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STATEMENT OF COMPANY GENERAL POLICY FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE AT WORK
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1. In recognition of its statutory duties in accordance with the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc., Act 1974, Pikehaven Limited will take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure the health, safety and welfare of it's employees at work.
2. In particular, the Company will ensure, so far as it is reasonably practicable:
(a) That all places under its control, where employees are required to work, are maintained in a condition that is safe and without risk to health and that the access to and egress from workplaces is similarly safe and without risk.
(b) That a safe and healthy working environment is provided, with adequate facilities and arrangements for employee’s welfare at work.
(c) That no hazard arises from the use, handling, storage and transportation of articles and substances used in connection with work; and
(d) That plant and systems of work are safe and without risk to health.
3. Further, the Company undertakes to provide whatever information, instruction, training and supervision is necessary to enable employees to identify and to avoid hazards and contribute positively towards their own safety and health at work and that of other employees.
4. The Company also undertakes that where employees are required to work in premises or at locations over which they (the Company) have no control, suitable guidance, instruction, and where necessary additional training, will be provided to ensure, so far as it is reasonably practicable, that any risks associated with their work are under control.
5. In addition, the Company will ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the health and safety of persons not in the Company’s employ is not placed at risk by either the Company’s activities or premises or facilities made available to such people.
6. Arrangements for ensuring safe and healthy working conditions is a primary responsibility of the Director, Mr Alan White, exercised through managerial and supervisory staff of the Company. Without detracting from this principle, the Company undertakes to provide competent technical advice on matters of health, safety and welfare at work wherever that is necessary to assist line management in its task through the Health and Safety consultant.
7. The Company believes that no policy is likely to be successful unless it actively involves the staff themselves. For this reason, the organisation and arrangements for fulfilling the provisions of the policy will include appropriate consultation between representatives of the Company and those of their employees and arrangements to encourage employees to identify hazards and suggest measures for improving safety performance.
8. In addition to ensuring that statutory obligations are fulfilled and satisfactory standards are maintained, the organisation and arrangements in support of this general policy are intended to ensure that by a continuous programme for progressive improvement wherever necessary, the safest and healthiest working conditions possible in the circumstances, are provided, that accidents are reduced to a minimum and positive steps are taken to eliminate them. To this end, the policy will be reviewed and amended as appropriate, to take account of new legal requirements, approved codes of practice, technology advances, authoritative and local experience.
9. This aim can succeed only with the active support and co-operation of all employees at every level, working together to establish, maintain and improve standards. In this connection, the Company would remind its employees at all levels, of their own legal duties under Section 7 of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act, to take care of their own safety and that of their fellow workers and to co-operate with the Company and others so as to enable them to carry out their statutory responsibilities successfully.
10. In consideration of the foregoing, the duties of the Director will include ensuring on behalf of the Company, that the provisions of the policy are fulfilled.
This company will provide and allocate the necessary money, time and resources for training and is committed to ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times. All safety equipment required to do this will be provided by the company without delay.
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