Health, Safety & Environment

We believe we have a responsibility to protect the environment. We also believe that environmentally friendly practices can improve our performance and the service we give to our customers.

We are therefore committed to the following principles:

• To control, and where possible, reduce the environmental impact of the company’s operations.
• To control, and where possible, reduce the amount of waste and in particular find re-cycling opportunities for these materials.
• To meet fully all legislative requirements regarding the environment.
• To control, and where possible, reduce the amount of energy consumed, and to participate in the foundry sector energy conservation initiatives.
• To assess suppliers and sub-contractors, and where possible, use those who can demonstrate good environmental management.
• To provide information and training to our employees so that they can participate fully in the environmental objectives of the company.

Objectives

It is the safety policy of the company to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure the health and safety of all employees and persons working on the premises, and to prevent any damage to both company and personal equipment or property. The company also wishes to safeguard the general public whenever it’s business activities brings it into contact with them.

The company will provide training, assess risks, consult with employees, maintain plant and equipment, provide trained supervision and maintain a safe and healthy working environment to enable these objectives to be met.

This policy statement is one of the methods, along with consultation, that the company will communicate its Health and Safety Policy to the workforce and others. The full Health and Safety Policy is available for anyone in the Administrations office.

It is a legal requirement that all employees should comply with this policy, and accept the duties and responsibilities contained within it, to enable them to make their place of work as safe and as healthy as is reasonably practicable. Failure to comply with instructions in this policy or other health and safety instructions may result in disciplinary action under the company’s disciplinary procedure.