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HEALTH & SAFETY

John Flowers Ltd has a Health, Safety & Welfare Policy in place for the following arrangements:-

• Accident Reporting

• First Aid

• Personnel Protective Equipment

• Welfare Facilities

• Fire Precautions

• Working at Heights – Safety Equipment

• Use of Bitumen Boilers

• Plant Machinery and Equipment

• Electricity

• Substances Hazardous to Health

• Management of Health Safety and Welfare

• Manual Handling

• Provision and Use of Work Equipment

• Display Screen Equipment

• Housekeeping

• Security

• Construction Design and Management Regulations

• Health Surveillance

• Upper Limb Disorders

• Noise

• Subcontractors and Visitors

• Supervision and Monitoring

• Effects of the Sun

 

HEALTH, SAFETY and WELFARE POLICY STATEMENT of INTENT

The company recognises and accepts the responsibility to ensure so far as is reasonably practicable the health safety and welfare at work of all employees.  It is the company’s policy to ensure that any of its activities will not adversely affect the health and safety of others including the general public and sub contractors.

The Managing Director of each company has the overall and final responsibility for Health and Safety and will take all reasonable steps to meet this responsibility, and in particular will:

• Comply with the Health Safety at Work Act 1974, and all other relevant statutory provisions which are currently in force and are applicable to the roofing industry and this company. The effects of this policy will be monitored and reviews will be carried out as the performance of the company or changes in legislation dictate.

• Ensure the provision and maintenance of a safe and healthy environment in all of the company sites and premises.

• Ensure the provision and maintenance of safe plant, equipment and systems of work for all its activities.

• Ensure that all storage, handling and use of hazardous substances is carried out in a manner which controls any health risks.

• Ensure that all relevant training will be undertaken and that all the necessary information required will be given to employees and other appropriate parties.

• Ensure that all significant risks are effectively assessed and that appropriate preventative and protective measures are developed so as to safeguard the Health and Safety of employees and others affected by the company’s activities.

• Ensure that all work is planned and that during the planning stages the identified risks and control measures are included in the resultant documentation.

• Ensure the provision of suitable protective equipment as indicated in the risk assessments.
  

• Provide effective monitoring systems to ensure that safe standards are maintained including the operations of subcontractors.

• Ensure that only competent subcontractors are used when necessary to fulfil the companies obligations.

• Provide employees with health surveillance.

• Appoint competent personnel to secure compliance with statutory duties.

• It is the function of management to provide all the necessary resources to ensure that work is carried out in a safe manner.  To achieve this the company will seek the co-operation and support of the employees by consultation with them and their representatives.