Health and Safety Consultants in Derbyshire and the Midlands | SS Safety
Practical Health and Safety Consultancy for Growing Businesses:
SS Safety Ltd provides practical, proportionate health and safety consultancy to businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and the wider Midlands.
Whether you require ongoing competent-person support, a complete review of your health and safety arrangements or help with a specific risk, you will work directly with an experienced Chartered health and safety professional who takes the time to understand your business.
Our advice is based on your actual workplace, employees, equipment and activities. The objective is not simply to produce documents. It is to help you establish arrangements that protect people, support legal compliance and work effectively in day-to-day business.
Is Your Business Outgrowing Its Current Health and Safety Arrangements?
Health and Safety Support Designed Around Your Business
Health and safety arrangements often develop informally when a business is small. As the company expands, employs more people, moves premises, purchases equipment or begins working for larger clients, its responsibilities and risks become more complex.
You may need professional support if:
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Your business has grown but its policies and procedures have not kept pace.
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You do not have sufficient health and safety competence internally.
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Existing risk assessments are generic, incomplete or out of date.
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Managers are unsure who is responsible for particular health and safety duties.
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A customer, insurer, auditor or accreditation body has requested evidence of compliance.
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You are completing a tender, CHAS or SafeContractor assessment.
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You have introduced new premises, machinery, vehicles, chemicals or work activities.
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An accident, near miss or workplace concern has exposed weaknesses.
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You need someone to review your current position and establish clear priorities.
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Managing health and safety is taking senior managers away from running the business.
SS Safety can assess what you already have, identify what is missing and provide a proportionate plan for improvement.
Health and safety requirements differ according to the size, activities and risk profile of each organisation. A small office-based company does not require the same arrangements as a chemical manufacturer, haulage operator or construction contractor.
SS Safety does not impose an unnecessarily complicated system or supply a generic collection of templates. We begin by understanding:
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What your business does.
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Where and how work is undertaken.
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Who may be affected by the work.
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The hazards, equipment and substances involved.
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Existing policies, procedures and risk controls.
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Customer, contractual and accreditation requirements.
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The knowledge and resources available within your business.
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Your immediate concerns and longer-term objectives.
This allows us to recommend the level of support that is suitable for your organisation.
Our Principal Health and Safety Services
Competent-Person Support:
Every employer must have access to competent assistance to help them comply with health and safety law. Where sufficient competence is not available internally, SS Safety can provide an external competent-person service tailored to your business.
Support may include scheduled visits, telephone and email advice, policy reviews, risk-assessment assistance, inspections, management meetings and ongoing compliance guidance.
Health and Safety Policy & Procedures:
If your arrangements are incomplete, outdated or no longer reflect the business, we can undertake a complete review and help establish a controlled health and safety management framework.
Depending on your requirements, this may include your health and safety policy, responsibilities, risk assessments, safe working procedures, contractor controls, training arrangements, inspection schedules and emergency procedures.
Risk Assessments and Method Statements:
SS Safety produces and reviews workplace risk assessments, task-specific risk assessments, safe systems of work and method statements.
Assessments are developed around the actual task and working environment. Where appropriate, we visit the workplace, consult employees and supervisors, examine the equipment involved and identify both existing controls and further actions.
Additional Consultancy Services
Practical Experience Across Different Industries
Health and safety issues do not always fit neatly within one service. We can also provide assistance with:
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Workplace health and safety audits and inspections.
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Accident and near-miss investigations.
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COSHH assessments and chemical-safety arrangements.
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DSEAR and flammable substance controls.
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Machinery, workplace transport and lifting equipment risks.
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Contractor selection and contractor management.
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Construction and CDM related arrangements.
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Occupational health and health surveillance strategies.
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Emergency planning and business continuity.
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Tender and prequalification submissions.
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CHAS and SafeContractor requirements.
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Training needs analysis.
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Toolbox talks, inductions and bespoke eLearning.
