Health and Safety

Health and safety documents that fit how you actually work

Health and safety documentation is the written proof that a business has identified its risks and controls them. SiteSafe Solution writes policies, risk assessments, RAMS, COSHH assessments and safe systems of work for UK employers, based on your real activities and site conditions rather than a downloaded template with your logo on it.

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What is included

What health and safety covers

The core documents and advice every compliant business needs, written for your operations rather than copied from a template.

Health & Safety Policies

A clear, proportionate policy setting out your commitments, responsibilities and arrangements, as required for employers with 5 or more staff.

Risk Assessments

Suitable and sufficient assessments of your workplace activities, with practical control measures your teams can follow.

RAMS

Task-specific risk assessments and method statements for tenders, principal contractors and site inductions.

Safe Systems of Work

Written work procedures that turn risk assessment findings into step-by-step safe ways of working.

Construction Phase Plans

CDM 2015 construction phase plans that satisfy the client, the principal designer and the HSE.

COSHH Assessments

Assessment of hazardous substances in use, exposure controls, and a register your staff can work from.

General H&S Advice

A competent person on hand for the day-to-day health and safety questions that do not fit a neat category.

Legislation & Compliance Guidance

Plain-English guidance on what health and safety law actually requires of your business, and what it does not.

Who this is for

Businesses we usually help with this

Employers who have grown past five staff and now need their arrangements in writing
Contractors asked for RAMS before they can start on a client's site
Businesses whose current paperwork was bought online and does not describe what they do
Anyone asked for evidence by an insurer, a principal contractor or the HSE

The law behind it

What UK law requires

General information about the duties that apply, not advice on your specific business. An initial consultation establishes which of these actually bite for you.

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 2(3)

If you employ five or more people you must have a written health and safety policy and bring it to your employees' attention.

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3

Every employer must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to employees and to anyone else affected by the work. With five or more employees the significant findings must be recorded.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, regulation 6

You must assess the health risks from hazardous substances before the work starts. That includes many everyday cleaning, workshop and site products.

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, regulation 12

A construction phase plan is required for every construction project, including small and domestic ones.

Last reviewed 21 August 2026. Legislation references are checked at each review.

Common questions

Questions we get asked about this

Does my business legally need a written health and safety policy?

If you employ five or more people, section 2(3) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 requires a written health and safety policy that is brought to your employees' attention. Below five employees the duty to manage safety still applies in full, but the policy does not have to be written down.

What is the difference between a risk assessment and RAMS?

A risk assessment identifies the hazards in an activity and the controls that reduce them. RAMS is a risk assessment plus a method statement: a task-specific pack that also sets out, step by step, how the job will be done safely. Principal contractors usually ask for RAMS before you are allowed on site.

How often should a risk assessment be reviewed?

There is no fixed legal interval. Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires review whenever the assessment is no longer valid or there has been a significant change. In practice most businesses review annually, and immediately after an incident, a new process or a change of site.

Can I just download a health and safety policy template?

You can, but a template that does not describe your actual activities is not a suitable and sufficient assessment, and it tends to fail at the moment it matters: an insurance claim, a tender review or an HSE visit. SiteSafe Solution writes documents around your operations so they hold up under scrutiny.

More questions are answered on the health and safety FAQ page.

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