Goals
This policy:
- Shows the commitment of SJMT’s management and workers to health and safety.
- Aims to remove or reduce the risks to the health, safety and welfare of all workers, contractors and visitors, and anyone else who may be affected by our business operations.
- Aims to ensure all work activities are done safely.
Responsibilities
Management (the supervisor and / or manager) is responsible for providing and maintaining:
- A safe working environment.
- Safe systems of work.
- Plant and substances in safe condition.
- Facilities for the welfare of workers.
- Information, instruction, training and supervision that is reasonably necessary to ensure that each worker is safe from injury and risks to health.
- A commitment to consult and co-operate with workers in all matters relating to health and safety in the workplace.
- A commitment to continually improve our performance through effective safety management.
Workers are responsible for:
- Ensuring their own personal health and safety, and that of others in the workplace.
- Complying with any reasonable directions (such as safe work procedures, wearing personal protective equipment) given by management for health and safety.
- Not misuse or interfere with anything provided for health and safety
- Report all accidents and incidents on the job immediately, no matter how trivial
- Report all known or observed hazards to their supervisor or manager.
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