessarily tell you how well health & safety is being managed across your business.

That’s where benchmarking can add real value.

Benchmarking allows you to compare your current health & safety arrangements against recognised standards, industry expectations, previous performance and, where appropriate, similar organisations.

A useful benchmarking exercise might look at:

✅ Accident, incident and near-miss trends
✅ Findings from inspections and audits
✅ Risk assessment quality and completion
✅ Training and competency levels
✅ Employee consultation and engagement
✅ Corrective action close-out rates
✅ Management involvement and leadership
✅ Performance against agreed health & safety objectives

One important point: don’t benchmark solely on accident numbers.

A low accident rate can look positive, but it doesn't necessarily mean risks are being managed effectively. Businesses should also consider proactive or “leading” indicators – such as inspections completed, actions closed, training compliance and near-miss reporting.

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated regulations, employers have duties to manage workplace risks. Benchmarking itself isn't generally a specific legal requirement, but it can be an extremely useful way of identifying gaps and demonstrating continual improvement.

At SJH Safety Solutions, we can independently review your existing health & safety arrangements, identify areas for improvement and help you establish meaningful performance measures.

Sometimes an independent pair of eyes is exactly what a business needs.

12/08/2026

Your insurance policy transfers some financial risk – but it doesn't transfer your responsibility for managing workplace safety.

Every business retains an element of risk.

From an insurance perspective, risk retention is essentially the part of a risk that remains with the business rather than being transferred to an insurer. This might include policy excesses, uninsured losses, exclusions and the wider costs associated with an incident.

And those wider costs can quickly add up.

Following a workplace accident, a business could face:

• Lost production and operational disruption
• Management time spent investigating the incident
• Employee absence and replacement labour
• Equipment or property damage
• Increased insurance premiums
• Civil claims and associated costs
• Regulatory investigation and potential enforcement
• Reputational damage

This is why insurance should never be viewed as a substitute for effective risk management.

So, what can businesses do?

✅ Identify significant workplace hazards
✅ Eliminate risks where reasonably practicable
✅ Introduce suitable controls where risks cannot be eliminated
✅ Keep risk assessments current and meaningful
✅ Ensure employees receive suitable information, instruction and training
✅ Investigate accidents and near misses properly
✅ Maintain good records of inspections, maintenance and corrective actions
✅ Review whether controls are actually working in practice

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of risks to employees and others who may be affected by their activities.

Effective health & safety management can therefore do much more than help with legal compliance – it can help protect the business from losses that insurance may never fully cover.

At SJH Safety Solutions, we help businesses understand their workplace risks, strengthen their control measures and build practical health & safety systems that work in the real world.

Because the best loss is the one you prevent in the first place.

11/08/2026

If an employee makes a civil claim following a workplace accident, could you demonstrate what you did to manage the risk?

This is a question every employer should consider before an accident occurs.

When a workplace injury leads to a civil claim, insurers and legal representatives may need evidence showing how the business identified the hazard, assessed the risk and implemented appropriate control measures.

A risk assessment written three years ago and sitting untouched in a folder may not tell the whole story.

Good health & safety management should be supported by evidence.

That could include:

✅ Suitable and sufficient risk assessments
✅ Safe systems of work and procedures
✅ Training and competency records
✅ Equipment inspection and maintenance records
✅ Workplace inspection records
✅ Evidence that identified actions were completed
✅ Employee consultation records
✅ Accident and near-miss investigations
✅ Records showing that controls were reviewed when circumstances changed

It is also important to remember that documentation alone isn't enough.

If your procedure says employees must follow a particular control measure, you should be confident that the control is actually being implemented, supervised and monitored in the workplace.

Employers have duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and supporting regulations to protect employees, so far as is reasonably practicable, and to properly manage workplace risks.

Civil liability is a separate legal issue and the circumstances of each claim will determine the outcome. However, having robust health & safety arrangements – and being able to evidence that those arrangements were actually implemented – can put a business in a much stronger position when an incident is investigated or a claim arises.

At SJH Safety Solutions, we can help businesses review their risk assessments, procedures, training arrangements and health & safety records before problems occur.

Don't wait for a claim to discover the gaps in your health & safety management system.

31/05/2026

Reducing the Risk of Electrical Shock with Portable Equipment

Electrical equipment is used in almost every workplace, yet damaged cables, overloaded extensions and poorly maintained appliances continue to cause preventable electric shocks, burns and workplace fires across the UK.

Under the Health and Safety Executive guidance and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, employers have a duty to ensure electrical systems and equipment are maintained so they do not present danger.

A few simple controls can significantly reduce the risk:

✔️ Carry out regular user visual inspections before equipment is used
✔️ Remove damaged plugs, cables or casings from service immediately
✔️ Avoid daisy chaining extension leads and adaptors
✔️ Ensure suitable Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is completed based on risk and environment
✔️ Use competent persons for inspection, testing and repairs
✔️ Ensure equipment used on construction sites is suitable for harsh environments and protected by RCDs

Remember — PAT testing alone is not enough. A robust inspection and maintenance system is key to compliance and safety.

At SJH Safety Solutions, we support businesses with PAT testing, electrical safety inspections, risk assessments and practical compliance guidance.

Get in touch with us today to find out how we can assist your business.

23/05/2026

Client Duties Under CDM Regulations

Many clients are unaware that under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, they hold legal responsibilities for ensuring construction projects are managed safely.

Whether you are a commercial client, landlord or business arranging refurbishment works, your duties begin before work even starts.

Key client responsibilities include:

✔️ Appointing competent designers and contractors
✔️ Allowing sufficient time and resources for the project
✔️ Ensuring suitable welfare facilities are provided
✔️ Providing pre-construction information to contractors
✔️ Ensuring health and safety arrangements are properly managed throughout the project
✔️ Appointing a Principal Designer and Principal Contractor where more than one contractor is involved

Failing to meet CDM duties can lead to enforcement action, project delays and increased risk of serious incidents on site.

Good planning at the start of a project is one of the most effective ways to protect workers, reduce costs and maintain compliance.

SJH Safety Solutions provides CDM support services including Construction Phase Plans, risk assessments, contractor compliance support and competent health and safety advice.

Get in touch with us today to find out how we can assist with your upcoming projects.

19/05/2026

Use of Personal Fall Protection Devices and Collective Fall Prevention

Falls from height remain one of the leading causes of serious injury and fatality within UK workplaces, particularly in construction, roofing and maintenance activities.

Under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, employers must prioritise collective protection measures before relying on personal fall protection equipment.

So what is the difference?

🔹 Collective fall prevention includes controls such as guardrails, scaffolding, podium steps and safety barriers that protect everyone working in the area.

🔹 Personal fall protection includes equipment such as harnesses, lanyards and inertia reels designed to protect an individual user.

To remain compliant and reduce risk, businesses should:

✔️ Avoid work at height where possible
✔️ Use collective protection measures as the first choice
✔️ Ensure harness systems are suitable for the task and properly inspected
✔️ Provide formal training for employees using fall arrest equipment
✔️ Have rescue arrangements in place before work begins
✔️ Complete suitable and sufficient risk assessments and method statements

A harness alone does not make a task safe. Proper planning, supervision and suitable access equipment are essential.

At SJH Safety Solutions, we assist businesses with working at height risk assessments, RAMS, inspections, training support and practical compliance advice.

Get in touch with us today to find out how we can assist your business.

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