Health and Safety Manual 2021

Statement of Health and Safety Policy

Statement of Health and Safety Policy

Section 1: Organisation for the Implementation of the Policy

1.1 Management of health and safety

1.2 Elected member consultation

1.3 General responsibility

1.4 Individual responsibility

Section 2: Safety Representatives and Health and Safety Committees

2.1 Appointment and role of safety representatives

2.2 Objectives and functions of health and safety committees

2.3 Directorate health and safety committees

Section 3: Corporate Arrangements

3.1 Risk Assessment

3.2 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

3.3 Lifting and handling

3.4 Safe working with display screen equipment (DSE)

3.5 Lone workers

3.6 Young Persons

3.7 Control of Legionella in Water Systems

3.8 Hand and Arm Vibration (HAV's)

3.9 Noise at Work Guidance

3.10 New and expectant mothers

3.11 Violence at work

3.12 Electricity at work

3.13 Managing Stress at Work

3.14 The control and management of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) in council owned and occupied buildings

3.15 Accident and incident reporting

3.16 First Aid guidance

3.17 Fire Evacuation

3.18 Suspect packages

3.19 Contractor Compliance

3.20 Construction design and management

3.21 Health surveillance

3.22 Slips & Trips

3.23 Working at Height

3.24 Personal Protective Equipment

3.25 Work Equipment

3.26 Fire and building safety in high rise residential buildings

Section 4: Appendices

A. Corporate Health and Safety Governance

B. Health and safety forum purpose

C. Risk Assessment Proforma and Matrix

D. Control of substances hazardous to health assessment form

E. DSE Workstation Assessment

F. New and Expectant Mothers Risk Assessment

G. Legionella plan

H. Individual stress risk assessment

H(i). Individual stress risk assessment (example)

I. Asbestos Management Plan

J(i). Incident reporting form (staff)

J(ii). Incident reporting form AR2 / AR3

J(iii). Near miss form

J(iv). Incident reporting form for industrial disease (DR1)

K. Moving and Handling Policy

L. Lifting and movement of loads risk assessment checklist

M. Fire Risk Assessment and Checklist

N(i). Pre-construction information

N(ii). Project notification checklist

N(iii). Appointment letter for a principal contractor

N(iv). Appointment letter for a principal designer

N(v). Construction phase plan guidance

N(vi). Construction phase plan template

N(vii). Health and safety file guidance

N(viii). Events guidance

N(ix). Project completion check list

O. Work equipment checklist / assessment

P. Young person risk assessment form