warehousing & logistics

Health & safety built for warehousing and logistics

A dedicated Health & Safety consultant becomes your Competent Person. Your multi-site operation gets complete accountability. Your team gets support. You get peace of mind.

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SECTOR-SPECIFIC COMPLIANCE

We understand your warehouses

Palletised goods through picking zones, loading bays cycling HGVs in and out, forklifts weaving between aisles. One of the most physically demanding compliance environments in the UK.

Pedestrian and MHE segregation

Forklifts, reach trucks and VNA machines sharing floor space with pickers, packers and visiting drivers. Traffic management and physical segregation are the first things an inspector looks at.

Racking damage and SEMA inspections

Pallet racking takes constant impacts from seasonal surges and tight aisles. Inspections, load notices and damage reporting are the difference between a near-miss and a collapse.

Loading bays and night shifts

Dock levellers, trailer legs and reversing HGVs in low light. Loading bays carry a disproportionate share of serious injuries in this sector, and night shifts amplify the risk.

Agency and peak-season turnover

Black Friday, Christmas and January sales bring waves of unfamiliar workers. Induction, FLT refreshers and supervision have to scale fast, then unwind without gaps in the record.

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What you get as a partner

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Outcome 01

Know exactly where you stand

A site walk from an experienced consultant tells you what an HSE inspector would find today. No surprises, no guessing.

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Full operational audit across warehouse, loading bay and yard
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Priority-ranked action list covering racking, MHE and traffic routes
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Baseline you can measure against every quarter
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Outcome 02

Pass inspections without the scramble

Your Competent Person prepares the evidence, reviews correspondence and briefs you ahead of inspections. Your business stays the duty holder, we make sure the work is done.

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Outcome 03

Meet regulatory requirements

Understand your legal obligations under PUWER, MHOR and the Work at Height Regulations, and how to demonstrate compliance. Know what an HSE inspector expects to find.

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Always included

One named consultant, not a call centre

Same expert every visit. Direct line for urgent issues. No rotating faces, no ticket queues.

CHOOSE YOUR PATH

Two ways to work with Opus Safety

Both give you full platform access. The difference is how much of the compliance work you want to own yourself.

Software Only

Full platform access, self-managed, training resources included, email support

What's included
Self-managed
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Training resources and videos
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Email support
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Everything in Software Only, plus a dedicated H&S consultant using the same platform - so nothing gets lost between site visits and your dashboard.

Everything in Software Only, plus
Consultant included
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Dedicated consultant using the same platform
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Consultant configures and manages your setup
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Audit findings auto-generate tracked tasks
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Training delivered through the platform by your consultant
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Quarterly compliance reviews using platform data
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Unlimited phone support
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Not sure which is right for you? Speak to a consultant - we'll help you decide.

What non-compliance can cost a business

£157K

In combined fines

Two contractors were fined a combined £157,500 plus costs after an industrial racking system collapsed during testing at a West Yorkshire site, killing two workers who were operating from a mobile elevating work platform positioned inside the structure's collapse zone.

The HSE investigation found both firms failed to adequately assess the risk or implement safe systems of work that kept people out of the danger area. HSE prosecution, February 2026.

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OUR SERVICE AREAS

Everything your people need, from one team

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Health and Safety

Site walkthroughs, risk assessments and audits managed end to end by a consultant who's walked operations like yours before.

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Occupational Health
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Occupational Health

Health surveillance, exposure monitoring and fit-for-work reviews delivered by clinicians who understand your workforce.

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Human Resources
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Human Resources

Employment policies, disciplinary support and contract templates built for your operational reality - shift patterns, turnover, seasonal staffing.

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Training
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Training

Essential courses delivered on site by your consultant. IOSH-accredited where it counts, sector-relevant every time.

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"The Opus team are there whenever we need them with insightful sector knowledge and commercially sound safety advice. We have peace of mind that we're running a safe, compliant business." – Workshop Director, McLaughlan Transport
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Ready to protect your business

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