HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT

Health & Safety                                                                        ADP Cleaning Services places great emphasis on health and safety and will take all possible steps to ensure that the conditions its employees work in are safe and without risk to health.              

Documentation                                                                          ADP provides the following literature to help in the better understanding of health and safety and from time to time will provide other literature to cover specific topics.

• Health and Safety Policy Statement
  This statement should be displayed in all principle offices and cleaners cupboards.
• Health and Safety booklet for Cleaners
  This booklet should be given to all employees, who should sign that they have read and understood the contents.
• Health and Safety booklet for Window Cleaners
  This booklet should be given to all window cleaners prior to them starting work on site. They should also sign to confirm that they have read and understood the contents. Should the window cleaners be part of a team that work on different sites, management should satisfy themselves that each window cleaner has received a copy of the booklet.

Client Policy Statement                                                                All possible steps should be taken to obtain a copy of the client's statement which should be displayed in a prominent place.

Health and Safety Policy                                                             The aim of ADP Cleaning Services is to establish a working environment where Health and Safety issues are understood and routinely implemented. To this end, it is the policy of the company to:-

• Ensure employees comply with all aspects of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the management of Health and Safety Regulations 1992.
• Organise Safety Committees where appropriate.
• Set high standards of Safety by providing information on the identification of hazards.
• Ensure that all employees are trained in their duties and supervised.
• Ensure that all electrical equipment is regularly tested.
• Ensure that protective clothing is provided and worn where appropriate.
• Regularly review the company's Health and Safety Record in order to promote programmes of continuous improvement.
• Ensure employees understand their responsibilities under the Health and Safety Act, i.e. they take reasonable care of themselves and maintain a regard both for their own Health and Safety and also that of others who may be affected by their actions.
• Ensure that all employees understand that they have a statutory duty to co-operate with the company to ensure, that as so far as practicable, there are no conditions where it is possible for an accident to occur.

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