Through the way we work and behave, all our employees and stakeholders will be protected from risks of occupational injury or ill health.
It is our intent to demonstrate an ongoing and determined commitment to improving health and safety at work throughout our organization. We will ensure the health and safety at work of all our employees and any other employees who may be affected by our work activities. We will comply and surpass all requirements of health and safety legislation.
This policy reflects our commitment to ensuring that health and safety at work is paramount to the business and that effective health and safety actively contributes to our success.
Adequate resources will be provided to ensure all our employees, the sub-contractors and stakeholders are aware of this policy and committed to its effective implementation.
Communication and Consultation
There will be active open communication and consultation between all our employees, the subcontractors and stakeholders. Health and safety will be integrated into our communications, wherever appropriate.
Management Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities for health and safety will be defined, as necessary, within job descriptions or profiles.
Senior management will ensure that:
• adequate resources are provided for health and safety;
• health and safety is adequately assessed] controlled and monitored; and
• our employees are actively involved on matters that affect health and safety.
Hazard Identification
We win identify our workplace health and safety hazards.. We will inform our employees, the subcontractors and stakeholders, as appropriate, of these workplace hazards.
We will require our sub-contractors and stakeholders to identify health and safety hazards that may impact on our work activities.
Health and Safety Training
All our employees will be adequately instructed and trained on the health and safety issues that affect them, and the safe working practices that should be followed. We will ensure the health and safety competence of our sub-contractors and stakeholders.
Behavior and Culture
Senior management will demonstrate leadership in health and safety. Senior management will undertake tours to ensure that health and safety issues are identified, assessed and managed. Systems will be in place and employees will be empowered to raise health and safety concerns with management.