For health & safety teams
Every control, with the evidence behind it.
Assured Contractors gives health and safety teams one record of contractor evidence, worker competence, permits to work, incidents, inspections, COSHH and policies, each linked to the company, the people and the site involved, with an audit log of every action.
When someone asks who issued that permit, whether that operative's card was in date, or what happened after the last near miss, the answer is one search away, with the name, the time and the reason.
- Six permit types, full lifecycle
- RIDDOR fields on every incident
- Every “No” becomes a finding
Sound familiar?
What this usually looks like today.
Permits on carbon pads
A hot work permit is issued in the site office, extended with a quick word and handed back at five. A fortnight later nobody can find it.
The RIDDOR clock is running and the facts are everywhere
An over-seven-day injury has to be reported within 15 days. The witness accounts are in one inbox, the photos on a phone and the first-aid entry in a book.
Inspections that never close the loop
The weekly site inspection gets filled in, but the “No” answers never become actions with an owner and a date.
Competence assumed, not shown
CDM 2015 expects you to make sure people have the skills, knowledge, training and experience for the work. A spreadsheet of card numbers isn't evidence.
What changes
What changes with Assured Contractors?
Permits with a full lifecycle
Hot work, confined space, work at height, electrical isolation, excavation and lifting, with checklists, hazards and controls, and a PDF. Issued permits are locked from editing.
Permits to workIncidents built around RIDDOR
RIDDOR fields, injured persons, photos and a confidential flag. Triage, investigate, assign actions and close, and reopen with a reason if something new comes to light.
Incidents & inspectionsInspections that create findings
Templates with yes/no, yes/no/N/A, rating and text questions. A score from the answers, and every “No” becomes a finding.
Incidents & inspectionsCOSHH and policies in one place
A COSHH register with safety data sheets, assessments and a PDF export. H&S policies published by version, with read receipts and reminders.
COSHH & H&S policiesCompetence checked against the work
Jobs list the qualifications they need, and bookings warn when a crane, plant or MEWP operator lacks an in-date CPCS, NPORS or IPAF card.
Worker competenceDecisions you can account for
Readiness overrides need a reason and an end date. Gate decisions carry their reasons. Every action is in the audit log.
How it plays out
From a dropped spanner to a closed action
A spanner falls from a scaffold lift on a commercial site. Nobody is hurt.
The supervisor reports it from a tablet: what happened, where, the scaffold contractor involved, two photos.
The H&S adviser triages it: a dangerous occurrence to check against RIDDOR, investigation opened, marked confidential while statements are taken.
The investigation finds no tool lanyards in use on that lift. Two actions are assigned: a toolbox talk and a weekly working-at-height inspection.
The first inspection scores 85%. One “No” (toe boards missing on lift 4) becomes a finding for the scaffold contractor.
Findings and actions closed. The incident is closed, with every step and every name in the audit log.
Illustrative example.
The parts you'll use
Which parts of Assured Contractors will you use?
Permits to work
Six permit types from request to close, with checklists and locked, printable permits.
See how it worksIncidents & inspections
RIDDOR-ready incidents, observations and inspections that score themselves.
See how it worksCOSHH & H&S policies
Your COSHH register and policies, with read receipts from the people who need them.
See how it worksWorker competence
The cards behind every name, checked against the job and the booking role.
See how it worksContractor prequalification
Each contractor's insurance, policies and certificates, with a status and the reasons.
See how it worksDoes Assured Contractors report RIDDOR incidents to HSE?
No. It records the RIDDOR details you need (the injured person, the kind of injury or occurrence, photos and the investigation) so you can report through HSE's own online forms with everything in one place. It doesn't submit reports to HSE for you.
Which permit types are included?
Hot work, confined space, work at height, electrical isolation, excavation and lifting. Each permit moves through request, assessment, issue, suspension, restart, extension, hand-back and close, with checklists, hazards and controls, and can be printed as a PDF.
Can we use our own inspection checklists?
Yes. Build templates with yes/no, yes/no/N/A, rating and free-text questions. Each completed inspection is scored from its answers, and every “No” becomes a finding you can assign and close.
Does it handle RAMS?
RAMS can be uploaded as documents against a contractor and reviewed like any other document. There isn't a separate RAMS builder.
Can incidents be kept confidential?
Yes. An incident can be marked confidential so its details are limited to the people who need them while it's investigated.
Related pages
Evidence you can find when it matters.
Permits, incidents, inspections, COSHH and every contractor's paperwork, on one record with an audit trail. Try it free for 14 days; contractors join free.