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Health & Safety Policy
Shepherd Group fully recognises the importance of achieving and maintaining
good standards of health and safety management. The Group's Health
& Safety Policy therefore provides a framework for the Group to
achieve good practice and compliance with legislative requirements
and approved codes of practice.
The Policy is encompassed within the individual policies of the Group's
subsidiary companies and reflects the commitment of the Group´s
Board of Directors to ensure that those companies operate in a safe
and healthy manner.
The Shepherd Group Health & Safety Policy is summarised as follows:
- All Group activities are carried out with regard for the health,
safety and welfare of all its employees, and for the health and safety
of contractors, sub-contractors and other non-employees and members
of the public who interface with the Company´s activities.
- Health and safety matters are afforded priority within each subsidiary
company as a core value in all business units.
- The Group Board is responsible for formulating the Policy and monitoring
its implementation. In order to do this it will ensure that subsidiary
company senior executives are aware of this Policy and their role
in its implementation and will regularly review each subsidiary company´s
health and safety performance.
- Each executive member of the Group Board is responsible for giving
appropriate consideration to the health and safety implications arising
out of decisions or proposals made within the remit of their respective
area of corporate responsibility. Group Board members will then collectively
consider the implications of any such decisions or proposals and assess
the impact on current policy before taking action.
- It is the responsibility of subsidiary company boards of directors
to ensure adequate information, instruction and supervision are made
available to every employee.
- The Group Board requires subsidiary company boards of directors
to consult employees on matters affecting health and safety and this
Policy and to ensure that any revisions are brought to individuals´
attention. All employees are expected to exercise personal responsibility
in preventing injury to themselves and others and to co-operate with
management in complying with health and safety legislation.
- It is the intention of the Group Board to ensure compliance with
both the requirements and the spirit of the Health & Safety at
Work etc Act 1974 and all regulations and approved codes of practice
made under this act.
- This Policy is reviewed at regular intervals and revised as
necessary.
Shepherd Group, Huntington House, Jockey Lane, YORK YO32 9XW
Shepherd Group, Huntington House, Jockey Lane, YORK YO32 9XW
Tel: +44 (0)1904 650 700
Fax: +44 (0)1904 650 701
 Shepherd Group is the brand name of Shepherd Building Group Limited, Registered in England and Wales, Company Number: 653663. Registered Office:Huntington House, Jockey Lane, Huntington, York, North Yorkshire, YO32 9XW.
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