Your health and safety policy statement is the starting point to managing health and safety in the workplace and sets out how you manage health and safety in your organization. It is a unique document that shows who does what; and when and how they do it.

It is the duty of each employee to comply with the company's safety policy and to co-operate with the management of the company to ensure that the work place remains as safe as possible. A health and safety policy statement sets out how you manage health and safety within your workplace. It demonstrates the company's attitude towards health and safety and the steps, arrangements and systems the company has in place to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation. It is important that the policy is specific to your company and the activities that you undertake.

Writing a health and safety policy is more than just a legal requirement. It demonstrates a company's commitment to achieving good health and safety standards. It should also clearly set out what is required by the employee and show that you strive to reduce accidents and ill health within the workplace. The statement is important because it is your basic action plan on health and safety, which all your employees should read, understand and follow. It should ensure good health and safety standards within your workplace, if it is well thought out, has your backing, commands respect and it is thoroughly put into practice.

The Company recognizes that it has a legal duty, to safeguard, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of all staffs at their place of work.

It is the policy of the company to provide healthy and safe working conditions, to ensure that all operations are carried out safely and to work with and involve employees in meeting these two objectives.

Where it is essential to use materials which might give rise to a health and safety hazard, such materials and their method of use and storage will be formally assessed.