Health And Safety

Health and Safety Policy Statement

Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

This is the Health and Safety Policy Statement of:

Bristol Wireless Community Co-Operative

Our statement of general policy is:

The Bristol Wireless policy is not only to comply fully with the Health and Safety at Work Act as required by law, but to act positively to prevent injury, ill health damage and loss arising from our activities. Our aim is excellence in health and safety, by means of a continuous improvement of standards, systematically removing the causes of accidents and ill-health.

We undertake to provide adequate control of the health and safety risks arising from our work activities; to consult with our members and volunteers on matters affecting their health and safety; to provide and maintain safe plant and equipment; to ensure safe handling and use of substances; to provide information, instruction and supervision for members and volunteers; to ensure all members and volunteers are competent to do their tasks, and to give them adequate training; to prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health; to maintain safe and healthy working conditions; and to review and revise this policy as necessary at regular intervals.

Date: 08/02/08

Review date: 08/08/08

RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall and final responsibility for health and safety is that of:

Bristol Wireless Directors

Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice is delegated to:

The co-ordinator appointed by the Directors

To ensure health and safety standards are maintained/improved, the following people have responsibility in the following areas

All members and volunteers have to: co-operate with colleagues/outside agencies on health and safety matters; not interfere with anything provided to safeguard their health and safety; take reasonable care of their own health and safety; and report all health and safety concerns to an appropriate person (as detailed in this policy statement).

HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS ARISING FROM OUR WORK ACTIVITIES

Risk assessments will be undertaken by:

• A project manager or director charged with Health & Safety Responsibility*.

The findings of the risk assessments will be reported to:

The Directors

Action required to remove/control risks will be approved by:

The Directors

who will be responsible for ensuring the action required is implemented.

The Directors

will check that the implemented actions have removed/reduced the risks.

Assessments will be reviewed every 6 months or when the work activity changes, whichever is soonest.

CONSULTATION WITH MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers representative(s) is/are:

Sam Rossiter

Consultation is provided by

SAFE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The Directors

will be responsible for identifying all equipment/plant needing maintenance.

The Directors

will be responsible for ensuring effective maintenance procedures are drawn up.

The Directors

will be responsible for ensuring that all identified maintenance is implemented.

Any problems found with plant/equipment should be reported to:

The Directors

who will check that new plant and equipment meets health and safety standards before it is purchased.

SAFE HANDLING AND USE OF SUBSTANCES

The Directors

will be responsible for identifying all substances which need a control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) assessment.

The Directors

will be responsible for undertaking COSHH assessments.

The Directors

will be responsible for ensuring that all actions identified in the assessments are implemented.

The Directors

will be responsible for ensuring that all relevant employees are informed about the COSHH assessments.

The Directors

will check that new substances can be used safely before they are purchased.

The Directors

Assessments will be reviewed every 6 months or when the work activity changes, whichever is soonest.

INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION

The Health and Safety Law poster is displayed at 8 Bannerman Buildings , leaflets are issued by

the Directors

Health and safety advice is available from:

the person appointed by the Directors

Supervision of young workers/trainees will be arranged/undertaken/monitored by:

the person appointed by the Directors

who is responsible for ensuring that our members and volunteers working at locations under the control of other employers, are given relevant health and safety information.

COMPETENCY FOR TASKS AND TRAINING

Induction training will be provided for all members and volunteers by:

the person appointed by the Directors

Job specific training will be provided by:

the person appointed by the Directors

Training records are kept at:

St Werburghs Community centre BS2 9TJ

Training will be identified, arranged and monitored by:

the Directors

ACCIDENTS, FIRST AID AND WORK-RELATED ILL HEALTH

Health surveillance will be arranged by:

the Directors

Health surveillance records will be kept by/at:

The Lab, 8 Bannerman Buildings

The first aid box(es) is/are kept at:

St Werburghs Community centre BS2 9TJ

The appointed person(s)/first aider(s) is/are:

the person(s) appointed by the Directors

All accidents and cases of work-related ill health are to be recorded in the accident book. The book is kept by/at:

St Werburghs Community centre BS2 9TJ

MONITORING

To check our working conditions, and ensure our safe working practices are being followed, we will:

develop monitoring systems appoint a person responsible for monitoring

The Directors

are responsible for investigating accidents.

The Directors

are responsible for investigating work-related causes of sickness absences.

The Directors

are responsible for acting on investigation findings to prevent a recurrence.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, FIRE AND EVACUATION

The Directors

are responsible for ensuring the fire risk assessment is undertaken and implemented.

Escape routes are checked every month :

the person appointed by the Directors

Fire extinguishers are maintained and checked every/by:

the person appointed by the Directors

Alarms are tested every/by:

the person appointed by the Directors

Emergency evacuation will be tested every

6 months