The Health and Safety Committee will meet three times a year and include the Housing Director who will chair the meeting, Senior Managers/Directors and the employee representative.
The committee meeting allows the Group to discuss with managers and the employee safety representative matters which may affect employees and resident's health and safety.
The committee meeting will consider items such as:
Statistics on reported accidents, ill health and sickness absence (where related to work activities).
Accident and incident investigations and subsequent action taken or to be taken. Where accidents are discussed, the aim is to prevent them happening in the future and not to give blame to the person or persons involved. The committee will look at facts in an impartial way, consider what precautions might be taken, recommend appropriate actions and monitor progress.
Visits from the enforcing authorities and feedback received.
Issues raised in risk assessments and action or decisions to be made including residential risk assessments.
Compliance and statutory inspections for residential properties updates.
Health and safety training arranged, attended and suggestions for training.
Changes to the workplace or processes including policy and procedures, introduction of new technology which may impact on employees.
Areas for improvement.
Employees are encouraged to contact the staff representative, Housing Director or their Line Manager in order that any health and safety concerns they have can be raised within the committee meeting.
This is an overview only of the health and safety arrangements in place at Hastoe. In-depth safe working procedures, detailed policies and procedures for employees are located on the Intranet under Health and Safety.
It is the policy of the Group to comply with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These regulations require that a suitable and sufficient risk assessment be carried out to: