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Occupational Health and Safety Policy
Obligations:
ASP recognises its moral and legal responsibility to:
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 Provide a safe and healthy workplace that does not place its employees, contractors, customers or the general public at risk of injury, illness or property damage; and
- Assist the return of any ill or inured employees to ongoing productive work in a timely and cost effective manner.
Objectives:
ASP will aim to prevent work-related incidents by:
- Providing safe plant and systems of work
- Providing written procedures and instructions to ensure safe systems of work
- Ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and industry standards
- Providing appropriate information, instruction, training and supervision to staff members, contractors and customers to ensure their safety
- Providing support and assistance to staff members
Responsibilities
The key business rules that underpin this policy are:
- Managers understanding their accountability for health and safety
- Managers produce a plan for their area of responsibility
- Managers identify and manage hazards within their area of responsibility
- Managers identify, document and communicate safe working practices
- Employees are provided with the health and safety information and necessary
instruction and training they need to perform safely and without harm to others
- Employees participate in health and safety management plan and activities
- Employees accept their 'Duty of Care' and follow all safety policies and procedures including wearing appropriate PPE as required
- All work related incidents are reported and causes investigated to ensure future prevention
- Any persons injured though work related activities receive appropriate care, attention and rehabilitation
- The safety of ASP contractors, customers and the public at large are factored into all health and safety activities
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Further Information
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