This is my health and safety policy of intent, your welcome to copy it if it will stop you losing a contract you can get a risk assessment form from the HSE website all the help you need filling it in is also on the site, I suffered alot of head aches over all this h & s stuff and to be honest there is no need it is quite simple.
step one, Identify the hazards (ask the staff who work there and have a good look around)
step two, decide who might be harmed and how
step three, evaluate what you can do to reduce the risk of harm or injury
step four, make a record of your findings,
step five, set a review date.
it does not matter how you lay it out, you could do a seperate page for each risk you find or do it as a chart showing it all on one page.
You can`t really get it wrong because there is not a set way it should be done just swot up on the hse website and you`ll be fine.
Health and safety
Our policy statement of intent
1) Our policy is to provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions for all our employees, providing appropriate tools, equipment, operational processes and safe systems of work covering all our activities.
2) Our management accepts the responsibility for applying the above and for providing information, instruction and training at all times and for the duration necessary to achieve this purpose.
3) Other people may be affected by our activities i.e. visitors, neighbours, contractors etc., and our management accepts responsibility to provide appropriate levels of safety for them.
4) We will provide suitable facilities and/or make the necessary arrangements for the welfare of all our employees at work.
5) Where risks to safety or health need to be ’assessed’ under a specific duty or regulations, we will ensure that an ’assessment’ is carried out and that all actions shown to be necessary will be implemented.
6) Should any of our activities endanger the health of any employee, such activities will be monitored and where necessary, arrangements for health surveillance made.
7) We will provide suitable information regarding the safety or safe use of our services and/or products.
We plan to minimise the risks created by work activities, products and services, organise ourselves in a way that secures involvement and participation at all levels and measure performance against our pre-determined standards.
9) Our commitment to this policy will assist us to develop a positive health and safety culture throughout all areas and activities.
SIGNATURE: POSITION:
DATE:
This date will be the annual review date of our general policy on health and safety
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
GLEAM SERVICES
