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What information needs to be contained in a company Health and safety policy statement
What information needs to be contained in a company Health and safety policy statement?
Under the 1974 Act employers with five or more workers are obliged to provide a written policy with regard to health and safety at work of their employees and the arrangements for carrying out that policy. The policy must include:
- a general statement of policy concerning health and safety
- organisational arrangements for implementing the policy (who does what)
- identification of specific hazards and a statement of methods of safer working practices and risk reduction measures which have been implemented to diminish them (risk assessment)
The information contained within the Health and Safety Policy Statement must be actively brought to the notice of employees.
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