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Contents
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1. Purpose ................................................................................................................... 5
2. Scope ...................................................................................................................... 5
3. Organisational Arrangements – Responsibilities...................................................... 5
3. Key Personnel ......................................................................................................... 6
4. Employer’s Duties ................................................................................................... 6
5. Management Responsibility .................................................................................... 7
6. Employee Responsibility ......................................................................................... 8
7. Golden Rules .......................................................................................................... 9
8. Health and Safety Assistance .................................................................................. 9
8. Safety Objectives .................................................................................................. 10
9. Planning and Organisation .................................................................................... 10
10. Continual Improvement ......................................................................................... 10
11. Control and Monitoring .......................................................................................... 11
12. Information and Training ........................................................................................ 11
13. Stakeholders and Interested Parties ...................................................................... 12
14. Communication ..................................................................................................... 12
15. Procedures ............................................................................................................ 12
16. Safety Representation ........................................................................................... 13
17. Regional / Sector Health and Safety Committees .................................................. 13
18. National Health and Safety Committee .................................................................. 14
19. Risk Assessment ................................................................................................... 14
20. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ................................................................... 15
21. Workplace Injury Reporting and Investigation ........................................................ 15
22. Serious and Imminent Danger ............................................................................... 16
23. Ionising Radiations Regulations ............................................................................ 17
24. Statistical Analysis of Collected Data ..................................................................... 17
25. Data Protection ..................................................................................................... 17
26. Insurance .............................................................................................................. 17
27. Company Liability .................................................................................................. 18
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28. Use of the Company Discipline Code .................................................................... 18
29. Safety Rules .......................................................................................................... 18
30. Suppliers and Contractors ..................................................................................... 18
31. Approved Contractors ........................................................................................... 19
32. Customers ............................................................................................................. 19
33. Visitors .................................................................................................................. 19
34. Management Review ............................................................................................ 19
35. Review and Amendment of This Policy ................................................................. 19
36. Summary ............................................................................................................... 20
37. Company Organisation for Health & Safety ........................................................... 21
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Health and Safety Policy
1. Purpose
This document defines the policy of G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Ltd on matters relating to
health and safety and details the responsibilities and the organisation for implementing and
monitoring the policy.
Because health and safety is fundamental to the effective and profitable running of the
company and the consequential wellbeing of all its employees, this Policy applies to all
employees; be they directors, managers, administrative staff or customer facing staff. All
have duties and obligations in law and under this policy.
Detailed statements reflecting legislation are contained in the following paragraphs.
Instruction and guidance for employees, covering a range of activities can be found on the
company’s Intranet ‘Link Up’ found at the url shown in the footnote1. This site contains the
G4S Secure Solutions (UK)’s Safety Management System Manual, detailed procedures and
processes, documents or policies specific to Site/Activity/Assignment which are issued to the
relevant Manager and their subordinates and also in relevant Safety Instructions.
The current version of any document within the company’s health and safety management
system is that which is currently located on Link Up. Existing arrangements will be utilised
for the review of specific events, with a view to the development of corrective or preventative
actions.
This Policy can be found on Link up at:
http://linkup/Interact/Pages/Content/Attachment.aspx?id=78
and it can also be obtained by all employees on ESS at:
https://ess.myg4s.com/servlet/CheckSecurity/JSP/sse_g7/sse_g7_p3_det.jsp?id=112.00000000
2. Scope
This policy is applicable to all businesses forming G4S Secure Solutions (UK), including the
following legal entities:
G4S Aviation Services (UK) Ltd Reg. No. 02837136 G4S Security Services (UK) Ltd Reg. No. 02380900 G4S Gurkha Services (UK) Ltd Reg No. 06304482 And G4S Fire and Security Systems, a trading name of G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Ltd.
