Online safety climate tool
Acclaim, Capita’s Health & Safety Accreditation business, has partnered with the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), part of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to utilise its Safety Climate Tool. The aim is to introduce predictive indicators of health and safety (H&S) issues within organisations and their supply chains.
The deal comes at a crucial time for the H&S industry as ISO 45001, a new standard calling for a more proactive approach to Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S), is set to replace the current BS OHSAS 18001 legislation.
The online tool is essentially an anonymous survey, which enables management to gain a better understanding of employees’ and suppliers’ attitudes and perceptions of H&S in key areas of its business. The Safety Climate Tool offers benchmarks against HSL’s average and industry dataset. The software will also provide accurate next steps of how to improve identified aspects of weakness.
“ISO 45001 legislation being imminent, it will introduce the need for employee engagement and senior management commitment to demonstrate health and safety leadership and allow you to continuously improve,” John Edmunds, MD at Capita Supplier Assessment Services, Constructionline & Acclaim, said. “The Safety Climate Tool from HSL is the best way to begin this process.”
See more at: http://www.hsl.gov.uk/products/safety-climate-tool
