Company Health, Safety and Welfare Policy Statement

It is the policy of Conneely Drylining Limited that all reasonably practicable steps are taken to provide safe and healthy working conditions. That the Health, Safety and Welfare of employees, contractors, suppliers and members of the general public be protected at all times.

Management, supervisory staff and any other employee who authorises work to be carried out at any time, are responsible for ensuring that adequate Health, Safety and Welfare Facilities are made available and implemented.

The Health and Safety at Work Act and all relevant regulations are to be complied with at all times and all employees should contribute towards making work areas as safe as possible by continually appraising working practices and ensuring that the safest possible methods are adopted.

All employees and contractors are expected to provide and maintain safe work places and working environments, safe systems and methods of work without risks to themselves or others and to promote high standards of Health Safety and Welfare.

The operation of the policy will be monitored by the company's health and safety consultants.

Instruction and information on Health, Safety and Welfare matters are contained in the company's health and safety manual. Each department and site office must retain a copy of the manual for the information of those who work on the company premises and sites.

This policy has been approved by the Board of Directors of Conneely Drylining Limited. The Construction Director, Mr Fred Slater, has been appointed to have responsibility for Health, Safety and Welfare, and whom reference should be made in the event of any difficulty arising in the implementation of this policy. It is the duty of everyone to adhere to this policy at all times.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY STATEMENT

Conneely Drylining Limited, in carrying out its operations, recognise the importance of maintaining its operations to ensure the safety of the environment. The company recognises that effective management makes good business sense and will be a fundamental and integral part of our business strategy.

To ensure we achieve these standards, procedures will be implemented to include the following:

• Being aware of how our activities impact upon the environment and seek to minimise adverse effects by means of the best available techniques, not entailing excessive cost, through a policy of health and safety improvement at the workplace, control of pollution and care for the local environment.



• Complying with our legal responsibilities and playing our part in influencing future legislation.



• Conserving the use of resources, particularly those which are scarce or non renewable, including the following:
  
  a) to avoid waste and encourage conservation, re-use and recycling, e.g. chipping, composting and waste disposal management, etc.;
  
  b) to preserve, restore and enhance the built and natural heritage;
  
  c) to encourage the sustainable use of land based resources and certified timber and wood products, e.g. non-sustainable resources - peat, tropical hardwoods;
  
  d) to reduce air, land and water pollution, e.g. toxic chemical sprays, motor exhaust etc.



• Being sensitive to the environmental concerns of our neighbours and the communities through which we operate and responding to them.
• Adopting environmental objectives to continually improve our environmental performance and monitor progress in their achievement.
• Requiring our suppliers and contractors to have a proper regard for our Environmental Policy for the goods and services they provide for us.
• Communicating this policy to our staff, suppliers and customers and seeking their help to implement it.

MONITORING AND REVIEW OF THE COMPANY SAFETY POLICY

1. All employees will be expected to bring to the notice of their immediate supervisor any areas where the Company Policy on Health, Safety and Welfare appears to be inadequate. The suggestions will be passed to the Director responsible for safety for consideration.



2. The Company's Health and Safety Consultants will visit the company sites at regular intervals and will report on any hazards, defects or breaches of Regulations observed at the visit.



3. At twelve monthly intervals, a meeting will be held with the company's Health and Safety Consultants to discuss the accident statistics for the previous months, the performance of the company in accident prevention and compliance with its policy; to establish areas where improvements in company procedures, training etc. could be made and to review and, where necessary, revise the Company Policy for Health, Safety and Welfare.

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