HEALTH AND SAFETY
POLICY
♦ (YOUR COMPANY NAME). utilizes all available
resources to provide a Healthy and Safe working
environment for all its workers and to eliminate all potential hazards that are capable of causing work related accidents.
♦ (YOUR COMPANY NAME). through a systemized
mechanism detects potential risk and hazards associated with the job or present
in the work environment which could cause harm / injury to the workers.
♦ (YOUR COMPANY NAME) provides all necessary personal protective
equipments
and
implements controls to ensure the safety of the workers and their health.
PROCEDURE
• To assist in providing
a healthy and safe work environment for employees, customers, and visitors, which is a top priority for (YOUR
COMPANY NAME).
• Health & Safety (H&S) Committee
is formed to induce workers to take active part in the work place safety programs.
• The minutes
of the H&S Committee are to be recorded and distributed among the members
as well as posted in the notice board.
• Company makes sure that fire extinguishers are all available
and all the employees are well trained to use
these.
• Company keeps Fire-Extinguishers Location list in a file, which contains location, identification number of fire
extinguisher, refilling date and expiry
date. This list is frequently updated as any fire extinguisher is removed from
the dedicated location either for
refilling or due to any other reason.
• Regular
Fire drills and trainings are conducted, involving every department on quarterly basis.
• CR will ensure that all workers are provided with Personal
Protective Equipments, where necessary and provided basic training for usage of such equipments.
• CR ensures through maintenance staff that needle guards, eye guards, pulley guards are properly installed on all the machines.
• First Aid box is provided to workers; in case of any injury First Aid is provided
to employees by trained First Aiders. Medical
center has set in the
factory premises and adequate
Doctor &
Nurses have
been appointed for treatment.
• (YOUR
COMPANY NAME). has all permanent employees completely insured as required under local laws.
• (YOUR
COMPANY NAME). has appointed professional trainer to provide Fire Fighting training and registered Doctor for First Aid
training.
• Each
employee is expected to obey safety
rules and to exercise caution in all
work activities.
• Employees must immediately report any unsafe condition to the supervisor. Employees
who violate safety standards, who cause hazardous or dangerous situations, or who fail to report or, where appropriate, remedy
such situations, may be subject to disciplinary
action, up to and including
termination of employment.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
EMERGENCY:
It
is defined as “Sudden happening demanding immediate action / response”. For our company,
some of the emergency conditions may be due to the following.
• Fire
/ Smoke.
• Bomb
Blast / Threat of Bomb Blast.
• accidental
release / discharge of environmentally dangerous material
• Industrial
accident
• All
natural calamities as Earthquake, Strong winds etc.
RESPONSE
TO EMERGENCY:
In case of emergency or sign of the above-mentioned conditions,
the response of the factory personnel should
be as per the following
procedures.
ACTION
OF DISCOVERER:
A person who first detects any of the above mentioned
conditions of emergency or any other
“unusual” conditions which can be assessed
as the reason for emergency
condition, first informs the area supervisor, informs the security guard,
inform the emergency alarm
responsible person to be ready for supervisor instruction.
ACTION
OF THE SUPERVISOR:
On information from the person or worker, supervisor shall
inform the Factory Manager, Head of
Admin, Security In charge, Instruct and ensure that alarm goes on. Ensure
everyone of his area proceed to the designated emergency assembly points.
ACTIONS
OF THE FACTORY MANAGER, ADMIN OFFICER
On information from the supervisor,
factory manager, head of admin inform
the Head of Emergency Team, inform
Fire brigade, assess the situation for the scope of emergency, Coordinate between the supervisors for
everyone in the factory to be gathered
at the emergency assembly points. The Admin Officer takes roll
call as per the attendance on that day.
ACTION
OF THE EMERGENCY TEAM HEAD.
On information from the factory manager, head of admin or as
the alarm goes on, the head of
emergency team shall respond as per the emergency along with his team.
The Head of Emergency has a dedicated extension known to everyone in the factory.
All
the personnel are trained, instructed and provided with instructions that on hearing the alarm, they should
immediately leave their work, switch off the machine ( if working on a machine ) and gather at the
designated emergency assembly point.
All the departments are provided with respective evacuation plans. Emergency exits and paths to them are
elaborately marked on the evacuation
plans.
Industrial accident
• In
case of any accident, the discoverer
informs the area supervisor
immediately.
• Supervisor
access the situation
• Casualty
is protected from the dangerous and shifted to a safe place.
• Supervisor
informs the ERT. If the accident is
major one, supervisor instruct and insure that the emergency alarm goes on.
• First
Aid provided to the casualty.
• If
required the team leader arranges for external medical treatment.
FIRE
PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
• Portable and fixed
fire protection equipments are provided for entire factory areas.
It consists of fire
extinguishers and fire buckets, which are available for use before
the ERT arrives (provided the associate has been trained in fire fighting
operation).
• The ERT is responsible
for monthly inspection, maintenance and required record- keeping of all portable fire extinguishers and fire
trolleys. Any used or damaged
extinguisher or trolleys should be reported to the ERT Leader.
Fire
Extinguishers (Portable)
Properly marked 5 kg dry powder fire
extinguishers are provided in ample
quantity for all the production areas and also
provided 50 kg dry powder
fire extinguisher where necessary. CO2, Foam & water type fire extinguishers also provided where necessary.
Fire
Buckets
Properly marked fire buckets are provided to all the main
production areas.
Emergency Light
The Safety & Health rule requires emergency lighting within facilities at the following areas:
ƒ Emergency lighting is installed in areas where
exits would be hazardous during
a power failure such as stairs and main
departments, shop floor & toilets.
Exit Signs
Exit Signs are provided in specific locations in building to designate
the means of exits from the building.
1. Must be installed
at
all
required exit doorways and where necessary to indicate clearly the
direction of exits.
2. Must be illuminated and also in local language.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
• Factory Manager & CR are responsible for:
o Providing healthy and safe work
environment to the workers.
o Detecting potential risks and hazards associated with the job or present in the
work environment which could cause
harm / injury to the workers.
o Proper communication of company’s policy
on Health and Safety.
o Organizing meetings and training programs to ensure that the policy is properly communicated and understood, the minutes of the meeting are then recorded and circulated to all the participants as per distribution record list.
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