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Every Health & Safety Topic That Matters

From strategic responsibilities at the director level to day-to-day operational controls, the Arinite Factsheets library covers 100+ Health & Safety topics, including:

Director and senior management duties

Fire safety and emergency planning

Display Screen Equipment (DSE) compliance

COSHH and hazardous substances

Risk assessments and safe systems of work

Accident reporting and investigation

Contractor and visitor safety

Workplace inspections and monitoring

Each fact sheet focuses on one topic only, making it easy to reference, share, and use in real working environments.

If reading these factsheets raises questions about your own arrangements, you're not alone. Arinite offers a Free Health & Safety Gap Analysis Call, a professional compliance review valued at £750+, to help businesses understand where they stand and what to do next.

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Why We Created Free Factsheets

Most H’S guidance is either too technical (200-page HSE documents) or too generic (downloaded templates from Google). We created something in between.

DIRECTOR & MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

FIRE SAFETY

DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT (DSE)

RISK ASSESSMENTS

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (COSHH)

MANUAL HANDLING & ERGONOMICS

WORKING AT HEIGHT

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

WORKPLACE WELFARE & FACILITIES

FIRST AID & EMERGENCY PLANNING

ACCIDENT REPORTING & INVESTIGATION

EMPLOYEE WELFARE & SPECIAL GROUPS

WORK EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY

WORKPLACE ACTIVITIES & OPERATIONS

PERSONAL SAFETY & SECURITY

ENVIRONMENTAL & RADIATION

SPECIALISED HAZARDS

HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

LEGAL & SENTENCING

SECTOR-SPECIFIC

OUR PROVEN SYSTEM

The Arinite Transformation™

From Reactive Firefighting to Proactive Health & Safety Compliance

STAGE 1

REACTIVE(Where 60% of Businesses Operate)

No formal HSE systems in place. Everything is reactive, waiting for something to go wrong. Documentation is missing or outdated.

Why It's Dangerous:

✗£50K-£150K average fine when (not if) HSE inspects
✗Can't bid on contracts requiring HSE certification
✗One accident away from director prosecution

This isn't just "non-compliant." It's criminally negligent. Directors face personal prosecution.

STAGE 2

COMPLIANCE(Where Most Businesses Stop)

Basic HSE documentation is in place. Minimum legal requirements met. You can pass a basic audit.

Why It's Better (But Not Enough):

✓Legal protection (no fines if inspected)
✓Can bid on contracts requiring certification
✓Pass basic client audits
✗Still reactive (problems arise, then you respond)
✗Compliance maintained by one person (bottleneck)
✗Systems don't run themselves

Compliance is where most consultants get you, then leave. You're legal, but you're not optimised.

STAGE 3

PROACTIVE(Where Arinite Clients Operate)

Systems run proactively, preventing problems before they occur. Compliance is distributed, not dependent on one person.

Why It's Transformational:

✓Win more contracts (HSE certification opens doors)
✓Save 20+ hours/week (systems run themselves)
✓Peace of mind (sleep soundly, without the fear of prosecution)
✓Focus on your core business while we handle compliance

That's why 95%+ of clients renew year after year.

The Arinite Difference:

”

Robert Winsloe

Managing Director, Arinite

“We work with you to deliver peace of mind. We tailor our service provision to your business to provide proactive, pragmatic health and safety advice and that helps reduce costs by ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation.”

Other Consultants

Get you to Stage 2 (Compliant) and disappear.

Arinite

Gets you to Stage 3 (Proactive) and keeps you there.

That's why we call it transformation, not just compliance.

CONSULTANTS + SOFTWARE

Where Health and Safety Consultants
Meet Compliance Software.
Globally.

Health & Safety Consultants+EHS Software+Arinite AI

Consultants+EHS Software+Arinite AI

Traditional consultancies audit, report, and leave. You get a document and the job of implementing it.

Software companies give you dashboards and workflows, but no expertise. The platform stores whatever you put in it - Bad data in, Bad data out.

Arinite exists because global businesses need consultants who know compliance in every jurisdiction, and technology that proves it in real time.

We are not a consultancy that added software. We are not a software company that recommends consultants.

We are the place where those two things finally became one.

HOW IT WORKS

From Hidden Health and Safety Gaps to Clarity

Step 1

Free Health and Safety Gap Analysis Call

Identify what's missing before an inspector does.

A focused 30-minute health and safety assessment to expose weaknesses in your current arrangements.

What you get:

Clear identification of compliance gaps that inspectors commonly enforce

Straight answers on where you stand legally and local laws

A tailored pack of free Arinite Factsheets covering your specific gaps

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You leave knowing exactly where you're exposed and what to do about it.

Step 2

Health and Safety Audit and Inspection

Turn risk into documented compliance, fast.

A health and safety consultant will conduct a comprehensive H&S audit and inspection of your workplace.

What's included:

On-site or virtual compliance audit of all health and safety activities and areas

Health and Safety risk assessments with a prioritised action plan with clear timelines

A comprehensive health and safety audit report (typically 40+ pages)

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You move from exposed to defensible with evidence to prove it.

Step 3

Outsource Your Health & Safety — The Arinite Partnership

We become your health and safety experts. Your competent person.

You focus on your core day-to-day business, Arinite's Health and Safety consultants handle the rest.

What we take ownership of:

Legal appointment as your health and safety competent person

Creation of all required health and safety policies, procedures, and records

Implementation of health and safety management systems and compliance software

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Compliance handled. Risk controlled. Directors protected.

GLOBAL LOCATIONS

Global Health and Safety Consultants.
International Compliance, Local Delivery.

50+ Countries. Global Safety. Local Trust.

50+ Countries

Looking for health and safety consultants near you? With Chartered consultants based across the UK and locally qualified professionals in 50+ countries, Arinite provides health and safety support wherever your offices are. Whether you need an on-site audit in London, a fire risk assessment in Manchester, or international health and safety assessments across multiple jurisdictions, we have consultants near you.

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