Welcome to the Health, Safety & Welfare Assistance Section


Kathy Lakin / Lance Clarke
Health, Safety & Welfare Assistance Section, Human Resource Services,
Floor 5, County Hall, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD

or Fax 01983 – 823122
E-mail: kathryne.lakin@iow.gov.uk or lance.clarke@iow.gov.uk
The Health, Safety & Welfare Assistance Section provides competent health and safety advice for employees, councillors and recognised trade unions.

The range of work that can be carried out by the Health, Safety & Welfare Assistance Section includes:
  • Answering health and safety related questions.
  • Carry out health and safety advisory visits.
  • Carry out health and safety audits.
  • Respond to health and safety complaints.
  • Monitor accident reports.
  • Carry out accident, injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences investigations.
  • Investigate near misses.
  • Monitor violence and aggression reports and carry out investigations.
  • Receiving accident reports relating to employees, school pupils, residents, youth club members and members of the public, and advising on the necessity to report to Health and Safety Executive certain accidents, injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences.
  • Receive and interpret new and revised legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes and other official documents.
  • Attending committee meetings, governor meetings and school safety committees.
  • Develop policies and internal procedures providing the framework for the safety management structure.
  • Respond to safety representative enquiries, receiving and making comment upon inspection forms.
  • Maintain regular contact with Health & Safety Liaison Officers co-ordinating group meetings when considered necessary.
  • Respond to members of the public where concerns are expressed in relation to council land, property or activities.
  • Maintain a database of accident statistics.