Council Matters: Health and Safety Policy

It is the policy of North Huish Parish Council, so far as is reasonably practicable:

To provide and maintain systems of work that are safe and without risks to health.
To make arrangements for ensuring safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use of premises and areas accessed by Members of the Council.
To provide such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure the health and safety at work of employees and visitors.
To maintain any place of work under the Council’s control in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and to provide and maintain means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks.
To provide and maintain a working environment for employees and visitors that is safe and without risks to health and is adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work.
To provide such protective equipment as is necessary for the health and safety at work of employees and visitors.
To monitor the effectiveness of health and safety provisions within the Council,.
To keep the Council Health and Safety Policy under regular review and to duly publish any amendments.