Would you feel confident if an EHO walked in right now? Do you have the records to prove you’re compliant? Not sure where to start?
Don’t fret; we’re here to help. This health and safety checklist guide will help you stay compliant and protect your team, customers and business.
A health and safety compliance checklist is a tool used to reinforce best practices and help you comply with safety regulations. Performing regular inspections using safety checklist templates prevents accidents at work, and will help protect your business during an EHO inspection.
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Your health and safety checklist needs to cover the following:
Running a health and safety audit helps you identify risks and assess whether your procedures are legally compliant.
Health and safety audits involve:
After the risk assessment, you'll know what needs to be improved and which measures to put in place.
A good health and safety compliance checklist should be thorough, covering a wide range of issues, from hazards to hygiene.
Ensure you’re EHO compliant with the following:
It’s essential to cover everything from inspection to repairs, every day. And to fill out a maintenance log, so managers know what’s going on.
Your main considerations should include hazard identification, equipment checks and inspecting the working environment.
Examples of common hazards:
From allergens to sell-by dates, food can pose many health and safety risks. Avoid this by:
Check everything is running as it should be, both at open and close.
Whatever time you open, some things need actioning:
Whoever runs the restaurant and bar closing checks is responsible for following the procedures correctly, from cleaning checks to wastage reports.
No unnecessary electrical equipment should be running and no taps left on. This might seem obvious, but without checking, it's easy to forget something, leaving your business unprotected.
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It’s more important than ever to follow health and safety guidelines and protect your business, team and customers during the pandemic.
In line with government advice, the following checks need to be carried out:
Record keeping is a vital tool in your armoury:
Need a helping hand? Check out our health and safety checklist templates.
Compliance is only half of the story. With so much to do each day, how do you know if/when the right checks have been carried out and appropriate action taken?
Scribbling numbers onto paper and spreadsheets can make it hard to keep track of what has actually been done.
Trail is a simple app that replaces your existing paper checks, from health & safety to food hygiene to opening checks.
We’ve created a library of templates including new Covid-19 measures with additional cleaning and compliance tasks so you can be sure you're operating as safely as possible during this period.