Health & Safety Policy

The Board of Directors of JN Bentley regards the promotion of Health and Safety measures as a mutual objective for management and employees at all levels.  It is therefore this Company’s policy to do all that is reasonably practicable to prevent personal injury, work related ill health and damage to property and to protect everyone from foreseeable work hazards, including the public insofar as they come into contact with the Company or its products.    

The company believes that all accidents, workplace injuries and cases of occupational ill health are preventable. The aim is to promote continual improvement and a zero injuries culture. This will be achieved by raising positive behavioural awareness at all levels throughout the company. Full backing is given to the Quality, Environment and Safety (QES) Department whose function it is to develop strategies, provide assistance and monitor achievement of objectives in support of this policy.

In particular, JN Bentley will:

• Provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions, taking account of prevailing statutory requirements;
• Provide training, instruction and supervision to enable employees to perform their work
  safely and efficiently;
• Ensure that all plant, equipment, tools, personnel protective equipment and safety devices are fit for purpose, maintained and inspected where required to safeguard the safety and health of the user; and
• Maintain a constant and continuing interest in Health and Safety matters applicable to the Company’s activities and for its management to set an example in safe behaviour.

Employees of JN Bentley are expected to co-operate in the operation of this policy by:

• Working safely and efficiently and complying with safe systems of work;
• Using the protective equipment provided and meeting statutory obligations;
• Reporting incidents that have led to, or may lead to, injury, ill health or damage; and by
• Assisting in the investigation of incidents with the objective of jointly developing measures to prevent recurrence.

The Policy, organisation structure and general arrangements will be reviewed at least annually or following any significant changes in QES or company practices. All changes will be endorsed by the Board of Directors.

This policy is available at all times for employees in the electronic document library (CMS) and personal copies are issued to new employees at induction. This policy is also available to other interested parties on request.

This general statement of Company Policy relating to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is supported by full details of the organisation and arrangements currently in operation.

The Company accepts its moral and legal responsibility to protect its personnel from unnecessary suffering resulting from incidents at work and fundamental to this policy is the belief that:

Good health and safety management is just good management.

 

Paul Bentley, Managing Director
April 2007