Directors’ health and safety checklist

Directors are more likely than ever to get the blame when there’s a health and safety incident. Using our checklist will help them to avoid legal action.

What’s covered?

Directors and other senior managers need to show that they take reasonable care. A good place to start is with recommendations from the HSE and the Institute of Directors. So we’ve created a checklist based on that guidance.

Broadly, it covers:

• the role of the board, i.e. how board meetings should operate, information to be received and monitoring which should be undertaken
• the actions which individual directors should take
• checks which should be carried out on the company’s arrangements for health and safety.