1. Statement of Intent
   1. Statement establishing importance of H&S
   2. Declaration of management's intention to provide
      1. Safe and Healthy working conditions
      2. work activities that do not harm employees
   3. A commitment to
      1. leadership in H&S from
         1. Directors
         2. Senior Managers
      2. A system of H&S management based on
         1. HSG 65
         2. BS 8800
         3. OHSAS 18001
      3. Continuing improvement in H&S performance
      4. Meeting requirements of legislation
      5. Adequate resources
      6. An annual plan
      7. Information, training and instruction
      8. Consultation with employees
   4. Recognition of the support required from all personnel
2. Organisation
   1. Responsibilities
      1. Managing Director / Chief Executive
      2. Managers and Supervisors
      3. Employees
      4. Health and Safety Advisor
      5. Others
   2. Identify
      1. person responsible for H&S
      2. The H&S advisor(s) at board level
      3. People with specific responsibilities
      4. Key people for general responsibility for ensuring safe systems of work are written
   3. Define roles and responsibilities of line and functional management
   4. Identify competent persons to
      1. provide monitoring, support and advise
      2. Deal with emergencies
   5. Define roles and responsibilities of workers
   6. Identify health and safety representatives
   7. Specify health and safety training
   8. Identify external sources of advice
   9. Identify the role of external emergency services
3. Arrangements
   1. Plan
      1. Develop annual H&S plans for implementing policy
   2. Organise
      1. Consult with employees or their representatives
      2. provide health and safety training
   3. Control
      1. identify hazards, assess risks, develop safe systems of work
      2. develop and use permits-to-work for high risk situations
      3. control risks from activities
         1. purchase new equipment, chemicals
         2. using hazardous chemicals
         3. safe handling of materials
         4. use of equipment and machinery
         5. use of substances or processes
         6. assessment and use of display screen equipment
         7. safe driving on company business
         8. selection and control of contractors
         9. provision and use of PPE
   4. Monitor
      1. Monitor and record performance
         1. use of PPE
         2. pre-shift machinery guard checks
         3. workplace noise levels
         4. workplace inspections
      2. Test emergency and disaster plans
      3. audit safety management systems
   5. Reactive Monitoring
      1. report near miss, accidents and ill-health
      2. investigate accidents and ill-health
   6. Review
      1. review annual performance
4. Communicating the H&S Policy
   1. Display the policy statement of intent on notice boards
   2. explaining the content of the policy during induction or refresher training courses
   3. giving employees their own personal copy of the policy
   4. referring to the policy in internal communications
   5. making the policy an agenda item at H&S committee meetings