What You Want, When You Want It…
Guardsman are one of the leading suppliers of PPE & Workwear in the UK. Centrally based in the Leicester Distribution Centre is ideally located to serve you, wherever you are in the country. Our huge stocks and regular deliveries ensure that you get what you want, when you want it.
A Total Solution…
Whatever industry our customers operate in, from heavy industrial to light catering, from professional construction to laboratory work, we are able to offer a comprehensive range of products to satisfy the most demanding performance criteria. We also offer an in-house printing service, enabling you to personalise your PPE and workwear with your choice of logo.
Quality Assurance…
We continually check the quality of products from our leading manufacturers and suppliers to ensure that quality standards are maintained. Guardsman are accredited to Quality Management BS EN ISO 9001:2008, Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001 and Quality Management Systems OHSAS 18001. We are also members of The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF). We are also a member of The CHSA (Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association).
Measures in Use to Reduce Risk:
- Increasing the frequency of handwashing and surface cleaning in the workplace
- Enabling our employees to work from home where possible
- Taking all reasonable steps to maintain a 2 metre distance in the workplace
- Keeping the activity time involved in tasks as short as possible
- Using back-to-back or side-to-side working (rather than face-to-face) whenever possible
- Reducing the number of people each person has contact with by using ‘fixed teams or partnering’ (so each person works with only a few others)
- Finally, where people must work face-to-face for a sustained period with more than a small group of fixed partners, then we have assessed whether the activity can safely go ahead. In such circumstances, where required, additional Personal Protective Equipment, for instance face coverings have been made available
Particular regard has been given to employees who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and appropriate measures have been taken to minimize their personal risk, including home working and reassignment to tasks and activities that reduce that personal risk to the lowest reasonably practical level.
Particular regard has also been given to understanding the circumstances of those with protected characteristics and any measures or adjustments that may been needed to address a different degree of risk or alternative measures that may be required under the Equality Act 2010.
The Government guidance related specifically to working safely in Warehouses, Offices & Contact Centres, Vehicles and Retail Branches has been incorporated into the risk assessment.
Furthermore, the risk assessment has taken account of Government guidance on travelling to and from work, meetings in the workplace and the presence of visitors and contractors at Guardsman locations.
The risk assessment that has been carried out will be kept under review and revisited periodically, or where Government guidance is amended or updated.