CART Company Health and Safety Policy - GENERAL
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If your company has less than five employees, including the owners or directors, you are not legally mandated to have a Company Health and Safety Policy. However, it's important to note that some principal contractors and local authorities might not consider working with a company without such a policy. Therefore, it could be advantageous for your company to have a Company Health and Safety Policy. Doing so can help you secure potential clients and projects. This Company Health and Safety Policy Statement is appropriate for all companies and has been approved by local authorities, principal contractors, and H&S managers.
Our health and safety policy applies to everyone in your organisation, regardless of their role or position. This includes management, office staff, cleaners, and tradespeople. We understand that navigating through policy documents can be daunting, so we have included an index of policy contents to make it easier for everyone to refer to specific sections of the policy.
Our policy is designed to fulfil our legal obligations, meet contractor requirements, and be user-friendly and easy to understand. Unlike other company policy documents that require extensive signatures and amendments, we have made our health and safety policy easy to customise by adding all the editable information on the front page.
We believe a health and safety policy statement should be accessible to all concerned parties. That's why we've created a single cover sheet where you can enter your company name, date, signature, and other necessary details to personalise the document quickly. We want to ensure that our policy is comprehensive, practical, and user-friendly for everyone in the organisation.
Please find below the index of contents, giving an overview of our comprehensive company health and safety policy. It outlines the safety management structure, including the responsibilities of both employees and employers. Additionally, it includes a list of safe working practices such as accident reporting procedures, manual handling, and first aid procedures.
As with all our documents, this health and safety policy is in Word™ format and is available for instant download.
As a business owner, it is essential to know that you are required by the law to have a comprehensive policy for managing health and safety. This policy outlines your approach to health and safety and explains how you, as an employer, will manage it in your business. It should clearly outline who is responsible for what, when and how to ensure everyone knows their roles and responsibilities.
Whether you employ five or more people or have a smaller workforce, it's not just a legal requirement but also a wise decision to have a health and safety policy. When shared with your employees, this policy ensures that everyone understands the importance of health and safety in the workplace. Communicating any changes to the policy also keeps your employees updated and aware of any adjustments.
Employers hold a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and well-being of their employees. They must establish and enforce proper health and safety policies, procedures, and guidelines that all must follow. This creates a safe and healthy work environment and promotes productivity. To assist with this, a comprehensive guide has been created that outlines the general approach to health and safety and the specific responsibilities of all individuals involved in the workplace.
HSEDocs, an organisation that provides health and safety services, has created this Company Health and Safety Policy. This comprehensive document provides a framework for managing safety within your business, outlining employees' and employers' roles and responsibilities.
This document is an extensive and inclusive policy guide providing detailed guidelines and protocols for everyone involved within the business, including the management team, general workers, cleaners, and office personnel. The primary objective of this document is to ensure the safety, security, and well-being of all individuals. The guidelines in this comprehensive policy aim to facilitate a cohesive and collaborative approach to a company's H&S.
CONTENTS
1 Organisations responsible persons and acceptance signature. (Listed on cover page)
2 Policy Statements
2.01 Health and safety policy statement
2.02 Risk assessment policy statement
2.03 Environmental policy statement
2.04 Equal Opportunities Policy Statement
3 Organisation
3.01 Safety management structure
3.02 Employers responsibilities
3.03 Employees responsibilities
3.04 Information for employees
3.05 Designated responsibilities
4 Safe working practices
4.01 Accident reporting procedure
4.02 Alcohol and drugs
4.03 CDM (Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015)
4.04 Confined Spaces
4.05 COSHH (Control of substances hazardous to health)
4.06 Damaging knee (from kneeling)
4.07 Desk work. Musculoskeletal injuries and posture fatigue
4.08 Desk work. RSI (Repetitive strain injuries)
4.09 Disciplinary rules
4.10 DSE (Display screen equipment)
4.11 Electrical installations
4.12 Electricity
4.13 Falls from heights (hop ups)
4.14 Falls from heights (Kick step)
4.15 Falls from heights (Step ladder)
4.16 Fire/explosion
4.17 First aid procedures
4.18 Hand arm vibration
4.19 Manual handling
4.20 Noise
4.21 Objects falls from height
4.22 Office equipment
4.23 Permits to work
4.24 PPE (Personal protective equipment)
4.25 RSI (Repetitive strain injuries)
4.26 Safety signs
4.27 Slip, trips and falls
4.28 Struck by objects
4.29 Training
4.30 Vehicles
4.31 Waste management
4.32 Welfare facilities
4.33 Work equipment
4.34 Working at height
4.35 Young persons
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