Health and Safety

Barconn takes its health and safety responsibilities seriously. We are committed to providing a safe working environment for our workforce as well as those who come into contact with us. That is why we have invested substantially in training and in ensuring that our staff fully understand their health and safety responsibilities.

Our Health and Safety Manager, Dean Charnley, of independent consultants Paramount Health & Safety, has many years experience working in the construction sector. He is responsible for developing our Health and Safety policies and for ensuring a thorough Risk Assessment is made of each contract we undertake.

Paramount Health & Safety carries out regular site visits to ensure all Health and safety requirements are met as well as carrying out regular briefings to staff to ensure they are fully aware of changes in legislation or working practices. Paramount Health & Safety are currently training a Barconn employee to take responsibility for providing a safe workplace.

Health and Safety Policy

GENERAL

This Company is committed to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of its employees, so far as is reasonably practicable. We also fully accept our responsibility for other persons whose health and safety may be affected by our activities. We will take steps to ensure our statutory duties are met at all times to include the provision of adequate resources to protect both our employees and others who may be affected by our work activities.

Every new employee will be given Health and Safety guidance when they join the Company and each employee will be given refresher information, instruction and training as is necessary to enable the safe performance of work activities.

Adequate facilities and arrangements will be maintained to enable employees to raise issues of Health and Safety.

Competent people will be appointed to assist us in meeting our statutory duties including, where appropriate, specialists from outside the Company. We retain the services of Dean Charnley MIOSH, MIIRSM to provide advice and guidance to the organisation.

Each individual has a legal obligation to take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety and for the safety of others who may be affected by his or hers acts or omissions.

The successful implementation of this policy requires total commitment and co-operation from all levels of management and employees within our company.

The Company will ensure through the role of the Director and Site Managers/Supervisors that financial provision will be made to ensure that health, safety and welfare standards will be maintained within the organisation. This is to include that sufficient time and resources are available together with an adequate lead in time for works to be carried out.

RESPONSIBILITY

Directors will through delegation of duties to the Site Managers/Supervisors ensure that the following is implemented:

• Actively seek the cooperation and suggestions for improvements from all employees in relation to our Health and Safety Policy;
• Provide adequate information, instruction and training to ensure so far as is reasonably practicable the health and safety at work of employees;
• Provide and maintain a safe and healthy working environment, with statutory obligations as a minimum requirement;
• Maintain the workplace in a safe and risk-free condition and provide a safe means of access to and egress from the workplace;
• Have arrangements for ensuring the safe use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances;
• Provide and maintain plant, equipment and systems of works that are safe and without risks to health.

Employees will:

• Conform to rules, procedures and training regarding safe working;
• Use the correct methods of work and not improvise by using methods, tools or equipment which entails unnecessary risks;
• When there is a legal requirement to, or where the nature of the work requires it, wear the protective clothing and equipment specified;
• Report unsafe plant, tools and equipment and unsafe practices or methods of work;
• Report any potential Health and Safety hazard including infections or other diseases, accidents, injuries or concerns associated with the workplace;
• Assist in the maintenance of good housekeeping standards;
• Cooperate with us to enable all statutory duties to be complied with;
• Assist where necessary in the investigation of any accidents that occur.

Our Company arrangements for First Aid, Emergency Evacuation, Fire Safety and Accident Reporting are all displayed on our Company notice boards. These are also contained within our Company Health and Safety Manual.

Our Company Health and Safety Manual contains the detailed organisation and arrangements in relation to all our rules and procedures and you can refer to a copy of this at our office.

This policy will be regularly monitored to ensure that the objectives are achieved. It will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised in the light of legislative or organisational changes.

This will be on a minimum annual basis.

Signed:  

Mr Tony Barker, Director with Responsibility for Health and Safety