- It is the Company's intention to provide a safe and healthy working
environment in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974,
the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and all
other relevant associated legislation and other requirements to which
our Company subscribes.
- The responsibility for health, safety and welfare
within James Cropper PLC is placed both upon the Executive Board and
upon all personnel working within this Company. At the heart of our commitment
to health and safety are the seven core safety principles that everyone
in the Company is required to embrace and which will facilitate our
commitment to continual improvement of health and safety performance.
These are:
1. All injuries can be prevented
2. Employee involvement is essential
3. Management is responsible for preventing injuries
4. Working safely and contributing to safety improvements is a condition
of employment
5. All operating exposures can be safeguarded
6. Training employees to work safely is essential
7. Prevention of personal injury is good business
- The Executive Board,
through the Safety Strategy Team, will ensure that Directors, Managers
and the various Health & Safety Teams fulfil
these commitments by:
- Pursuing the deployment of the Company's Safety
Strategy and the goal of zero injuries
- Ensuring that arrangements and resources exist
to support this Policy
- Statement and effective management of health
and safety.
- Recognising the risks inherent in a manufacturing,
distribution and retail organisation.
- Conducting and maintaining risk assessments and
safe systems of work.
Working towards meeting the requirements of OHSAS 18001, the Health
and Safety Management specification
- The Company shall continue to
invest in health and safety improvements on a progressive basis, setting
objectives and targets in our Annual Health And Safety Programmes.
- 5.
The Company will seek to engage and involve all employees in creating
and maintaining a safe working environment.
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