Health & Safety
Organisation and Responsibilities
The safety officer is responsible for safety in the company and will monitor the safety policy on a regular basis. The managing director will be apprised of health and safety matters to ensure that sufficient resources are available to provide any health and safety equipment, personal protective equipment, training where appro¬priate in manual handling and the provision of eye tests for those who habitually use display screen equipment. Moreover; information and training for employees will be provided in order (as far as is reasonably practicable) to achieve and maintain a high standard of safety proficiency.
Safety officer:
The safety officer is Peter White whose responsibilities cover the maintenance of safety records; investigation of accidents, and keeping a watching brief on changing safety legislation; and reports directly to the managing director Full investigation of accidents will be carried out by the safety officer, under the direction of the appropriate manager, with a view to the prevention of future occurrences.
The safety officer is responsible for ensuring the company's obligations in respect of assessment, control and monitoring of hazardous substances are met.
The safety officer is also responsible for ensuring that the company's obligations in respect of assessment, control and monitoring of the workplace, work equipment, manual handling operations, personal protective equipment and display screen equipment are met.
Departmental Manager:
Departmental managers have the responsibility to provide leadership and to promote responsible attitudes towards health and safety. Each manager will:
- (all new members of staff will be shown the location of first aid boxes, fire exits and fire-fighting equipment)
- ensure that all staff are made aware of any procedures in place if they face any serious or imminent danger and the name of the competent person(s) designated to implement those procedures
- ensure all staff for whom they are responsible are aware of the health and safety policy
- ensure that any temporary employee, before he or she com¬mences work, shall be supplied with comprehensible infor¬mation about any special occupational qualifications or skills required in order that the work can be carried out safely
- keep up to date with health and safety matters applicable to the operations of the company
- investigate all accidents with the assistance of thc safety officer, with a view to prevention
- ensure good housekeeping standards are applied
- review periodically all new and existing equipment with reference to mechanical and operational safety and, in particu¬lar the location of all equipment bearing in mind the require¬ments of the workplace and the use of work equipment regulations
- carry out regular safety checks to equipment and methods of working to ensure they are safe and do not endanger health.
