# Health and Safety ## Overview * Please [read this information](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/lawleaflet.pdf) with regards Health and Safety * Please [assess your own workstation \[Restricted to FundApps staff\]](https://docs.google.com/a/fundapps.co/forms/d/1GX8hlwIexAmr5U6JDc7WsIJX2T6fF3_qs1WUmdsjowE/edit) ## Risk assessement We maintain a [health and safety risk register here \[Restricted to FundApps staff\]](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UkJimZMh5BKqhed0q2DSC1oHn84_e6h4noiacHHaLFo/edit#gid=0) ## Location of critical items | Item | Location | | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Health and safety law poster | Kitchen | | First-aid box is located | Kitchen. Second box in General Office cabinet under large TV | | Accident book | Located [here \[Restricted to FundApps staff\]](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UkJimZMh5BKqhed0q2DSC1oHn84_e6h4noiacHHaLFo/edit#gid=448919657) | ## Health and Safety Policy Frederic Ceyte has overall and final responsibility for Health and Safety Hana Sekerez has day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is practiced | Statement of general policy | Who | Action/Arrangements | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | | Prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health by managing the health and safety risks in the workplace | HS | Relevant risk assessments completed and actions arising out of those assessments implemented. (Risk assessments reviewed when working habits or conditions change.) | | | Provide clear instructions and information, and adequate training, to ensure employees are competent to do their work | HS | Staff & subcontractors given necessary health and safety induction and provided with appropriate training (including working at height, asbestos awareness and electrical safety) and personal protective equipment. We will ensure that suitable arrangements are in place to cover employees engaged in work remote from the main company site. | | | Engage and consult with employees on day-to-day health and safety conditions | HS | Staff routinely consulted on health and safety matters as they arise but also formally consulted at regular health and safety performance review meetings or sooner if required. | | | Implement emergency procedures – evacuation in case of fire or other significant incident. You can find help with your fire risk assessment [here](https://www.gov.uk/workplace-fire-safety-your-responsibilities) | HS | Escape routes well signed and kept clear at all times. Evacuation plans are tested from time to time and updated as necessary. | | | Maintain safe and healthy working conditions, provide and maintain plant, equipment and machinery, and ensure safe storage/use of substances | HS | Toilets, washing facilities and drinking water provided. System in place for routine inspections and testing of equipment and machinery and for ensuring that action is promptly taken to address any defects. | | Accidents and ill health at work reported under [RIDDOR](http://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor) (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://policies.fundapps.co/client-portal/-LubIC9uIsME-_T0mNXu/fundapps-policies/personnel/health-safety.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.