STATEMENT ON HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK
The Health and Safety at Work Act requires the employer to prepare,
and as often as may be appropriate revise, a written statement of
the general policy with respect to health and safety at work of employees.
The statement has been prepared in accordance with the requirement
s of the legislation and includes details of the organisation and
arrangements, for the time being in force, for carrying out the policy.
THE POLICY
Health, safety and welfare at work are matters of vital concern to
management who shall, so far as reasonably practicable:
• provide a health and safety working environment,
• carryout suitable and sufficient assessments of the risks
to the health and safety of employees to which they are exposed at
work, and to persons not in their employment as they may be affected
by the work activities,
• initiate and operate healthy and safe working practices,
monitor working areas, process methods in order to improve, wherever
reasonably practicable.
• train employees to work efficiently and safely with an understanding
both of the nature of known hazards and the reasons for preventive
measures,
• provide procedures whereby a prompt and positive response
is made to queries on health, safety or welfare matters raised by
employees,
• provide adequate arrangements for communication and consultation
between management and employees on health and safety matters.
• provide the resources necessary to implement policy.
Not all responsibility for health and safety rests with management.
Each employee has a duty to co-operate with the employer on the carrying
out of the employer’s statutory duties and must:
• take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself
and other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions.
• not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse
anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare.
• report immediately any injury sustained at work and any practice
or situation regarded as unsafe.
THE ORGANISATION
Certain people within the company have positions that require them
to be especially concerned with health, safety and welfare. This manual
contains details of the specific health and safety responsibilities
allocated to identifiable individuals along with the responsibilities
of various groups of employees and other persons not employed by the
company.
THE ARRANGEMENTS
The arrangements for the long term are to ensure, so far as is reasonably
practicable, that the policy is implemented and is set out in the
sections of the Health & Safety manual and other supporting volumes.
This statement and manual will be brought to the attention of all
employees and formally reviewed at least once every twelve months.
Mr Pat Cordon
Director