3. Organisational Arrangements – Responsibilities
As a responsible company and employer, G4S recognises its health and safety
responsibilities and duties as defined under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and
1 http://linkup/Interact/Pages/Section/MainTwoColumnsLeft.aspx?homepage=0§ion=1980
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subsequent Acts, Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP’s) and where applicable,
relevant industry standards, such as BS 7499.
To help attain and maintain appropriate standards of health, safety and welfare for its
employees and workers, the company seeks to always work in accordance with the
internationally recognised health and safety management standard OHSAS18001 for which
the company was first certificated in 2009 [certificate number 16005].
3. Key Personnel
In recognition of these duties and responsibilities, the HR Director has been appointed the
Executive Director with especial responsibility for Health & Safety and will be responsible for
ensuring that health and safety is given due prominence within Board discussion and
decisions and for ensuring that the company’s Board allocates adequate resources for
health and safety throughout the company. The HR Director will ensure that arrangements
are in place to keep the Company’s employees updated on changes in relevant legislation,
Regulations and appropriate British Standards affecting them and to ensure compliance with
same.
The Company’s nominated Health and Safety Advisor (The National Health, Safety &
Environmental Advisor [NHSEA]) will be available to advise on such matters as changes in
requirements of health and safety legislation, the performance and methods of compliance
and the use of best practises within the industry.
4. Employer’s Duties
It will always be the company’s intention to comply with all its legal obligations, in particular
its duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health
and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. In particularly, so far as is reasonably practicable, it
will eliminate significant risks to all employees at work and will also ensure that all necessary
arrangements are in place to carry out this and other duties under the regulations,
principally: -
a. Procedures for planning, controlling and reviewing safety measures;
b. Appointment of suitably qualified ‘competent persons’;
c. Evacuation procedures in cases of serious and imminent danger e.g. fire, explosion etc.;
d. Information to employees regarding these arrangements and procedures; and
e. Appropriate health and safety training of employees.
To assist management in ensuring that it is both aware of what legislation is applicable and
to what extent, the company’s Health and Safety Advisor will ensure that systems are in
place to alert the business to changes in applicable legislation and the issue of new
legislation. To meet the above requirement, the company’s NHSEA currently subscribes to
the Health and Safety Executive’s weekly e-mail update bulletin, available from hsegeneral-
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[email protected], the HAS’s equivalent and other electronic and printed
material.
The NHSEA will also ensure that a register of Applicable Legislation is maintained. This
may be produced internally or by external consultants.
5. Management Responsibility
Managers are responsible for ensuring that this safety policy is implemented within their own
departments or spheres of operation. Managers must monitor their workplace to ensure that
safe conditions are maintained. Where risks are identified the manager must ensure that
these are rectified, so far as is reasonably practicable. Management duties include the
following:
ensure appropriate levels of resource are allocated to H&S matters;
provide and maintain a safe place of work, safe systems of work, safe equipment and
machinery for work and a safe work environment;
provide their staff with such information and instruction as may be necessary to ensure
the health and safety at work of their employees and also ensure compliance with
relevant legislation;
ensure that where staff use equipment, they are suitably trained to use that equipment
safely;
ensure that where staff are provided with personal protective equipment [PPE], they are
trained in how to use or wear it correctly and safely, how to care for their equipment and
that staff are aware of how to request / order replacement equipment;
understand and implement all company health and safety policies and procedures
relevant to their area of responsibility;
ensure new employees are given appropriate induction training to include relevant local
(and where applicable), national emergency, first aid and accident reporting procedures;
to allow their staff to join trade unions and become Union Safety Representatives. If they
belong to a union with which the company has a Recognition Agreement, to then stand
for election and attend Consultation Committee meetings;
ensure safety and absence of health risks in connection with the use, handling, storage
and transport of articles and substances;
identify, manage and communicate, by means of the risk assessment process, hazards
associated with their staff’s working environment;
carry out any health and safety assessments, audits and inspections as required;
be responsible for good housekeeping and ensure that defects and unsafe conditions are
promptly reported and rectified;
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appoint competent personnel to ensure compliance with statutory duties;
provide employees with health surveillance, where necessary; and
to promote awareness and understanding of health and safety throughout their
workforce;
6. Employee Responsibility
All employees of the Company must agree, as a term of their contract of employment, to
comply with their individual duties under sections 7 and 8 of the Health and Safety at Work
Act 1974 and Regulation 14 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
1999 in that they will:
Make themselves familiar with and conform to this Health and Safety Policy and relevant
procedures at all times;
take reasonable care of their own health and safety;
consider the safety of other persons who may be affected by what they do or don’t do;
work in accordance with information and training provided;
refrain from intentionally or recklessly interfering with anything that has been provided for
health and safety purposes;
immediately report any hazardous defects in plant and equipment, or shortcomings in
existing safety arrangements to their manager or another responsible person;
not to undertake any task for which authorisation and/or training has not been given;
co-operate with G4S Secure Solutions to allow them to carry out their health and safety
duties towards the employee;
report all workplace injuries to company employees, to the company’s Control Room(s).
