Health and Safety Policy

HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT

AUSTIN HAYES GROUP is committed to:

• Complying with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 as well as other health and safety legislation and other requirements;
• Protecting and Safeguarding the health, safety and welfare of our employees, contractors, visitors and public by eliminating hazards, so far as is reasonably practicable, and reducing risks arising from our work activities;
• Providing and Maintaining a safe and healthy place of work and safe work equipment for our employees;
• Providing sufficient resources to achieve our aims and objectives;
• Promoting a positive Safety Culture in which all employees, contractors and visitors share, including encouraging effective communication and consultation with, and participation by, the workforce;
• Managing our activities so as to prevent work-related accidents, near-misses and ill health hazards;
• Monitoring, Auditing and Reviewing our safety performance and revising our Health and Safety Management Systems to ensure that we continually improve our safety management system and performance;
• Co-operating with our clients to maintain high safety standards;
• Managing Health and Safety Matters as a critical business activity and integral part of our commitment to excel.