- Develop, issue, and communicate S&H Vision Statement
and S&H Policy Statement.
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- Communicate Vision and Policy Statements to all
company and subcontractor employees; incorporate into new employee
and/or subcontractor orientation.
- Include the vision and policy in bid packages.
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- Take proactive steps to ensure company and
subcontractor employees understand the S&H Vision and Policy
Statements.
- Ensure policies becomes an integral part of routine activities and
decision making during all phases of construction
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Top management at the best VPPAC.org firms execute
written safety policy statements as a visible sign of management
support.
VPPAC.org offers the following suggestions to help you initiate or
improve your company’s safety policy letters:
- Policy letters are readily available in
written form and are widely distributed to all employees
- Letters generally should NOT exceed one page
in length
- Include specific elements and language, such
as A clear, straightforward statement that goes beyond
compliance and addresses behavior and culture of the
organization.
- A personal commitment by senior-level
management.
- A clear acknowledgment that each employee has
the ultimate responsibility for his or her personal health and
safety.
- A statement requiring employees to hold
themselves personally accountable for the results of the
program.
- Guidance offered to frontline managers.
- A demand for accountability.
- Assignment of responsibility to specific
individuals in the firm (in some cases)
- A review of the rights, duties, and mutual
responsibilities of co-workers for their safety and that of
third parties, including owner representatives and the general
public.
- Terms like “intense management participation”
or similar wording.
- A statement that employees are individually
active and aggressive in accepting responsibility for leadership
in the area of safety and health, making a conscious choice not
to delegate this authority to others.
- A signature by the company’s president.
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