Occupational Hygiene Services provides consultancy in the field of occupational hygiene to help and advise employers and others (e.g. trade associations) get to grips with preventing the high toll of ill health in the UK’s working population.
Occupational Hygiene Services can also assist with expert witness services in the occupational hygiene field where an independent view is required to assist the court in understanding the technicalities of occupational hygiene in any legal action at Magistrates or Crown Court (i.e. criminal justice).
Similarly, we can assist with expert witness services for civil litigation work where an independent view is required to assist the court in understanding the technicalities of occupational hygiene in any legal action
This company was founded by Paul Smith, a former Specialist Inspector in the Occupational Hygiene Unit (OHU) within the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Occupational Hygiene Services is working in these three fields:
- Expert witness work in the criminal and civil litigation fields whether being engaged by defending organisations, or by Claimants/Prosecutors in relation to an occupational hygiene issues in the workplace, where a balanced and independent view is required to assist the relevant court.
- Assistance and advice to your company in identifying, assessing, evaluating health risks and the measures you may require, not only to comply with H&S law but to prevent/minimise risks to health.
- Assistance to other Occupational Hygiene consultancies in achieving their responsibilities of the Quality Assurance and Quality Control requirements specified in the BOHS Good Practice Guide for Consultants (v2) with added beneficial aspects of mentoring and coaching to individual employees and progressing them through to higher membership grades within BOHS.