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STATISTICAL AUDIT OF THE HSE

CHAPTER ONE
Inspections and other contacts with Workplaces


This chapter analyses the number of ‘contacts’ that FOD inspectors have with registered premises. In particular, it looks at level of ‘inspections’ and how these compare with the levels of other forms of contacts – in particular ‘investigations’.

It is possible to compare the number of inspections, investigations and other forms of workplace contacts, as inspectors must enter details of every contact they have into the HSE Focus database.

There are 14 different types of contacts (See Box)

This Chapter is divided into the following sections

Key Statistics

Analysis of total number of Contacts

Analysis of Different Types of Contacts


Ratios between numbers of registered premises and different types of Contact





TYPES OF CONTACTS AND THEIR ABREVIATIONS
Inspection All planned and unplanned preventative inspection of existing, new and transient premises
Enforcement Any legal activity connected with the enforcement of legal provisions (i.e. issuing of notices, taking statements, collecting evidence, preparing prosecutions)
Investigation All investigations into reported incidents and complaints
Advice Giving advice to employer, employee and members of the public other than during contact activity
Education Any activity involving publicity, promotion or training
Standards All work done in preparation for attendance meeting involvingstandards (i.e. BSI)
NIG All contributions to National Interest Groups
Product Concerning activities relating to articles or substances supplied for use at work by dealers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers
Hazards Relates to work particularly concerned with major hazards
Civil Covers any activity in connection with civil litigation
First Aid Work connected with the monitoring and approval of first aid and training organisations
Asbestos Relates only to the assessment and processing of new license applications and requests for renewals
Projects Project Work
LHLR Low Hazard, Low Risk: covers alternative non-inspection techniques used as part of the planned inspection programme.


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