Health and Safety

Full downloadable and bang up to date version of the indispensable reference guide to health and safety for joinery and woodworking companies. This 2018 Guide revises the provides the most comprehensive information on regulations and best practice. The manual features training videos on dust, manual handling and other key safety challenges. It also comes with an appendix bursting with templates and support tools.

A health and safety audit is an objective and systematic review of health and safety management including the policy, planning and implementation, organisation, measurement and review of performance. A regular audit or examination of a company’s health and safety management system is therefore necessary to ensure compliance with all current legislation. A regular audit or examination of a company’s health and safety management system is therefore necessary to ensure compliance with all current legislation. To assist, the BWF has designed this template to help you assess your workplace compliance with HASAW. Use the results on this summary page to highlight vulnerable areas, target further action and areas requiring improvement/review

This briefing guide is designed to assist Members to improve their methods of investigation when dealing with accidents in the workplace.

This briefing guide is designed to help Members be more aware of their reporting obligations when dealing with accidents in the workplace.

Is your workshop safe? If not it could be very costly to your business.

This briefing guide is designed to assist Members to improve their methods of communication with their employees and management on health and safety matters.

NEW FOR JAN 2018 - Guidance on your obligations under COSHH to control exposure to materials in the work place that cause ill health.

NEW FOR JAN 2018 - A simple template BWF COSHH Assessment Form that joinery companies can adapt to help them comply with the regs.

Responsibilities under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, for ensuring that premises are fire safe.

This additional tool has been designed to highlight those areas within the workplace that could impact on your fire risk assessment.

Briefing notes on how to prepare a simple health and safety policy statement.

Model health and policy statement covering the essential requirements for a small company.

Model health and policy statement covering the essential requirements for a company with 10 more employees.

Supporting the BWF Health & Safety Hero Campaign -A simple manual handling training guide in the form of a PowerPoint presentation together with speaker's notes.

Model risk assessments covering the various work activities within a joinery and woodworking workshop.