Health and Safety Policy

The directors of Wilson Vale Catering Management are committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for all employees, customers, suppliers, contractors and visitors who use our facilities.

It is the policy of Wilson Vale Catering Management to develop a positive Health and Safety culture throughout the organisation because we believe that high health and safety standards are a pre-requisite in the pursuit of Company efficiency and future development and progression.

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Company recognises that it has the ultimate legal responsibility for health and safety. Accordingly, Carolyne Vale and Andrew Wilson accept overall responsibility for policy formulation and implementation. In turn, all levels of management and all supervisors are responsible for carrying out those health and safety duties placed on them. Carolyne Vale and Andrew Wilson will ensure that the safety plan includes sufficient resources for the successful implementation of the Health and Safety Management Policy.

The Company will appoint a competent person to assist the Company Director’s to implement this policy. The Safety Officer’s role is to provide independent and authoritative advice to managers with individual responsibilities for health and safety.

COMPANY OBJECTIVES

The aim of Wilson Vale is to:

The development of a “safety culture” throughout the organisation by increasing employee awareness through the publication of information, the provision of training courses, by encouraging safety discussion at both site and board level and by the introduction of comprehensive accident reporting procedures.
The creation of safety performance standards for premises (both new and existing), personnel, equipment, and working procedures.
The assessment of performance standards by regular inspection programmes, incident investigation and the introduction of a system for the prompt notification of defects to our client companies.
The reviewing of the Company’s safety performance on an annual basis and the implementation of subsequent programmes for improvement.
To comply with all legal requirements and guidance/codes of practice and to use these as a minimum standard to be improved upon, wherever possible.
To co-operate fully with Environmental Health and other regulatory officials in order to ensure that the Company’s Health, Safety and Welfare standards meet their requirements.
To prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health by managing health and safety risks in our workplaces;
To provide clear instructions and information, and adequate training, to ensure employees are competent to do their work;
To implement a hierarchy of controls relating to health and safety risks and to provide personal protective equipment, where other controls have been exhausted;
To consult with our employees on matters affecting their health and safety;
To provide and maintain safe plant and equipment (where it is the responsibility of Wilson Vale), to ensure the safe handling and use of substances and to maintain safe and healthy working conditions;
To implement emergency procedures (in partnership with clients), including evacuation in case of fire or other significant incident.

THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEES

To assist in achieving this, the Company employees are reminded that they have a duty to ensure that the Company’s Health and Safety Policy is observed and in particular they are required:

To take reasonable care for their own health and safety at work and of those who may be affected their actions, or by their omissions.
To co-operate with their employer to ensure that any duty, or requirement, for health and safety imposed upon their employer by law is performed or complied with.
Not to intentionally, or recklessly, interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety, or welfare.
To report to supervisory staff hazardous conditions or defects in the company safety arrangements.