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ISO 45001 health and safety management systems.
If you are unsure which service you require, describe your concern in the enquiry form. We will help identify the appropriate next step.
SS Safety supports organisations with varied and sometimes complex risk profiles, including:
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Manufacturing and engineering.
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Chemical preparation and solvent use.
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Haulage, transport and warehousing.
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Waste management and recycling.
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Utilities and biosolids operations.
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Construction and building services.
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Printing and flexible packaging.
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Grounds maintenance and agricultural work.
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Vehicle and machinery workshops.
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Offices and professional services.
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Industrial and commercial premises.
This breadth of experience helps us recognise how health and safety requirements interact with production, customer expectations, staffing, operational pressures and commercial objectives.
Where an issue falls outside our competence, we will say so and help identify the appropriate specialist support.
What You Can Expect
1. Initial Discussion
We begin with a telephone call, video meeting or email exchange to understand your business, principal concerns and objectives.
2. Review of Your Current Position
Depending on the project, we review your existing documents, workplace, work activities and current control measures.
3. Clear Scope and Priorities
We explain what is required, what is recommended and what can reasonably be addressed later. The scope and cost are agreed before substantive work begins.
4. Practical Development
We prepare or improve the documentation, process or arrangements. We consult with management throughout and, where needed, the people undertaking the work. We pride ourselves on practical, effective solutions, understanding management expectation and worker insight.
5. Implementation Support
Documents alone do not create a safe workplace. We help explain responsibilities, and when invited communicate changes, conduct training and establish evidence that the arrangements are being followed through internal audit.
6. Review and Ongoing Support
Support can conclude when the agreed project is complete or continue through scheduled visits, audits and competent-person advice. SS Safety have regular clients who have been with us since the company started in 2017.
What Our Clients Say
“SS Safety Ltd has delivered our nominated competent advice since March 2021. Shaun has slotted into our business seamlessly—educating our team and allowing us to build our own health and safety knowledge.”
Kerrie Morris, Facilities Compliance Manager, Cooper Parry
Our Expertise Matters
Client Feedback
Clients appreciate our tailored advice and seamless integration into their teams. Since 2017, we've advised, supported and complemented businesses to enhance their health and safety practices effectively.
“SS Safety has worked within Robinson Contract Services (RCS) since January 2017 as our nominated competent safety advice, training developer and ISO consultant. Shaun is reliable and thorough; he has created our documentation and processes to ensure legal compliance and practical solutions which have helped RCS through multiple successful tenders.”
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Emma Marsland - MD Robinson Contract Services
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can SS Safety act as our external competent person?
Yes. Where your business does not have sufficient health and safety competence internally, SS Safety can provide retained external competent person support. The scope is agreed according to your activities, risks and internal resources.
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Do we have to enter into a long-term contract?
No. Support can be provided for a defined project, a one-off review or through an ongoing retained arrangement. We will work together to find the most appropriate option after understanding your requirements.
Can you create our complete health and safety system?
Yes. We can review your current arrangements and help develop the policies, responsibilities, risk assessments, procedures, registers and monitoring arrangements appropriate to your business.
The exact documentation will depend on your activities and risk profile. We do not supply the same standard package to every organisation. One size never fits all.
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Do you visit the workplace?
Yes, where a site visit is necessary to understand the activities or provide suitable advice. Effective consultancy frequently requires observation of the workplace and consultation with managers, supervisors and employees.
Some document reviews, meetings and follow up activities can be completed remotely.
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Which areas do you cover?
SS Safety is based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, and primarily supports businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and the wider Midlands.
We also support clients in other parts of the UK where the nature of the assignment and working arrangements make this practicable. SS Safety Ltd has clients based in North Yorkshire and Manchester and London.
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Can you help following an accident or enforcement concern?
Yes. We can assist with accident investigation, immediate action planning, evidence review, corrective actions and improvements to policies, risk assessments and procedures.
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