Health and Safety Policy Statement
Objectives
It is the safety policy of the company to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure the health and safety of all employees and persons working on the premises, and to prevent any damage to both company and personal equipment or property. The company also wishes to safeguard the general public whenever it's business activities brings it into contact with them.
The company will provide training, assess risks, consult with employees, maintain plant and equipment, provide trained supervision and maintain a safe and healthy working environment to enable these objectives to be met.
This policy statement is one of the methods, along with consultation, that the company will communicate its Health and Safety Policy to the workforce and others. The full Health and Safety Policy is available for anyone in the Managing Directors office.
It is a legal requirement that all employees should comply with this policy, and accept the duties and responsibilities contained within it, to enable them to make their place of work as safe and as healthy as is reasonably practicable. Failure to comply with instructions in this policy, or other health and safety instructions may result in disciplinary action under the company’s disciplinary procedure.
The directors and senior managers have given their full support to this policy - arrangements for carrying out the safety policy are contained in the organisational section below.
Names of Key Personnel
Managing Director and Safety Officer : M. C. Naylor
Safety Representative : M. Taylor
First Aiders : M. C. Naylor, D. Simpson, K Storer
Organisational Arrangements for Implementing Safety Policy
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The Managing Director has overall responsibility for health and safety , but
operational aspects may be delegated to the appropriate staff. |
| b) |
The Safety Officer is responsible for all aspects of health and safety. He may be
approached at any time with regard to these matters.
Additionally, he is personally responsible for the day to day administration of health and safety and will ensure that:-
i) |
All persons will have received adequate health and safety training, and that this training is supplemented, where possible, by written instructions. He must also ensure that all such training is recorded. |
ii) |
All plant, machinery and buildings must be suitable for their purpose and properly maintained. |
iii) |
All personnel and members of the public using the company's premises are made aware of any possible hazards and what protective measures are to be taken to counter these hazards. |
iv) |
Where safety duties are delegated, such delegation is to be made in the form of written instructions, and that the delegated person clearly understands these instructions. |
v) |
All accidents and dangerous occurrences are fully reported. |
vi). |
Adequate risk assessments are carried out for all aspects of the companies operations. |
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This policy statement should be used in conjunction with the full company health and safety policy, the company health and safety hand out and any other policies, procedures or instructions that may be issued which affect health and safety. |
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Consultation with employees will be done through the shop committee. |
Safe Working Practices
Arrangements to ensure health and safety:-
SAFE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
The foreman, in consultation with the maintenance fitter is responsible for identifying plant and equipment requiring maintenance. Any employee who believes that maintenance is required should report this to the foreman. The managing Director is responsible for ensuring that maintenance has been carried, that suitable maintenance procedures are in place and for ensuring that new plant meets health and safety requirements.
SAFE HANDLING AND USE OF SUBSTANCES
The managing director is responsible for identifying substances which require COSHH assessments, carrying these out and implementing any actions from them. He will ensure employees are made aware of any relevant information using the Health and Safety Handout. He will check that any new substances can be used safely before purchase.
INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION
The Health and Safety Law poster is displayed in the accounts office and the mess room. Health and safety advice is available from the managing director. The managing director is responsible for arranging and monitoring work carried out by young persons and trainees.
COMPETENCY FOR TASKS AND TRAINING
The managing director will carry out induction training for all employees. The relevant external bodies will carry out job specific training. Specific jobs requiring special training are forklift drivers, employees changing grinding and fettling wheels and first aiders. Training records are kept in the employee files and all training will be identified, arranged and monitored by the managing director.
FIRST AID
First Aiders are to be suitably trained and have the responsibility of ensuring the First Aid box is kept full. The Trained First Aiders are M C Naylor, D Simpson and K Storer. The First Aid box is in the general Office. There is a grab box on the furnace stage and eye wash stations on the furnace stage and column by the foundry personnel door. The responsible person for reporting accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences to the relevant authority is the Managing Director.
MONITORING
The foreman is responsible for daily checks on the working conditions to ensure safe working practices. The managing director is responsible for investigating accidents and work related sickness absence. He is also responsible for acting on any findings to prevent recurrence.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES - FIRE AND EVACUATION
The managing is responsible for ensuring a fire risk assessment is carried out and implemented. Escape routes are checked daily by the foreman. Fire extinguishers and alarm systems are checked by a competent sub-contractor in line with current legislation. Emergency evacuation will be tested every 3 months.
M C Naylor,
Managing Director
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