For UK Garages & Workshops
Health and safety software for garages and workshops
Featherstone Safety Hub helps UK vehicle repair garages and motor trade workshops manage a physically demanding, chemically hazardous working environment in one system. Handle COSHH for oils, fuels, brake dust, solvents and battery acid, manage manual handling and noise, assess risks from working under vehicles, track training, and log incidents with RIDDOR screening.
Built by NEBOSH-qualified practitioners, from £29 per month, with a 14-day free trial and no long-term contract.
Hazards in every bay
Vehicle repair brings together an unusually concentrated set of health hazards. Hazardous substances including engine oils, brake dust (a known carcinogen), solvents, battery acid and exhaust fumes sit alongside manual handling of heavy parts, tyres and components, working under raised vehicles, power tools and noise, and the constant fire risk of flammable materials.
Under COSHH, the Noise at Work Regulations 2005, manual handling legislation and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, garage owners must assess and control these risks and be able to prove it. Featherstone Safety Hub makes this systematic and manageable.
- COSHH: manage engine oils, solvents, brake dust, battery acid and exhaust fumes with a substance register.
- Manual handling: assess and train for heavy parts, tyres, engines and components.
- Working under vehicles: document inspection pit and vehicle lift controls.
- Noise: record noise assessments and the related hearing protection controls.
- Incident register: log accidents and near misses with built-in RIDDOR screening.
Inspection-ready for the HSE and insurers
The Health and Safety Executive inspects vehicle repair operations and regularly finds deficiencies in COSHH assessments, particularly around brake dust and hazardous solvents, as well as insufficient risk assessments for manual handling and working under vehicles. Organised, current records change the outcome of such a visit.
For motor trade insurers, evidence of your risk assessments, training and controls also matters when a claim is made. A complete, dated record of your compliance is your defence.
Simple to run alongside the work
Built for a workshop manager or garage owner rather than a safety specialist, Featherstone Safety Hub works on mobile around the workshop and is transparently priced from £29 per month with no long-term contract. You can trial it free for 14 days and have your COSHH assessments, training matrix and risk assessments organised quickly.
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Yes. Featherstone Safety Hub suits UK garages and workshops, covering COSHH for chemicals, manual handling, noise, working under vehicles, training and incidents in one platform.
Yes. Brake dust, engine oils, solvents, battery acid and other hazardous substances can be managed with a substance register, COSHH assessments and stored safety data sheets.
Yes. You can document noise assessments and the hearing protection controls in place, linked to the training that supports them.
Yes. Professional structure built in, designed to be run alongside the day-to-day of a busy workshop.
£29/mo Starter and £79/mo Professional, with a 14-day free trial and no long-term contract.
Yes. It works offline and on mobile, so checks and incidents can be recorded on the floor and sync when reconnected.
Get your workshop's safety in order
Start a free 14-day trial and manage COSHH, manual handling, training and incidents in one place. No setup fee, cancel any time.