Health and Safety Policy

  1. Statement of intent

This is the health and safety policy statement of Commercial Initiatives Ltd, a small management consultancy specialising in the fields of Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Communications and Information Security. The business employs two people on a full-time basis and one Senior Consultant on a part-time basis. Additional contractors may be called upon from time to time to assist remotely with exercises.

Our health and safety policy is to:

  • prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health
  • manage health and safety risks in our workplace
  • provide clear instructions and information, and adequate training, to ensure employees are competent to carry out their work
  • provide personal protective equipment if deemed necessary
  • consult with our employees on matters affecting their health and safety
  • provide and maintain safe premises and equipment
  • ensure safe handling
  • maintain safe and healthy working conditions
  • implement emergency procedures, including evacuation in case of fire or other significant incident
  • review and revise this policy annually.
  1. Responsibilities for health and safety

Overall and final responsibility for health and safety: David Leigh, Managing Director

Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice: Lucy Leigh, Office Manager

To ensure health and safety standards are maintained/improved, the Office Manager is responsible for safety, risk assessments, accidents and work-related ill health; also for monitoring, accident and ill health investigation, emergency procedures, fire and evacuation, maintaining equipment, information, instruction, supervision and training.

Any temporary or part time staff or visitors should co-operate with supervisors and managers on health and safety matters, take reasonable care of their own health and safety; and report any health and safety concerns to an appropriate person (as detailed above).

  1. Arrangements for health and safety

We will complete relevant risk assessments (e.g. attending conferences and exhibitions) and take necessary action, and will review those risk assessments when working habits or conditions change.

We will give temporary or part time staff and subcontractors health and safety induction and provide appropriate training if required. We will also provide PPE if deemed necessary and will make sure that suitable arrangements are in place for any employees working remotely.

 

 

David Leigh
Managing Director