Policies > Health and Safety Policy
General Statement of Policy
It is the policy of this company to conduct its activities with due regards to the safety of all its employees and all others affected by its operations. We consider safety a management responsibility ranking with production, sales and costs. We accept that it is the duty of the management to take the necessary steps to ensure so far as is reasonably practicable the health, safety and welfare of its employees. Furthermore it is the Company's declared intention to comply both with the requirements and the spirit of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, all other legislation and any Codes of Practice made under these Acts and other requirements.
Specifically we will so far as reasonably practicable:
- Provide and maintain safe working environments
- Ensure that suitable and sufficient risk assessments are carried out and safe systems of work are implemented.
- Provide and maintain safe plant and equipment
- Identify and control Substances/situations that are potentially hazardous to health
- Provide information, instruction, training and supervision for all employees
- Consult employees on health and safety issues.
- Investigate accidents, incidents and ill health and take necessary remedial action.
- Have effective arrangements for the treatment of injuries that occur at work.
- Have effective fire prevention and fire control procedures
- Set targets for the continuous improvement of health and safety
- Audit our health and safety management systems for effectiveness
Whilst it is the duty of the management to do everything possible to prevent personal injuries it is equally the duty of every employee to exercise personal responsibility to do everything necessary to prevent injury to himself and others, and to co-operate with management in complying with the legal requirements.
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