--- title: "Paper Records and Spreadsheets: Are You Still Using Them to Manage Health and Safety? (Infographic)" description: What are you using to keep things safe? Whichever industry you’re involved in, a robust health and safety management system is now one of the most importan image: https://blog.papertrail.io/hubfs/Papertrail-main-logo-rev-blue-and-line-1024x699-Dec-01-2021-05-12-51-39-PM.jpg --- [![Papertrail](https://blog.papertrail.io/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Papertrail_August2021/images/Header_logo.png?width=384&height=1024&name=Header_logo.png "Papertrail")](https://www.papertrail.io/) [Book a Discovery Call](https://www.papertrail.io/contact-papertrail) - [Home](https://www.papertrail.io) - [About](https://papertrail.io/about) - [Login](https://app.papertrail.io/) - [Book a Discovery Call](https://www.papertrail.io/contact-papertrail) # Paper Records and Spreadsheets: Are You Still Using Them to Manage Health and Safety? (Infographic) Wednesday, September 2, 2015 ![](https://blog.papertrail.io/hubfs/Papertrail-main-logo-rev-blue-and-line-1024x699-Dec-01-2021-05-12-51-39-PM.jpg) What are you using to keep things safe? Whichever industry you’re involved in, a robust health and safety management system is now one of the most important tools that your business has to help stay compliant with the law, and protect your business, staff and customers from avoidable risk. However, not all safety management systems are made equal. Obviously, paper records and spreadsheets CAN work, but we believe that health and safety shouldn’t be boring, time-consuming or needlessly complex. Take a look at this handy infographic, which will convince you of the benefits to switching from paper records and spreadsheets to a more secure and comprehensive system. 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