Quality
Health, Safety & Environmental Protection
P&O Ferrymasters is committed to achieving the best possible health, safety, environmental protection and business standards. These matters are central to the company’s financial, marketing, personnel and commercial considerations.
The Managing Director, Bas Belder, champions this policy: his responsibility is to ensure that managers have the belief, competence and resources to implement the policy and achieve its aims.
The support and professionalism of our people will make the policy succeed.
Recognising that our activities matter to the community, our people and customers, and to others who may be affected by what we do, we will:
• Identify hazards and control risk as core elements of our strategy
• Provide equipment that is safe to use and systems of work which will allow us to pursue the best standards in health, safety and protection of the environment
• As part of their continuing professional development, train our people to meet the needs of our company and customers, while allowing us to work safely
• Encourage effective communication with our people, customers, contractors and suppliers, and with others affected by our operations; and take account of the views expressed
• Encourage our contractors and suppliers to achieve comparable health, safety and environmental standards
• Comply with European directives concerning the protection of workers, where UK health and safety legislation does not apply
• Whenever accidents and incidents occur, look for lessons to be learnt, rather than people to blame
• Set objectives and targets to reduce work-related ill health, accidents and adverse environmental impact
• Constantly improve and develop our safety management system, using basic legal requirements as our guide
Monitor our progress and provide annual reports
• Identify hazards and control risk as core elements of our strategy
• Provide equipment that is safe to use and systems of work which will allow us to pursue the best standards in health, safety and protection of the environment
• As part of their continuing professional development, train our people to meet the needs of our company and customers, while allowing us to work safely
• Encourage effective communication with our people, customers, contractors and suppliers, and with others affected by our operations; and take account of the views expressed
• Encourage our contractors and suppliers to achieve comparable health, safety and environmental standards
• Comply with European directives concerning the protection of workers, where UK health and safety legislation does not apply
• Whenever accidents and incidents occur, look for lessons to be learnt, rather than people to blame
• Set objectives and targets to reduce work-related ill health, accidents and adverse environmental impact
• Constantly improve and develop our safety management system, using basic legal requirements as our guide
Monitor our progress and provide annual reports
This policy will be subject to regular consultation and annual review.
Bas Belder - Managing Director
1 November 2007
Bas Belder - Managing Director
1 November 2007