Multipart regards the promotion of health and safety within its businesses as an essential part of its responsibilities, and recognises that effective health and safety management improves performance, reduces injuries, ill health coats and liabilities. These responsibilities include the health and safety of employees, contractors and visitors to Multipart’s sites and employees travelling in the course of their work.

Everyone who works for Multipart has a shared responsibility for the maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment. Disciplinary action will follow failure to take such responsibility, This includes the management of health and safety, the responsibility to work in a safe manner, to follow all laid down safety policies arid procedures, to wear appropriate protective clothing and to identify potential hazards.

Multipart has an established Health and Safety management system. This is centred around Risk Assessments of the processes within the business, supported by Safe Systems of Work, and an occupational Health and Safety manual to identify how we manage all aspects of health and safety. The system is audited annually and reviewed by the operating board at regular intervals.

A Health and Safety committee, chaired by the Risk Manager, meets at regular intervals with employee and titian representatives to ensure Health and Safety consultation and communication is carried out with all employees.

All plant and equipment is maintained arid inspected as per manufacturers’ instructions and legal requirements. These maybe carried out by employees or contractors.

All operators are trained for the equipment they are to use, and access to equipment is limited only to those people qualified to operate it. Managers are responsible for identifying training needs for all employees.

Health and Safety information is published on the company intranet site, and monitors are established to measure the companies Health and Safety performance. These monitors are used by the Risk Manager, Operating Board and Health and Safety committee to implement corrective and preventive action and apply continual improvement techniques.

A team of first alders formally report any accidents, which are followed up by a suitable investigation and discussed at the Health and Safety committee meeting.

‘The emergency evacuation procedures and business continuity plan are reviewed and tested at regular intervals.