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HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
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STATEMENT We believe that: • No business objective will take priority over health and safety. • All injuries and incidents are preventable. • No task is so important or urgent that it cannot be done safely. • Without diminishing management’s obligations, the responsibility and accountability for health and safety rests with every individual. At KON.ZABETAS - ARCHITECTS+ENGINEERS we are committed to conducting our business in a manner that prevents injury or illness to employees, contractors, customers and the public who may be affected by our work activities. We encourage best practice in health and safety management within our organisation. To achieve this we will: • Provide a balanced focus on the management of health and well being, personnel and process safety. • Proactively pursue the identification of all hazards and eliminate or, if not possible, manage the risk to as low as reasonably practicable. • Consult with and promote active participation of employees in the management of their own and others’ health, well being and safety. • Provide resources to achieve a systematic approach to health, personnel safety and process safety management to ensure continuous performance improvement. • Identify performance measures, set improvement targets, measure and report performance at all levels. • As a minimum comply with relevant legal and other requirements. • Develop a culture where all employees and contractors are constantly aware of safety hazards around them and act accordingly at and away from work.
2 • Include health and safety performance in the appraisal of employees and contractors and recognise accordingly. Meeting all Occupational Health and Safety legislation and guidelines, and in most cases far exceed any requirements. Ensuring that all personnel are trained to the highest of standards for any duties they are required to perform, and eventualities that may arise as detailed on the organisation's risk assessments. All activities will therefore be carried out safely and efficiently to prevent injury, ill health and contribute to the success of the business. Ensuring that the organisation will take all reasonable measures to protect the health and safety of employees and all others who may be affected by our activities. Conducting Risk assessments of all appropriate activities and fully documenting and implementing measures to achieve satisfactory control. Ensuring that all employees are made aware and understand this policy statement. To this end employees must be fully committed to health & safety to protect themselves, other employees and others who may be affected by their activities. Attaining the highest possible standards of Health and Safety performance through the organisation continuous improvement philosophy and performance monitoring systems. Our Health and Safety Policy is continually monitored and reviewed to ensure that it meets the organisation’s legislative requirements, Health & Safety objectives and targets and remains relevant and effective to the changing needs of our business and customers. KON.ZABETAS - ARCHITECTS+ENGINEERS acknowledges and accepts its statutory responsibility for securing the health, safety and welfare of all its employees and others involved with the activities of the organisation. We will keep up to date and comply with The Health & Safety at Work Act and all other relevant legislation. Ultimate responsibility for formulating the Health and Safety Policy and its implementation lies with the Managing Director. Managing Director, Directors and Management will take steps as above, paying particular attention to: • Driving a continually assessed and updated vision of the organisation requirements related to Health & Safety. • A safe and healthy working environment with adequate sanitary and welfare facilities. • The provision of adequate financial and physical resources to achieve this. • The provision and communication of suitable and sufficient assessments of the health and safety risks to employees and others as a means of preventing injury or ill health. Safe Systems of Work will be developed following this Risk Assessment process. • The provision of sufficient information, instruction, training and supervision to enable our employees to avoid hazards and contribute positively to their own safety and health at work. • The safe provision, maintenance and arrangements for the use, handling, storage and transportation of plant, equipment, and materials. • Recognising the importance of all employees’ commitments to these obligations and encouraging their participation in all safety matters and embracing a culture whereby staff freely identify conditions which may appear hazardous, dangerous or unhealthy.
3 • The organisation will continually improve the effectiveness of the management system by setting Health and Safety objectives and targets as part of the overall Business Targets, and by assessing audit results, data analysis, corrective and preventive actions as part of the management review procedure. • Employees also have a duty to support the company by: • Adhering to any and all of the requirements laid down within its policies and procedures. • Reporting any accidents, incidents, near misses that may have occurred or any defects or other deficiencies in any plant or equipment in use. • Engaging in any of the communication, consultation, training procedures that the organisation use to ensure each employee actively assists in meeting and fulfilling the requirements and spirit of Health and Safety. • Embracing the teamwork culture to openly discuss issues to improve Health and Safety performance from their experiences. It is essential that feedback from management, employees, clients and other stakeholders is received and communicated to all concerned as an integral component of the continuous improvement process. The Board of Directors fully endorse this Policy and will make it available to all interested parties via the organisation’s website. KON.ZABETAS - ARCHITECTS+ENGINEERS safety policy will be reviewed every 12 months or as necessary and any revisions will be brought to the attention of employees.
For and on behalf of Konstantinos Zabetas
Principal architect U.I.A. – dir.