Health & Safety
At Dave Cottle Civil Engineering Ltd, we are dedicated to acting responsibly and with due diligence to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of our workforce.
Health & Safety is at the forefront of all planning works and is a fundamental part of our business. We pride ourselves on our safe methods of working and keeping our workplace as safe as feasibly possible. Our commitment to working safely in an environment free of incidents and injuries is promoted by our management team and is adhered to by our entire organisation.
Our Health & Safety Policy Statement
- To safeguard the health, safety and welfare of all employees whilst at work and to provide, so far as is reasonably practicable, working environments that are safe and without risk to health by effectively managing risk through the progressive identification, elimination, reduction and communication at every stage in the life of each project or operation
- To conduct undertakings in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that people not in our employment, but who may be affected by our operations, are not exposed to risks
- To meet relevant legislative requirements pertaining to Health & Safety, which apply to our undertakings. These requirements will be regarded as minimum standards
- To provide and develop an organisation with clearly defined responsibilities, which actively supports risk management and promotes the involvement of all members of the organisation, including any sub-contractors, in the practice of progressive improvement in Health & Safety Management
- To promote the involvement of employees and sub-contractors in Health & Safety Management
- To use a hazard identification and risk assessment system and carry out operations using appropriate methods once hazards and risks have been identified
- To ensure employees are competent to carry out the tasks allocated to them
- To provide information on risks and the appropriate preventative/protective measures to all employees involved or affected by our operations
- To provide adequate training to employees for the tasks required of them
- To bring the contents of this policy to the attention of all employees
- To review and update this policy either annually or following significant change to meet new legislation and business developments, and to formalise improvements in our Health & Safety Management
