Health and Safety in
Retail
Common Health and Safety risk areas include:
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Checkout Work
Slips, Trips and Falls
Manual Handling
Working at Height
The retail sector is no stranger to the need to adapt and change and COVID-19 forced retailers to quickly reinvent and innovate. A good example is of the shops which embraced digital by implementing safe, non-contact online ordering, payment and collection systems, adopting one of the things that had threatened their existence in the years that led up to this crisis. As essential shops remained open, they quickly had to adapt their processes to protect their staff and the public. Wherever you find yourself on this timeline, we can help.
The UK Government has produced an immense amount of guidance for all sectors in the UK and the retail sector specifically. This can be found here and our advisors at John Green can help you through all this and the requirements of applicable Health and Safety law whilst liaising with your Local Authority enforcement body.
Our approach within the retail sector is as follows:
Audit of existing systems, arrangements, and policies with reference to:
H&S at Work Act
Coronavirus adjustments - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and COVID-19
Production of a Gap Analysis – what’s good and what needs looking at
Amend/write Policies – ensuring compliance
Amend/write Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work – identify risks and what to do about them
Amend/write Control documents
Training planning
Application of external standards
Auditing
On-going support and training
There are some specific laws that require compliance depending on the nature of your services and our advisors at John Green Health and Safety can help you navigate them efficiently and effectively, keeping your customers, employees and members of the public safe.