General Policy Statement
Our director, Simon Forster, accepts sole responsibility for our health and safety management.
It is the policy of The Tree Fella to foster a positive health and safety culture within our company. Our industry is a high-risk occupation, and we believe that high standards of health and safety at all levels will provide the safest environment for our staff and customers.
We’re grateful that a wide array of legislation and industry guidance is already in place to protect our staff, and we work hard to ensure that these existing best practices are integrated into our business operations.
The Tree Fella is an Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor (ArbAC).
ArbAC is the only comprehensive accreditation scheme for professional tree surgery businesses in the United Kingdom, operated by the Arboricultural Association and running for over 40 years.
To attain and retain ArbAC status, a business is independently audited against the Scheme Standards, covering health and safety compliance, operational competence, work standards and technical knowledge.
The scheme itself is ISO 9001 (UKAS) accredited and is a registered member of SSIP (the Safety Schemes in Procurement forum).
Our compliance is reassessed by the Arboricultural Association in part every two years and in full every four years.
We abide by the Arboricultural Association’s Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
As an ArbAC business we are signed up to the Arboricultural Association’s complaints procedure, giving clients independent recourse in the unlikely event that an issue cannot be resolved between us.
We are committed to providing and maintaining safe and healthy work conditions, equipment and safe systems of work.
We have a zero-tolerance attitude towards unsafe acts.
Company Health & Safety Objectives
- To promote acceptable standards of health, safety and welfare
- To ensure compliance with all relevant statutory provisions
- To prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill-health
- To create and maintain safe and healthy places of work for all employees and to ensure that the safety and health of persons other than employees are not adversely affected by our work activity
- To ensure that staff at all levels are provided with adequate information, instruction, training and supervision
- To ensure all employees are competent to undertake their tasks
- To develop safety awareness and responsible attitudes at all levels
- To promote a joint consultation approach on health and safety matters
- To provide and maintain safe plant and equipment
- To ensure safe handling and use of substances
- To ensure sufficient funds are available to implement this statement
- To review and revise this policy, organisation and arrangements manual as necessary and at regular intervals not exceeding 12 months
Responsibility
Simon recognises that it is his responsibility to ensure that all staff are aware of the contents of this statement and that safe systems of work are provided and maintained on all work sites. Suitable and sufficient financial and physical resources shall be made available to ensure and maintain the health, safety and welfare of the company’s employees and others who may be affected by their undertakings.
Simon shall manage The Tree Fella in line with current legislation, guidance, and accepted best practice, and shall ensure that all foreseeable hazards are identified, any arising risks are evaluated, and suitable and sufficient controls are put in place to safeguard and maintain a healthy and safe working environment.
Simon undertakes to provide suitable and sufficient information, instruction, training and supervision as is deemed necessary by the regulatory and enforcing authorities to enable the implementation of this policy.
Simon actively seeks the involvement and cooperation of all stakeholders in making The Tree Fella a safe place to work.
Employees are encouraged to elect and appoint a Safety Representative to demonstrate that there will be no adverse treatment of any person reporting concerns over any aspect of working conditions.
This policy shall be maintained as the business changes in size and nature and following any other significant change. Analysis of accidents, incidents, near-miss occurrences and trends shall enable the safety management system to be continuously improved. Simon shall be responsible for monitoring the success and progress of the safety management system.
We have appointed Arb Matters Ltd as our retained Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Advisors to provide advice and investigation services when required.
Organisation & Arrangements
Our full Health and Safety Organisation and Arrangements document is available for viewing upon request by emailing hello@thetreefella.co.uk.
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