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Health and Safety at Work
Health and safety at work is essential for many important reasons. It is an employer's responsibility to protect staff and the public whilst they are on the company's premises, from accidents, illness or harm, wherever possible. An effective company health and safety policy will carry out risk assessments, put safeguards in place in order to minimise risks, educate and inform people of action they need to take and continually monitor the effectiveness of their strategies.
Preventing accidents is an important part of a company health and safety policy. Over one third of all major injuries reported by employees each year are caused by slips and trips and they cost employers over £512 million in staff absences and loss of production. Health and safety injuries can also be very expensive to businesses in terms of the cost of claims against a business, which are only partly covered by insurance. Insurance payouts don't cover the damage to a business' reputation either, which can be significant if a member of the public is involved.
Winter weather conditions are a major cause of slips and trips in the UK. During the colder months, from October through to April companies must be vigilant to protect staff and visitors from slips on ice or snow and from accidents in car parks and on private roads. It is essential that a winter weather risk assessment be carried out and a policy put in place to protect against accidents wherever possible. To reduce the risk of a successful claim against a company, relevant documentation needs to be kept showing analysis, strategy and proof that an adequate gritting and snow removal programme is in place. This includes keeping records of when gritting was carried out.
Total peace of mind
Employing the comprehensive services of a gritting company will ensure you are fully covered in all eventualities. Ice Watch offer cost effective gritting services to private and public sector businesses, which includes accurate forecasting, state of the art gritting and snow removal and reporting. If the worst does ever happen, we also have £10 million public liability insurance which covers all of our contract clients from any claims made against them.
With winters getting colder, personal injury solicitors are seeing ice slip compensation claims rising, as large numbers of people are injured during snowy and icy conditions. During December 2010, in the Scarborough Evening News, a spokesman from the local Accident and Emergency Hospital was reported to say: “We have seen a significant increase in slips and falls associated with the low temperatures and ice on top of snow.”
How Ice Watch can help
If you are responsible for car parks, paths, steps or public spaces, Ice Watch provides a complete nationwide gritting service tailored to your needs.
Whenever there’s a risk of frost, ice or snow, as a car park owner you have a duty of care to prevent slips and accidents. With our unpredictable weather, it’s a responsibility that can be difficult to manage, leaving you open to risk and potentially costly claims against you.
Using highly localised weather forecasts from WeatherQuest, we’ll ensure your car parks and walkways are always safely gritted before staff and customers arrive.
Wherever you are based in the UK, we provide a complete and economical solution, with forecasting, site inspection, gritting and record keeping – all carried out for you, without the need of monitoring and organisation on your part.
For a no obligation quote and proposal:
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Call us on: 01728 633900 or email: mail@icewatch.co.uk
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Let us know the size and location of your car parks.
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We’ll provide a fast response estimate.
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Then with your agreement we’ll then provide a no obligation survey and risk assessment and submit to you a full proposal.
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Sign up and you’re covered!
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