Wherever possible, this should be as soon after the incident as possible and by
telephone;
to report all serious threats of violent aggression or injury to themselves or other
company employees;
never put themselves in a situation that could cause injury to themselves or others; and
inform any visitor / contractor under their control of emergency procedures and relevant
hazards.
Failure by an employee to comply with the Company’s Health & Safety Policy or associated
procedures may result in disciplinary action. Serious breaches of this Health and Safety
Policy, company safety rules or safety procedures by an employee will be viewed as gross
misconduct and may result in summary dismissal.
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7. Golden Rules
The company has introduced 12 Golden Rules (see figure 6. below) which are applicable
globally, across all activities and applicable to all employees and those who undertake
services on our behalf. Breaching any of the Golden Rules will have consequence.
Fig 1.0 G4S Golden rules of safety
Golden Rule 1: Review all risks associated with each task before starting
Golden Rule 2: Understand your safety responsibilities and report all unsafe acts and conditions
Golden Rule 3: Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Golden Rule 4: Obtain authorisation before entering a confined space
Golden Rule 5: Treat every firearm as loaded
Golden Rule 6: Check your vehicle before driving
Golden Rule 7: Always wear a seat belt
Golden Rule 8: Do not speed
Golden Rule 9: Always wear a helmet and high visibility equipment when riding a motorcycle
Golden Rule 10: Do not work or drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs
Golden Rule 11: Take a short break if required
Golden Rule 12: Never use a hand-held mobile telephone whilst driving
8. Health and Safety Assistance
Competent person(s) have been appointed to assist the company in meeting its health and
safety obligations. These people have sufficient knowledge and information to ensure that
appropriate advice and guidance can be given to Directors, managers and staff; to give
guidance on how statutory provisions are to be met and to monitor adherence to the safety
policy.
They are: -
The National Health and Safety Advisor (NHSEA)
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The H&S Manager within G4S Fire & Security Systems
The above competent people are supported by operational managers and staff with formal
H&S qualifications, and individuals within specific higher risk contracts, that have a
dedicated contract specific responsibility.
8. Safety Objectives
In recognition of the company’s declared Values and in particular “Performance - we
challenge ourselves to improve performance year-on-year and to create long-term
sustainability” and the “Safety First” value:
Due to the nature of some of the services provided by the company, it must be appreciated
that risk cannot be entirely removed, but the company will always endeavour to minimise
those risks and to that end, a year on year reduction in RIDDOR Reportable injury frequency
rates and in particular the most serious RIDDOR Specified (Major) Injury frequency rates will
be the company’s overarching H&S objective. The company’s primary H&S targets are:
To reduce the violent injury specified injury frequency rate by 10% per annum
To reduce the slip/trip/fall specified injury frequency rate by 10% per annum
Success against these targets will be published monthly in the Management Systems
Review Group report which is issued to the Groups members and the EXCOM.
