This document contains a health and safety policy statement and description from Yawar Hassan Khan, the Assistant Safety Officer. The 3-sentence summary is:
The policy commits to protecting the health and safety of all workers and ensuring compliance with legislation by planning and managing all work safely. Management recognizes the importance of providing a safe work environment and that supervisors are accountable for worker safety. The employer promises reasonable precautions for worker protection and all workers must protect their own health and safety through safe practices.
2. POLICY STATEMENT
• We are committed towards protecting the health and safety of all people working at or visiting our site
• We plan, manage, conduct and supervise all our work in compliance with legislation and best practice
• We want to ensure that all workers have a clear
understanding of their responsibilities along with that of the company
DESCRIPTION
Management is vitally interested in the health and safety of its
employees. Protection of employees from injury or occupational illness is a major continuing objective.
To achieve this objective we recognize and accept that there can be no compromise of an employees’
WE will make every effort to provide a safe and healthy work
environment. Therefore, it is recognized that all supervisors and workers understand and accept that
health and safety is a prime consideration in the continuing objective of reducing risk of injury or illness
The employer is ultimately responsible for worker health and safety. As
employer I give you my personal promise that every reasonable precaution will be taken for the
protection of workers.
Supervisors will be held accountable for the health and safety of workers under their supervision.
Supervisors are responsible to ensure that machinery; equipment and work areas shall be properly
maintained in safe working condition. All safety equipment required by either legislation or by our
3. facility rules would be made available and used by all employees. Proper and safe procedures will be
developed and followed by all employees. Workers will receive adequate training in their specific work
tasks to protect their health and safety
Every worker must protect his or her own health and safety by working in compliance with the law and
safe work practices and procedures established
In striving to meet this objective, it is in the best interest of all parties to consider health and safety in
every activity. Commitment to health and safety must form an integral part of this organization, from
the
president to the workers