HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT

The Company is committed to conducting its operations in a manner that will provide its employees with a safe and healthy working environment. This implies a corresponding duty of ensuring that the necessary organisation, equipment and training are provided to fulfil this obligation. An effective health and safety policy requires the full collaboration and cooperation of all employees. Everybody is asked to read this policy and accept a degree of personal responsibility for health and safety at work.

It is the responsibility of management to:

• provide and maintain a healthy working environment at all times;
• ensure adequate control of health and safety risks arising from work activities; this includes communication with clients and any use of sub-contractors;
• provide all required instruction, training, supervision and other relevant health and safety information to employees;
• ensure that all employees are competent in the work activities they are engaged in;
• continue to consult with and update employees on all Health and Safety issues;
• provide, as a minimum, 'generic' risk assessments for all common tasks engaged in by employees, such as safe isolation procedures, statement that no 'live' work will be carried out, working at heights and all other common tasks carried out by the company where risk is involved and potential danger has been identifie;

It is the responsibility of employees to:

take all reasonable care for the health and safety of him/herself and of fellow employees and to report any hazard which cannot be controlled personally;

co-operate with the organisation by observing safety rules and complying with any measures designed to ensure a safe and healthy working environment;