The company will also publish leading and lagging indices, which are published to the
management and EXCOM. The measurement period for H&S key performance indicators
[KPI’s] will be a rolling 12 month period.
9. Planning and Organisation
The Company has established both a management structure and arrangements for the
effective delivery of this Policy through its Operational and Non Operational Management
structures. Managers will be provided with instruction training and information on the
systematic approach to implementing the company’s Safety Management System and this
Policy.
The company will have in place appropriate systems and procedures to assess and control
risks to which employees and other people may be exposed to, due to the development or
deployment of new or novel products and services, or through the deployment of services at
new locations.
10. Continual Improvement
The company will always strive to reduce and if possible eliminate adverse events which
affect our employees, people who work for us or those who might be affected by our
activities. To this end, all adverse events will be investigated and wherever reasonably
practicable the identified potential improvements (designed to eliminate repetition) will be
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implemented locally and if appropriate, published to the wider business via the H&S Update
process. This may include being published internationally via the Group Head of Safety.
Also, where technological change may allow improvements in safety or health, they will be
reviewed for suitability and if practicable implemented.
11. Control and Monitoring
Standards will be established within this Policy, other policies or procedures for relevant
environments and activities.
Performance will be measured against those standards and if shortcomings are revealed,
measures will be taken to ensure these are remedied and that the organisation learns from
the experience and continues to improve its performance.
Safety Representatives will be consulted as part of this process.
To improve the accountability and awareness of H&S within operational units, performance
indicators [both leading and lagging] will be developed and used within the company’s
normal operational / commercial review process – the Monthly Business Review.
12. Information and Training
All employees will be provided with comprehensible information on the health, safety and
welfare matters that are relevant to their duties and place of work. Training will be provided
for all employees to enable them to carry out their duties in a safe and responsible manner.
The HR Director will ensure that processes are in place to ensure all personnel who would
require information on the range of hazards identified are apprised of the necessary detail
prior to the commencement of work with the Company. This will include contractors and any
person who may lawfully enter onto Company premises.
All employees will undertake appropriate induction training upon commencing employment
with the company and such induction training will include relevant health and safety training.
Assignment specific training requirements will be detailed within site specific training
matrices as part of the Assignment Instructions.
Operational Management Training
All new operational managers on either joining the company or on taking up their first
managerial position are required to successfully complete the company’s mandatory
Management Health & Safety Training course.
New managers are also expected to undertake and where necessary, pass, any additional
safety training identified as required in their Job Descriptions. This additional training will be
required due to the nature of risks present at the sites they will be expected to manage and
will be in line with the relevant syllabi of either the Institute of Safety and Health (IOSH), the
British Safety Council (BSC) or the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and
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Health (NEBOSH). The specific level of training required and the course provider will be
determined by the company's NHSEA.
Managers will also be required to undertake relevant H&S e-Learning modules from the
prevailing provider. The range of modules required will be defined for the specific
managerial role, by the NHSEA.
13. Stakeholders and Interested Parties
The company has procedures in place to allow this policy and other information or
documentation to be made available to people or organisations requesting it.
The principle route for requests for information will be via the company’s Communications
Department (see process SSHSE-PRO-019).
Where the communication from an interested party is in the form of a complaint, the NHSEA
will ensure that the complaint is resolved within a reasonable period of time [bearing in mind
the severity of the issue], in line with the company Complaints Handling Procedure
(Standard Company Procedure SSCAD-SCP-009). They will maintain a register of such
complaints, detailing whether corrective or preventive action was required, if it was – what
was done and the date the issue was closed off.
14. Communication
The principle route for communication and implementation of the Company’s Health and
Safety Policy will be through the Company’s Health and Safety Committees.
This Policy and the Company’s Health and Safety Policy Statement will be available on the
company’s Intranet and the employee portal, ESS. The Policy Statement will be displayed in
prominent positions in all Company offices. Further, it will either be included within site
based Assignment Instructions or by other means brought to the attention of all employees
working on client sites or property.
