Health and Safety

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Introduction

In Renfrewshire, business premises are inspected to make sure that they are safe for employees to work in and for the public to visit. The inspection work is split between two agencies: the council's environmental services department inspect Renfrewshire's offices, shops and warehouses and the Health and Safety Executive inspect premises such as factories and building sites.

Offices, shops and warehouses

Environmental services health and safety team inspection brief covers approximately 2,300 commercial premises within Renfrewshire. These premises provide work for approximately 10,000 people.

Their programme of work includes:

• carrying out inspections of workplaces to promote good practice and make sure that businesses comply with health and safety law
• providing advice and guidance on health, safety and employment law matters to stakeholders, including employers, employees, the self-employed and members of the public
• investigating notified cases of work related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences
• investigating workplace complaints and incidents
• training, providing information and promotional work to raise awareness on a wide range of health and safety topics
• developing relationships with other organisations with an interest in health and safety.

Information booklets on various subjects can be downloaded from the Health and Safety Executive website. Where you can also view worked examples of risk assessments for a variety of businesses.

Contact information:

• email:b-serv.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 840 3106
• fax: 0141 840 3233
• write to us at:
  Renfrewshire Council
  Consumer Protection
  Environmental Services
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1BR