Health & Safety Policy
Health and Safety
The general well-being of every person involved in our
activities is of paramount importance; this includes our own personnel,
our clients and all visitors to our client's premises.
Our Health and Safety procedures are well documented and include a Health and Safety Policy, generic and site specific risk assessments for both specified cleaning activities and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH).
We operate a colour coding system for all clothes and mops and where appropriate our staff are provided with the necessary PPE protection. Our machinery is regularly checked to see that it complies with the Electricity at Work Regulations and is PAT tested annually.
Our staff receive an induction at the commencement of their employment which includes basic training in the aspects of Health and Safety and COSHH that is applicable to their job. This training becomes more detailed for certain types of contract where specific risks have been identified. These situations would include hospitals and surgeries, laboratories, high level work, lifting and heavy machinery, toxic chemicals, drilling and welding, loud noise etc.
We are proud of our record to date and are determined to maintain it.
Insurance
As you would expect from a professional company T.C.S
carries extensive insurance - our standard cover for Employer's Liability
is £20m and £10m for Public and Products Liability - and
our staff are all fidelity guaranteed and insured to hold keys and
alarm codes.
Our policy is available for inspection and any additional special risks can be catered for.
Health and Safety Policy Statement
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (The Act) places a duty on every employer and, as often as may be appropriate to revise, a written statement of his general policy with respect to the health and safety at work of his employees and the organisation and arrangements for carrying out that policy and to bring the statement to the notice of all employees. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 1989 (COSHH) also requires the employer to protect employees from all substances deemed as being Hazardous to Health.
The Company Policy
It is Total Cleaning Services policy so far as it is reasonably practicable:
a) to provide and maintain places of work under its control in condition
that are safe and without risk to health, together with adequate facilities
and arrangements for first aid and welfare.
b) to conduct its business in an organised and responsible
manner and to adopt systems of work that preserve the health of its
employees and other persons arising out of business activities.
c) to provide lines of communication to enable employees
to co-operate in promoting and developing effective measures to ensure
their safety at work.
d) to give information, instruction, training and supervision
as necessary to ensure its employees are aware of their responsibilities
under the Act.
e) to ensure that all plant and equipment is delivered
on site in a safe working condition and is regularly checked in accordance
with the health and safety handbook.
f) to make available personal protective clothing and
equipment for employees whose occupation or work place is likely to
be hazardous , in accordance with C.O.S.H.H
The Employees Responsibility
The Act requires that employees while at work:
a) shall take responsible care for the health and safety of themselves
and of all other persons who may be affected by their acts or ommissions
at work.
b) shall co-operate with their employer in all safety,
health and welfare matters and maintain their place of work and all
equipment in a tidy and safe condition.
c) shall not interfere with or missuse anything provided
in the interests of health , safety and welfare.
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