Part 2 - Responsibilities

Overall and final responsibility for health and safety at R. Swain & Sons Ltd lies with:

R. Swain - Managing Director

In particular he will ensure that:

• The company policy is effectively implemented
• Adequate resources are available for the provision of the appropriate health, safety and welfare.
• Competent persons are nominated to provide assistance on health and safety and external health and safety advice is available and sought as and when necessary.
  

Paul Burridge - Group General Manager

Specific responsibilities:

• Introduce Corporate Policy to ensure Statutory Compliance at all times and that the company policy is effectively implemented.
• Ensure the policy is reviewed regularly and amended as necessary.
• Control the Recruitment and Selection process to assure Safety considerations are met.
• Ensure the adequacy of safety personnel resources and competency to maintain the corporate safety policies.
• Chair Monthly Management Meetings.
• Keep abreast of changes in legislation to ensure compliance.
  

Responsibilities - Location Managers

This is the Depot Manager at Wednesbury, Depot Manager at Manchester, General Manager at Woodville and Operations Manager at Rochester.

Location Managers have a responsibility within their designated workplaces, and for those employees under their responsibility to:

• Ensure that the Safety Arrangements are effectively implemented for all functions and activities under their control.
• Ensures that all employees receive the appropriate H&S Induction training at the start of their employment, inclusive of temporary employees.
• Ensure that all staff receive the appropriate On the Job training, information, supervision and instruction relevant to their duties.
• Ensures that all injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences and near misses are investigated.
• Instigates and controls accident/incident and corrective/preventative action programmes.
• Ensures all arrangements and work practices are effectively applied and reviewed as required.
• Controls the work activity of sub-contractors via pre-work meetings review of Method Statements, issue of work control checklists, permit to work issuance.
• Liase and co-operate with Fire and Safety Representatives.
• Complete and regularly review risk assessments and safe working practices, updating and amending as necessary.
• Ensure the adequacy of safety personnel resources and competency to maintain the corporate safety policies.
• Ensures that Personal Protective Equipment is provided, used and regularly inspected.
• Encourage consultation and staff input on matters relating to health, safety and welfare.
• Distributes and makes available health and safety information.
• Complete monthly Safety inspections.
• Act as Fire Safety co-ordinator.
  

Responsibilities - All Levels of Line Management & Supervisors

• Use all plant and equipment in a safe and correct manner, where necessary using appropriate protective equipment.
• Maintain gangways and access to emergency doors and equipment clear of obstructions
• Report and defects in plant or equipment or any safety hazard or unsafe working practice immediately to the appropriate manager/supervisor.
• Must ensure that equipment, work methods, the workplace and environment is as safe as is reasonably practicable.
• Shall maintain good hygiene standards throughout the location.
• Must investigate and report on all accidents and implement preventative measures.
• Shall attend safety committee meetings when required and consider any representation from employees.
• Take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that their actions or omissions present no health and safety hazard to anyone.
  

Responsibilities - Employees/Temporary Employees & Contractors

All employees have a legal duty to take care of their own health and safety and that of others that may be affected by their acts or omissions. To co-operate with management to achieve a healthy and safe workplace and a duty not to interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Work in accordance with the training and instruction given.
• Follow the safety arrangements and rules established for your work activities.
• Make use of all safety equipment provided.
• Advise your Fire Safety Representative/Supervisor of any safety hazards or deficiencies in the safety arrangements and controls, observed accidents, dangerous occurrences or near misses.
• Not to undertake any task for which authorisation and or training has not been received.
• Ensure you maintain a clean and tidy workplace.
  

Breaches of safety rules or interfering with safety equipment will be treated as serious disciplinary offence.


Responsibilities - Safety Representatives

So as to involve everybody at the workplace the company has established a Health & Safety Committee. Names of the members of the Committee are displayed on Noticeboards.

The purpose of the health and safety committee is:

• To discuss general matters and complaints from employees affecting the health, safety or welfare at work of employees.
• To examine the causes of accidents at the workplace.
• To investigate accidents and discuss potential hazards and dangerous occurrences.
• To make recommendations and representations to management which progress the reduction in accidents and eliminate dangerous practices.
• To promote health and safety throughout the workforce.
• Consider the impact of new legislation and/or new products/work practices.
• Act as Fire Representatives for Fire Drills.
• To carry out the following inspections:
• Inspections of the workplace
• Inspections following notifiable accidents, occurrences and diseases
• Inspections of documents and provisions of information
  

To attend meetings of the Safety Committee.


Are responsible for ensuring that all personnel under their control or visiting areas under their control: