Health & Safety Statement

 

The Board of Directors acknowledge their responsibility for Health and Safety for the company.  The Director for specific responsibility for Health and Safety is Richard Douglas.

 

As one of the Joint Directors I will ensure arrangements are in place to:

 

Establish and implement a Health and Safety Management System to manage the risks associated with our premises and activities.

 

Regularly monitor our performance and revise our Health and Safety Management System as necessary to ensure we achieve our objective of continuous improvement.

 

Provide sufficient resources to meet the requirements of current Health and Safety legislation and aim to achieve the standards of 'Good Practice' applicable to our activities.

 

Actively promote an open attitude to Health and Safety issues, encouraging staff to identify and report hazards so that we can all contribute to creating and maintaining a safe working environment.

 

Communicate and consult with our staff on all issues affecting their health and safety and, in doing so, bring this policy to their attention.

 

Provide adequate training for our staff to enable them to work safely and effectively, and to ensure they are competent and confident in the work they carry out.

 

Carry out and regularly review risk assessments to identify hazards and existing control measures. We will prioritise, plan and complete any corrective actions required to reduce risk to an acceptable level.

 

Ensure that responsibilities for Health and Safety are allocated, understood, monitored, and fulfilled.

 

Employ only competent contractors to work on our behalf, and to monitor their competency.

 

Retain access to competent advice and assistance through our internal Health and Safety Manager thereby ensuring that we are aware of relevant changes in legislation and 'Good Practice'.

 

It is the duty of all of us when at work:

• To take reasonable care of our own safety
• To take reasonable care of the safety of others who may be affected by what we do or fail to do
• To co-operate with each other so that we can all comply with our legal duties
• To ensure we do not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety.