It is the policy of Paddy Burke Builders Ltd. to provide a safe and healthy work environment for all our employees and to meet our duties to clients, contractors and members of the public who may be affected by our operations. The management at Paddy Burke Builders continuously strive to ensure that company health and safety practices meet and exceed the relevant statutory provisions and legal requirements, codes of practice and best industry practices. This is underlined by our membership of the National Irish Safety Organisation, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and our continuing maintenance of a OHSAS 18000:2007 safety system.
We at Paddy Burke Builders Ltd will:
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Ensure that arrangements are in place for the effective planning, development and review of this policy statement.
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Ensure that the appropriate systems are developed and maintained for the effective communication of health and safety matters throughout the organisation.
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Provide the necessary information, instruction and training to employees and others, including temporary staff to ensure their competence with respect to health and safety.
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Consider health and safety rules are equal in importance to all other business functions and will therefore attach equal importance to achieving health and safety targets.
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Devote the necessary resources in the form of finance, equipment, personnel and time to ensure health and safety. The assistance of expert help will be sought where the necessary skills are not available within the company.
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Liaise and work with all necessary persons to ensure health and safety. The company will ensure that adequate arrangements are in place for ensuring the health and safety of visitors to places of work.
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Constantly improve health and safety standards and performance. We will, to this end, endeavour to ensure that all-relevant statutes, regulations, and codes of practice are complies with. The minimum standards that will be adopted by the company are those required by law, although the company will always seek to exceed these where there is a demonstrable benefit.
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Recognise that safety is the responsibility of everyone within the organisation and is not just a function of management. Managers will have specific duties and responsibilities to comply with the letter and spirit of company policy. Employees will have specific responsibilities to take reasonable care of themselves and others who could be affected by their activities and to co-operate with management in achieving the standards required. The company will monitor their performance along with their other duties.
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ensure that health and safety is fully integrated into the
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Management and decision-making processes within the organisation.
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Maintain a system to ensure that accidents and ‘near misses’ are fully investigated and appropriate action taken to reduce the likelihood of their reoccurrence.
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Maintain procedures ensure that safe equipment and plant are provided for employees.