15. Procedures
The current system for on-going formal communication and consultation in relation to health
and safety matters between management and the employee, is via the company’s Safety
Committees, but health, safety or welfare issues of an urgent nature identified by employees
should be raised directly with the employee’s line manager.
Staff side members of the company’s Local or National Negotiating Committees, within
which the H&S Committees meet, or any of their members will provide an avenue through
which any health and safety concerns identified by employees may be raised for more formal
discussion, whether they emanate from risk assessments or other routes.
Whilst the normal communication channel will take place between senior and line
management, the Company has detailed the NHSEA as the senior manager with special
responsibility for the implementation and operation of the risk assessment process.
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The company’s NHSEA will be provided with the necessary training and resources to ensure
the proper operation of this process.
16. Safety Representation
G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Ltd. has a recognition agreement with the GMB Union. When
referring to ‘Safety Representatives’ or ‘Representatives of employee safety’ this policy
refers to both Union appointed Safety Representatives and company appointed
representative but the phrase Safety Representative will be used throughout this document,
and will be construed to mean either.
The Company undertakes to consult with safety representatives over issues relating to
health, safety and welfare and to provide the information they require in order to carry out
their functions.
Safety representatives are required to make representation on potential hazards, dangerous
occurrences and on general matters affecting the health and safety at work of the groups of
employees they represent. They also represent these groups in consultation with health and
safety inspectors.
Safety representatives are required to give the Company reasonable notice of their intention
to carry out inspections, to provide written reports following such inspections and to follow
Company procedures when disputes over health and safety issues arise.
Safety committees will meet regularly and will consist of both employer and employee
representatives and will be chaired by a person with executive power who can act upon the
decisions reached by the committee.
17. Regional / Sector Health and Safety Committees
The aims of the health and safety committees are; to improve the company’s health and
safety performance, to reduce the number of injuries and accidents, reduce the number and
severity of risks to which employees are exposed and to encourage and foster a positive
safety culture with all staff committed to working safely.
Issues with company wide implications raised at Local Negotiating Committees (LNC’s) will
be brought to the attention of appropriate line management via the NHSEA.
LNC’s will meet at their constituted frequency, but not less than twice per year and additional
members may be co-opted as and when necessary.
Minutes of meetings will be recorded and shall be made available to employees within the
Region / Sector and a copy shall be sent to the NHSEA.
The senior executive manager of the relevant health and safety committee will be charged
with responsibility for implementing changes that the Health and Safety Committee
collectively decides upon.
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18. National Health and Safety Committee
The company’s National Health and Safety Committee will be held as part of the National
Negotiating Committee (NNC) and will meet in accordance with its constitution. The
committee will meet at least once per year and additional members may be co-opted as and
when necessary.
The aims and objectives of the NNC are detailed in the formal recognition agreement
reached between G4S and the GMB, a copy of which can be obtained on request.
Minutes of meetings will be recorded and shall be made available to employees and a copy
shall be sent to the NHSEA.
19. Risk Assessment
The company will ensure risk assessments are carried out on the tasks and duties
undertaken by its employees, workers and canine operatives. Where significant risks are
identified, these are to be recorded. Where only trivial risks are identified, the act of
assessment is to be recorded but the details of the assessment need not be.
Risk assessments are to be carried out by competent persons who may be client staff,
external consultants, company Supervisors, Managers or in some instances front line staff
e.g. Plant Protection Officers carrying out dynamic risk assessments while tackling a fire but
the primary responsibility for ensuring that assignments have both suitable and sufficient risk
assessments rests with Operational Management who will ensure that their management
teams undertake those assessments that are within their competence.
The company will ensure that it has appropriate and adequate resources, procedures &
processes in place to allow a suitable assessment of risk to be carried out; to ensure
assessments are appropriately reviewed and when / where required, the identified controls
are implemented.
