Health & Safety Policy

It is the policy of BCW Group to comply with the terms of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent legislation and to provide and maintain a healthy and safe working environment. BCW Group health and safety objective is to minimise the number of instances of occupational accidents and illnesses and ultimately to achieve an accident-free workplace.

This statement applies to all premises and activities within the control of the Company. BCW Group has made detailed arrangements for implementing this policy outlined in a further section of the Policy entitled, Organisation and Arrangements.

In order to achieve this aim, the Company has the following key objectives:

• as a minimum, to comply with requirements of relevant legislation;
• to identify hazards, assess risks and manage those risks;
• review risk assessments and systems of work on a periodic basis to ensure that they
  reflect current practices and that the safest possible methods are adopted to
  reduce the occurrence of accidents and cases of work-related ill health.
• to ensure that employees, and others are adequately informed of the identified
  risks and where appropriate receive instruction, training and supervision;
• to consult employees on health and safety matters;
• to safeguard the environment from the effects ofthe Company’s activities;
• to monitor and review the effectiveness of the Company’s arrangements and where
  appropriate to implement improvements.
• to ensure that the demands of activities do not exceed the capabilities of staff to
  carry out the work without risk to themselves or others.
• All employees have individual responsibility to participate fully in implementation of the
  policy and to take every care for their own safety and that of other employees or persons
  who may be affected by their activities at work.
• Disciplinary action will be taken against any employee, regardless of status, who willfully
  or deliberately disregards or who is consistently negligent in conforming to the Company’s
  policy on health, safety and welfare.