GENERAL POLICY ON HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK

Charmeldon Limited recognises and willingly accepts its responsibility as an employer for providing a safe and healthy work place and work environment for all its employees and such other persons who may be affected by its activities. Charmeldon Ltd will seek to promote an active health and safety culture throughout its workforce.

Charmeldon Limited will strive to meet and adhere to all relevant UK and EC Legislation and codes of practice but the absence of statutory requirements will not be regarded as grounds for failing to promote a desirable standard.

Charmeldon Limited will provide competent technical advice on health and safety matters to assist line management in its tasks of ensuring healthy and safe conditions of work. It will seek to ensure that all buildings, plant and equipment meet appropriate health and safety standards. It will promote safety training and encourage awareness of safety among all employees by management example and through joint consultation with development of information on safe working practices. At the same time, Charmeldon will require all employees to show a proper personal concern for their own safety, for that of people around then, and for the safety of the building and equipment, by exercising due care and attention, and observing authorised methods and codes of practice, including those inherent in their professional or craft training.

Charmeldon Limited will adopt a planned approach to the management of health and safety.

This will involve:

• a) Assessment of risk
• b) The identification of protective and preventive measures against those risks.
• c) The introduction of these measures, including the provision of information, training and protective equipment to employees, the enforcement of proper working practices by supervisors.
• d) The monitoring of the operations of those measures.
• e) The review of policies and procedures in the light of information gained through monitoring.

Written records of risk assessment, including details of those groups of employees and others affected and measures to be taken to prevent or protect against risk will be maintained available for inspection.

Generic Risk Assessments have been carried out and details of control measures are incorporated into safe working practices. Specific risk assessments are carried out for each project as required.

It is a requirement of the Company that this policy statement is understood and acted upon at all levels within the company. Codes of Practice will be developed detailing the procedures by which the company will ensure that the policy is implemented.

Copies of the policy and procedures will be brought to the attention of all employees, with master copies being held at each operating centre.