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New
Charter Housing Trust Group accepts its responsibility as
an employer to ensure, as is reasonably practicable the
health, safety and welfare of its employees and others who
may be affected by its activities. New Charter Building
Company have achieved
ROSPA Silver and CHAS accreditations.
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John Corr Contracts Manager, Planned Works and Paul Fisher,
Senior Supervisor, Planned Works collecting the
ROSPA award on behalf of New
Charter Building Company, May 2007.
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| Statement
of Health & Safety Policy |
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New Charter Housing Trust Group is committed to ensuring the health,
safety and welfare of its employees, so far as is reasonable practicable.
Works carried out by the Group will so far as is reasonably practicable
comply with the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work
Act 1974 and other legislation. All necessary steps will be taken
to ensure that statutory duties are fulfilled at all times.
To achieve and maintain good health and safety standards, all employees
have an important part to play. New Charter believes that employee
participation and co-operation are essential for promoting health
and safety. Joint consultation at all levels helps everyone realise
their responsibility for safety.
Every employee must co-operate with the policy objectives to enable
New Charter to comply with its statutory duties.
The Group Health & Safety Manager oversees operation of this
policy on my behalf and is available to advise all staff on health
and safety matters.
As Group Chief Executive, I am responsible for upholding this policy
via the Group Strategic Committee. The Group's Health & Safety
Policy and supporting arrangements detail my duties and that of
other Directors, Managers and other employees. All staff must know
their duties as detailed in the safety arrangements.
This extract of the policy statement will be displayed in a prominent
position for the benefit of all staff. Copies of the full Health
& Safety Policy, which details the organisation and arrangements
for carrying out the Policy is available on the intranet for use
and reference by staff.
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| Directors
and Heads of Service: |
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Promoting health and safety as an integral part of normal management
practices.
Ensuring that adequate resources are made available for health and
safety.
Establishing the necessary structure to facilitate effective health
and safety management.
Ensuring that effective communication systems exist for health and
safety.
Ensuring the effective implementation of Group Health & Safety
Policies and supporting information.
Setting performance standards based on corporate guidelines and
ensuring that systems are in place for measuring health and safety
performance.
Ensuring that provision is made for adequate supervision and training
to ensure good health and safety standards.
Ensuring that specific responsibilities and duties for health and
safety are allocated to all staff throughout their area of work.
Ensuring that local policies, procedures, safe systems of work are
developed and implemented in line with the Group Policy on health
and safety.
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| Managers
and Supervisors: |
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Developing and implementing procedures and safe systems of work to
improve safety performance within their area of responsibility.
Ensuring that employees, contractors and visitors are aware of safety
procedures and their responsibilities.
Establishing that all equipment, plant and substances used are suitable
for the task and are kept in good working condition, this includes
the regular maintenance and servicing of equipment.
Providing adequate training, information, instruction and supervision
to ensure that work is carried out without risk to health and safety.
Taking immediate steps to investigate any risk to health and safety
arising from work activities.
Ensuring that adequate risk assessments are carried out, records
are kept and that employees are made aware of the results of such
assessments.
Bringing to the prompt attention of senior management any health
and safety issues which require their attention.
Ensuring that all accidents, dangerous occurrences and 'near misses'
are properly recorded and reported and that an investigation is
carried out immediately, to determine the cause and ensure prevention
of a similar events in the future.
Maintain safe access and egress from the workplace at all times,
so far as is reasonably practicable.
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| Employees: |
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Take reasonable care for their own health and safety.
Consider the safety of others who may be affected by their acts
or omissions.
Work in accordance with information and training provided.
Refrain from intentionally misusing or recklessly interfering with
anything that has been provided for health and safety.
Report any hazardous defects in plant and equipment or shortcoming
in the existing safety arrangements to a responsible person without
delay.
Not undertake any task for which authorisation and or training has
not been given.
Co-operate with and assist management in complying with current
health and safety legislation and the Group Health & Safety
Policy.
Report accidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses.
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| Safety
Representatives: |
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Attending Health & Safety Committee meetings to consider health
and safety innovations.
Undertaking workplace inspection and recommendations on action required.
Commenting on produced risk assessments and assisting with their
completion.
Being consulted on accidents in the workplace and correspondence
from the enforcing authorities.
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| This
policy will be periodically reviewed to take account of organisational
changes, also having regard to changes in legislation. |
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