Where required or necessary, the company will co-operate with its customers, statutory duty
holders or others in the assessment of risks to protect the safety of its own workers and
others who may be effected by its activities. The company expects and requires customers
to reciprocate and assist the company, when required to do so, to eliminate or reduce risk
exposure.
All controls identified by risk assessment for the elimination or reduction of risk will be
implemented by the company (so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so) to maintain the
health, safety and welfare of its workers and others.
Generic risk assessments may be used for Patrol & Response (P&R) assignments, where
significant site specific hazards have not been identified or reported. The standard operating
methods of P&R are such that typically encountered significant hazards are managed and
controlled by routine, so long as workers follow those methods at all times.
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Risk assessments applicable to the duties undertaken within some contracts may be based
upon a generic template, but shall be modified within a reasonable period of time to include
site specific information and significant hazards & risks.
Where generic risk assessments are utilised they shall be reviewed for continuing
applicability and suitability at least annually and all such reviews will be recorded.
20. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The company will provide PPE where it has been identified as required by company risk
assessment, client rule or subordinate company policy. Prior to the issue of some types of
PPE, the requesting manager must consult with the NHSEA (see risk assessment 09-05-01
PPE).
Canine units will be supplied with PPE, where risks of harm exist which cannot be managed
to a reasonable level by other means.
21. Workplace Injury Reporting and Investigation
In recognition of its duties (in the UK) under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) Regulations, the Company has a system (see process
SSHSE-PRO-005-006) for reporting incidents and injuries, both internally and to relevant
enforcing authorities.
The defined process requires the employee, their colleagues or Supervisor / Manager to
report any injury to the Company’s National Control Centre (NCC). Once provided with the
required information, the NCC will escalate the incident to the necessary level of
management, according to predefined Control Room Escalation Procedures.
Failure by employees to report required incidents or for Control Room staff to incorrectly
follow their escalation procedures may be viewed as a breach of this Policy and may result
in disciplinary action. Serious breaches of this Policy may be viewed by the Company as
gross misconduct and may result in summary dismissal.
To comply with the Company’s statutory duty to maintain an Accident Book (BI 510), the
NCC will record workplace injury information in an appropriate format and make it available
for inspection by Inspectors of the HSE or other enforcing authorities.
The company will also maintain systems and procedures to allow employees to report near
miss and threat of violence, incidents.
It is the responsibility of line management to investigate injuries or near miss incidents to
their staff. Dependent upon the severity / seriousness of an incident, an investigation team
may be set up by the company’s NHSEA, which will operate in accordance with the Incident
Investigation Procedure (SSCHS-SOP-001-003).
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Loaned Staff
In instances where staff are loaned between operating units or managers and are injured, it
is the responsibility of the manager with the immediate day to day control of the loaned
employee (at the time of injury) who will have prime responsibility for reporting and
investigating the injury or near miss.
Absent Managers
When a manager is covering the duties of an absent colleague e.g. they are on leave, it is
the responsibility of the manager covering the duty to report and investigate any injury to an
employee of the absent manager.
Fatalities & Life Threatening Injuries
If a fatality were to occur, it is imperative that the company’s escalation procedures are
followed (see process SSHSE-PRO-018-001), to ensure that;
Directors of the company are made aware of the incident at the earliest opportunity;
the Company’s crisis communications process is followed;
that the Group General Executive Council (GEC) is advised of the incident within 24
hours (by the Regional MD) and as the investigation develops, the corrective and
preventative measures put in place;
appropriate and necessary support is provided promptly to those affected by the
incident.
The same shall apply to incidents that although not resulting in a fatality, result in life
changing physical or psychiatric injury.
These processes will apply equally to incidents which involve employees, workers and
others, if potentially caused by G4S’ staff or actions.
Failure to report and / or investigate incidents or injuries may result in the application of the
company’s discipline code.
