McCormick Engineering PTY (Ltd)
Our Health Safety and environmental policy
The management of McCormick Engineering strives for excellence in all we do, and recognises the impact that our activities may have on people and the environment. Safety, health and protection of the environment form an integral part of our planning and decision making. We expect our employees and service providers, to take personal responsibility in embracing this ambition in all of our day-to-day activities.
Our goal is to
Eliminate incidents, reduce the risk to the health, safety and welfare of all workers, contractors and visitors.
We are committed to
- Conducting our business with respect and care for people and the environment
- Responsible utilisation of natural resources
- Continually improving our safety, health and environmental performance
- Complying, as a minimum, with all applicable legal and other agreed upon requirements
- Promoting dialogue with stakeholders about safety, health and environmental performance
We will achieve these commitments by
- Identifying hazards, assessing risks and implementing effective controls to prevent causes and mitigate possible consequences
- Setting and periodically reviewing SHE objectives and targets, and communicating progress
- Learning from incidents to prevent reoccurrence
- Informing and training all employees and service providers on SHE best practices
Responsibilities
Management:
- Safe working environment
- Safe system of work
- Plant and substances in safe condition
- Facilities of the welfare of workers
- Information, instruction, training and supervision that is reasonably necessary to ensure that each worker is safe from injury and risk to health
- Commitment to co-operate with workers in all matters relating to health and safety in the workplace
- Commitment to continually improve our performance through effective safety management.
Workers:
Each worker has an obligation to:
- Comply with safe work practices, with the intent of avoiding injury to themselves and others or damage to plant and equipment
- Take reasonable care of health and safety to themselves and others
- Wear personal protective equipment and clothing where necessary
- Comply with any direction given by management for health and safety
- Prevent misuse and interference with anything provided for health and safety
- Report all accidents and incidents on the job immediately, no matter how trivial
- Report all known or observed hazards to their supervisors or managers