Health and Safety Policy
Pansophix accepts its legal responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, together with associated legislation and codes of practice, and gives its full commitment to doing everything reasonably practicable to protect the safety, health and welfare of all its employees and associates together with any other persons whose health and safety may be affected by our business. High standards of health and safety are equal in importance and complementary to delivering a value for money service, and to high standards of customer care. At Pansophix we regard the law as setting the minimum standards to be achieved.
It is the Policy of Pansophix, in so far as it is reasonably practicable to ...
- provide and maintain equipment, materials, and systems of work that are safe and without risks to health.
- ensure safety and the absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of equipment, materials and substances.
- provide a competent source of health and safety assistance to consultants, associates and clients and to supply such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to provide for the health and safety at work of our employees and delegates.
- maintain all places of work under our administration including means of access and egress, in a condition that is safe and without risk to health and to provide appropriate facilities for welfare.
- provide identification and assessment of all risks and to eliminate or control the risk to provide a safe system of work.
- To provide for the establishment, maintenance and development of arrangements for effective joint consultation as a means of re-enforcing the joint responsibility of ourselves/employees, service providers and clients/delegates in matters of health and safety.
- comply with the statutory requirements as a minimum standard of health, safety and welfare of employees at work and all others towards whom we have statutory health and safety obligations.
- ensure effective arrangements exists to deal with any emergency at all relevant premises and events.
- ensure that the responsibilities of management are clearly assigned at all levels and that the health, safety and welfare roles are defined.
- recognise the link between efficiency and safety and health and to minimise the costs, losses and disruption which arise from accidents, ill-health and dangerous occurrences.
- ensure that consultants/associates and employees are aware that they have a statutory responsibility to work safely and to co-operate with managers and supervisors in all matters that effect their health and safety at work.
In order to ensure that adequate financial, human and other resources are made available for the effective implementation of this policy, proper procedures will be established and maintained to monitor health and safety performance, in a planned manner, with good communication and co-ordination, with all necessary feedback to managers.
Each department, division, team or site, whichever is most appropriate, will produce and maintain a health and safety manual with all necessary assistance from Health and Safety co-ordinator. The manual will detail the responsibilities for health and safety at all levels in that department, division, team or site and the organisation's arrangements for carrying out the policy.
The health and safety manuals and this policy will be brought to the attention of all employees, whether permanent, temporary, agency or on fixed term contracts.
The Directors, Consultant Associates have responsibility for the implementation of this policy within areas/sites under their control.
Health & Safety is the responsibility of consultants, associates and all employees at all levels.
Pansophix must be in compliance with the following key pieces of legislation ...
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
- Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 1996
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
- Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992
- Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
- Workplace (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
The above lists only the key pieces of legislation. They all contain the common theme of logical risk assessment, suitable control measures and the need for decisions based on reasonable practicability. Reasonable practicability means that the costs of ensuring safe working arrangements are not so detrimental to Achieve-Success so as to far outweigh the risk of personal injury.
Pansophix keeps abreast of change to UK/EU health & safety legislation through ...
- Material sent by HSE, DfEE
- ACAS literature & publications
- Department of Trade & Industry literature & publications
- Incomes Data Services literature & publications
- Magazines / Publications e.g. People Management, etc
- Government websites
- Thomson & GEE literature & publications
- General Books & publications
This document is a policy document only and does not form part of the employee's contracts of employment or confer any contractual obligations on Pansophix. It is not a complete statement of the law and Pansophix may on prior notice amend this policy.
