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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Safestartup?
Why do I need to register?
How will you use my registration details?
How do I find the information I’m looking for?
I can’t find any information relevant to my business
Do I need any special technology to be able to use Safestartup?
I still have more questions - who should I contact?

What is Safestartup?

Safestartup provides information on how to comply with Health, Safety and Environmental regulations for start-up companies and small businesses. The site includes links to a number of external sites and PDF documents that may also prove useful.

Within the site you can find information about:

registering your business
producing a health and safety policy
insurance
reporting accidents
welfare and fire
general risk assessment
occupation specific guidance

Why do I need to register?

You don’t need to register to take the Safestartup tour; however, registration will allow you to remember which areas of the tour you have already visited should you wish to return to the website at a later stage.

How will you use my registration details?

Any personal information provided by you in registering will only be used for the following purposes:

reminding you of your login details
defining areas of interest to you and improving the site to meet users' needs
compiling information relating to user movement across the site, eg statistics

Any information you provide us with will only be used by IOSH and its agents and providers.

For full details of our data protection and privacy policies, please read our privacy statement.

How do I find the information that I am looking for?

We have tried to keep navigation around the site as simple as possible, but here’s some guidance to get you started:

from the homepage, click "take the tour"
select your geographical location by clicking on the appropriate flag
indicate the approximate number of employees in your business by clicking on one of the options provided
across the top of the screen you’ll now see a menu bar which highlights the main topic areas of the website: registration, insurance, health and safety policy, welfare, reporting accidents and risk assessment (basic and occupation specific)
selecting "print" allows you to print off much of the information offered in the occupation specific section of the site
some of the pages include a "back" button so that you can return to the previous page; however, by simply clicking on the navigation menu shown at the top of the screen you can return to that section of the website at any point

To access occupation specific information:

select 'Risk Assessment' from the menu bar on the top of the screen
click 'Occupation Specific Information'
select the appropriate industry category, and then choose a specific occupation or business type from the list provided.
Information on our terms of use, privacy statement and accessibility statement can be found at the bottom of the homepage.

I can’t find any information relevant to my business

Unfortunately, the occupation specific area of the website cannot represent every type of business. There is currently information for over forty different occupations and we are always striving to expand this. It’s worth searching for your choice of business or occupation under several category headings if you don’t find it the first time round.

If you are unable to find information about your occupation, please submit this in the feedback box provided at the bottom of the list; we review this feedback periodically so that we can tailor the site to your needs. Much of the information currently available is applicable to a number of businesses, so you should still find plenty of useful general advice.

Do I need any special technology to be able to use Safestartup?

To view the full interactive tour you will need a minimum of Adobe Flash Player version 7. The latest version of this software can be downloaded here.

Some guidance within this site is available to download as PDF files. To view these documents you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC. You can download this software here.

If you are unable to take the interactive tour we can still provide you with useful information and links to view and print out, click here for more information.

I still have more questions - who should I contact?

You can send any questions about this website directly to feedback@safestartup.org