Formal inspections can take different forms and you and your representatives will need to agree the best methods for your workplace. Here are some of the ways inspections can take place.
- Safety tours – general inspections of the workplace
- Safety sampling – systematic sampling of particular dangerous activities, processes or areas
- Safety surveys – general inspections of particular dangerous activities, processes or areas
- Incident inspections carried out after an accident causing a fatality, injury, or near miss, which could have resulted in an injury, or case of ill health and has been reported to the health and safety enforcing authority.
A Health and Safety Inspector may visit your organisation to examine the arrangements in place for assessing and controlling risks from work-related pressures or other health and safety at work issues.
Inspectors will be looking for evidence that your organisation has undertaken or plans to complete a
Inspectors may ask to speak to a range of people in your organisation, which may include representatives from:
- the Board of Directors (Chief Executive, HR Director)
- Health and Safety
- Personnel/Human Resources
- Occupational Health
- recognised trades union/staff-side representatives