Health, Safety and Wellbeing for Automotive
Induction, records, incident reporting and follow-through.
What this looks like in automotive
The parts of health, safety and wellbeing that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Safety Across Plant and Workshop
Two different hazard profiles, one standard.
What this coversHide
Safety Across Plant and Workshop
Two different hazard profiles, one standard.
What this coversHideAn automotive group carries plant hazards - presses, robots, material handling - and workshop hazards, which are different and frequently less well managed because a workshop feels ordinary.
Plant
- Machine guarding and lockout procedures
- Material handling and forklift safety
- Noise, fume and ergonomic exposure
- Shift-level safety accountability
Workshop and service
- Lifting equipment and ramp safety
- Chemical, paint and solvent handling
- Electrical and EV-specific hazards
- Test drive and road safety
Electric vehicle work introduces hazards that traditional workshop training does not cover, and the training record needs to reflect who is authorised on what.
The general method — what health, safety and wellbeing covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the workplace health, safety and wellbeing page. What is above is the part that differs for automotive.
Other HR topics for automotive
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.