Canine Security
Incidents which result in injury to any security dog working for the company (either owned or
contracted) shall be fully investigated by the Canine Security Business and a copy of their
report will be forwarded to the NHSEA.
22. Serious and Imminent Danger
The Company recognises its responsibilities under Regulation 8 of the Management of
Health and Safety at Work Regulations, in that it will have appropriate procedures
established and in place to be followed in the event of serious and imminent danger, within
premises where the Company is the duty holder.
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The Company expects and requires it’s Customers and Clients, on whose premises and
property our employees work, to also have appropriate procedures in place and (where
applicable) to periodically test these.
In situations where identified risks of serious or imminent danger remain unresolved, they
will be escalated to successively higher levels of management (within the Company and its
Customer) in an attempt to reach agreement on appropriate controls. Where this process
does not result in agreement being reached, the issue will be raised at Executive Board level
via the Company’s National Health & Safety Advisor and the HR Director.
Where necessary, the Board may decide to terminate contracts if the residual risks are found
to be intolerable.
23. Ionising Radiations Regulations
The Company recognises its obligations and duties under the Ionising Radiations
Regulations. The Company has consulted a Radiological Protection Advisor, will appoint
trained local Radiation Protection Supervisors and provide training and information for staff.
24. Statistical Analysis of Collected Data
To assist the company in learning from adverse incidents, collected data will be analysed to
identify trends, to assist management in making informed decisions, to support the general
commercial activities of the company e.g. to answer health and safety questions within
tenders, to provide information to enforcing authorities, stakeholders and other organisations
or bodies for whom it would be beneficial for the company to cooperate with.
The company currently classifies adverse incident severity in accordance with guidelines
published by the HSE and is in line with RIDDOR reporting requirements.
25. Data Protection
Where analytical data or information may be passed onto third parties, any personal data /
information which would allow that party to identify individuals [from the information / data
provided] will be deleted, removed or rendered unreadable in whatever format the analysis
or data would be presented to the third party.
The company will ensure that relevant sections of the Information Commissioner’s
publication “Employment Practices Data Protection Code” are followed.
26. Insurance
In recognition of its statutory and common law duties, the Company has taken out insurance,
with an approved insurer, against liability for death, injury and/or disease suffered by any of
its employees and arising out of and in the course of employment, provided that it was
caused by the negligence and/or breach of statutory duty on the part of the Company.
Copies of the current Certificate of Employers Liability Insurance shall be prominently
displayed within company offices so as to be available for inspection at all reasonable times
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by employees and Health and Safety Inspectors. The Certificate shall also be available on
the Company’s Intranet and also via the employee portal ESS.
27. Company Liability
Prime responsibility for health and safety lies with the Regional Managing Director of the
Company and the EXCOM and the Company regards itself bound by any acts and/or
omissions of the Managing Director, any Executive Director or senior manager, giving rise to
liability. A proviso must exist that such acts and/or omissions must arise out of or in the
course of Company business, and that prosecution of any Director or senior manager shall
not prevent further prosecution against the Company.
28. Use of the Company Discipline Code
The Company’s Discipline Code can and should be used to ensure enforcement of this
Policy and the Company’s other health and safety policies, Codes of Practice, risk
assessments, method statements, guidance and instructions.
Persistent breaches or a single serious breach of health and safety rules or instructions by
an individual may result in their dismissal, in line with the company’s Discipline Code.
Use of the Discipline Code shall apply equally to executive, management and non
management staff.
29. Safety Rules
Company safety rules will be issued to all contractors and will be clearly stated in contractual
arrangements together with any special health and safety requirements.
In shared workplaces the Company will make arrangements for the exchange of all relevant
information arising from risk assessments and emergency procedures, particularly steps
required to protect contractors’ employees from other contractors and the occupier’s
undertakings in the workplace.
30. Suppliers and Contractors
The HR Director, on advice from the NHSEA, shall ensure that suitable policies and
procedures are in place to effectively manage the activities of suppliers and contractors.
