Health and Safety Consultants
Advice and Training Services for the Live Music, Entertainment and Event Production Industries
STAGESAFE offers a range of health and safety services for event organisers and promoters, self-employed (freelancers), service companies and businesses within the live music, event, and entertainment industries. If you don't see what you are looking for then please call us: we can provide a tailor-made service to suit your needs which is very cost effective.
For an in-depth review of your health and safety requirements please contact STAGESAFE. It is of vital importance that the health and safety management of your company/operation is regularly assessed and relates closely to the activities that you instruct your employees and contractors to carry out on your behalf. All businesses employing five or more persons (including directors) requires a written health and safety policy and frequently updated risk assessments (that must be recorded in writing) for all their work activities. STAGESAFE can help protect your business or event — contact us now!
Facts
The health, safety and welfare of staff, audience and performers must always be the first consideration in the planning, management and running of any show, performance or event; of secondary consideration is the presentation or continuation of the show, performance or event. STAGESAFE will help ensure the show goes on!
There does not need to have been an accident for you to be in breach of health and safety law. Under health and safety law you are guilty until you can prove you are innocent, the reverse of the normal legal system. It is for this reason that keeping records and paperwork are vitally important as they are usually the only way you can prove your innocence.
A breach of health and safety law is a criminal offence and the penalties include high fines, imprisonment, down time, loss of business and reputation, legal costs, medical costs, civil claims, trauma and increased insurance costs, new legislation may even prevent you from running a business in future! Your insurance may not be valid for a breach of criminal law, hence the package we offer could be the best insurance you ever have!
Many things happen best when they are unplanned: sadly, health and safety management is not one of them. Safety has to be carefully planned and managed. It is not a bolt-on extra; it needs thought and input so that it becomes an integral part of your business management systems.
Feedback
STAGESAFE is constantly researching the latest trends and concerns in the health & safety industry. To that end, we'd like to hear from you about any health & safety issues that concern you, whether it be problems, specific requirements or information. We'd also like to hear from you if you have any ideas, news or thought and comments about any aspect of the industry. Please contact us and we will do our best to answer you all personally.
STAGESAFE strictly observes the International Institute Of Risk And Safety Management Code Of Ethics & the Production Services Association Code Of Conduct.
Please note that is not our policy to produce brochures or price lists as every client has different needs and requirements.
Latest News
- HSE publish case studies on working with computers
- The HSE has published some case studies on its website to show employers and managers how others have tackled health problems relating to working with computers.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common occupational illness in Great Britain, affecting 1m people a year. They include problems such as low back pain, joint injuries and repetitive strain injuries of various sorts. Computer workstations or equipment can be associated with neck, shoulder, back or arm pains, fatigue and eyestrain. "
Read more… - Court of Appeal uphold claim for workplace injury
- The claimant was sent by his employer to replace a card in a computer installation. The computer belonged to a local authority and was situated, in a cabinet eight feet above floor level, with other computers in a server room owned and managed by the Part 20 defendants.
In order to reach the cabinet, the claimant, who had not been provided with a ladder of his own, used a ladder he found in the room. The ladder was not long enough, and in reaching up the claimant fell, sustaining spinal injuries. "
Read more… - Cinema criticised for lack of wheelchair access
- A cinema has been the centre of protests after a teenage wheelchair user had to crawl up the stairs because of the lack of wheelchair access to the building.
Amy Clements, 15, who has spina bifida, organised the protest of more than 20 people outside Hereford's Odeon after her experience, which left her feeling “embarrassed”.
Read more… - Response to fire alarms questioned
- A fire safety expert has raised concerns about changes to fire alarm responses over the past few years, after it was revealed that the fire which destroyed Weston-Super-Mare pier had been burning for five hours before the fire service was alerted.
Avon Fire and Rescue says a fire alarm was activated at 1.35am on 28 July, but crews were not called out until about 6.45am.
Read more… - Firm fined for scaffolding collapse
- A scaffolding company has been fined for failing to ensure a safe system of work and proper training and supervision, after three men were seriously injured when the scaffolding they were erecting collapsed onto a busy road in Staffordshire.
Pedley Scaffolding Ltd was fined a total of £3,300 and ordered to pay costs of £5,318 after pleading guilty to breaching sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. "
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