Local management will ensure that the provided polices are implemented and that the
activities of contractors are carried out in a safe manner.
The NHSEA will verify that the policies and procedures are sufficient to plan, co-ordinate,
control and monitor the activities of contracted companies to effectively minimise the risks
presented to; our employees and workers, other persons on site and (where applicable) the
general public.
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31. Approved Contractors
The Company will only use contractors who have proved themselves able to discharge their
primary responsibility to safeguard both their employees and other persons who may be
affected by their undertakings.
The approval process may include formal assessment or audit of the contractors’ safety
record, policies, procedures, method statements and other documentation as may be
deemed appropriate at the time and may include formal audit.
32. Customers
In recognition of the Company’s duties under s.6 of the Health and Safety at Work Act the
Company will supply services, machinery and / or parts which, so far as is reasonably
practicable, are safe for normal operational use and free from foreseeable health and
hygiene risks to customers. To that end the Company will provide customers on an on-going
basis with all necessary information relating to new and existing health and safety risks.
33. Visitors
In recognition of the Company’s duties towards the general public and all lawful visitors to
the Company’s premises, the Company regards the extent of its duties as compatible with
sections 2 and 5 of the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
and 1984.
In particular where visitors are under a statutory duty to wear personal protective equipment
or otherwise take reasonable precautions for their own health and safety, failure to do so will
be regarded as a breach of the Company Policy, entitling the Company to take such
sanctions and measures as it considers appropriate, including requiring visitors to leave its
premise’s.
34. Management Review
The Management Review function is undertaken by the Management Systems Review
Group (MSRG), which is composed of the Company COO, the Head of Risk, Compliance &
Assurance (HRCA), the Knowledge & Information Manager (KIM), the NHSEA, and other
business Heads as is appropriate. The MSRG will meet biannually and a summary report is
periodically published by the RCA Team and issued to the MSRG members and EXCOM.
35. Review and Amendment of This Policy
This policy will be formally reviewed biennially by the NHSEA, the HRCA and HR Director. Any
identified amendments will be brought to the MSRG, National H&S Committee meeting(s) and
EXCOM for ratification and final approval by the Regional MD.
At any other time, if an urgent alteration was required arising from changes to or amendments
of; legislation, company policy or structural change, the approval of the Regional MD, HR
Director, HRCA, the NHSEA and the chair of the NNC will be required. The amended policy
would be brought to the next EXCOM and NNC meeting for formal ratification.
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36. Summary
This policy has been prepared in furtherance of Section 2(3) of the Health and Safety at
Work etc. Act 1974 and binds all managers and employees in the interests of themselves,
other employees, visitors and customers.
We request that our customers and visitors respect this policy, a copy of which can be
obtained on demand.
Doug Hewitson December 2015
UK&I Regional Managing Director
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37. Company Organisation for Health & Safety
Regional Managing Director MD - Overall Responsibility for H&S w ithin the Company.
Executive
Committee
Members
H R Director (Director w ith special
responsibility for H&S)
HR Director - Director w ith especial responsibility for H&S.
Executive Committee Members - responsible for
ensuring implementation of H&S requirements w ithin their
area of responsibility
Management
Systems Review
Group
Selected GMB Senior Safety
Representatives & National
Officers (National Consultative Committee)
Head of Risk & Compliance(HS&E Advisors line manager)
Management Systems Review Group - The body
responsible for formally review ing the effectiveness of the
company's management systems.
Head of HR - Development of HR Policies
Line Manager
Senior GMB Safety
Representative (Regional Consultative Committee)
Compliance ManagerG4S Fire & Security Systems
Line Managers - Responsibility for ow n Staff.
National HS&E Advisor - Company's designated Competent
Person.
GMB Safety Representatives
They w ill also act as a local point of contact on H&S issues.
ALL EMPLOYEES
National Health, Safety &
Environmental Advisor
Region / Area
H&S Co-ordinators