We recognise the necessity of safeguarding the health and safety of our own employees whilst at work. We operate to provide a safe and comfortable working environment for employees, visitors and the public. Our policy is to manage our activities to avoid causing any unnecessary or unacceptable risks to health and safety.
Our policies and associated management systems are reviewed regularly and when there are changes in the business, legislation or industry standards.
We endeavour to set the highest practical Health and Safety standards; as a minimum each Business Unit will always comply fully with its local statutory obligations and all employees are trained to recognise that the health and safety of themselves and others is their first priority.
All Business Units have a Health and Safety committee which meets regularly to discuss Health and Safety topics and concerns, make recommendations and implement and monitor any improvements or initiatives. Health and Safety issues and key measurements are also routinely reviewed and discussed at management meetings.
• Number of days lost due to work related illnesses and workplace injuries
• Number of reportable accidents (RIDDOR) per month
• Number of self-reported injuries per month
• Number of near misses or dangerous occurrences per month
The key points of our Health and Safety strategy are to:
• Provide adequate control of the health and safety risks arising from our operations
• Provide and maintain safe plant and equipment
• Consult regularly with our employees on matters affecting health and safety
• Ensure safe handling and use of substances
• Provide information, instruction and supervision for employees
• Ensure all employees are competent to do their job and to provide adequate training
• Maintain safe and healthy working conditions
• Prevent accidents and keep any work related ill-health to a minimum.
The UK Government enacted the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the “Act”) in order to better tackle the crimes of modern slavery and human trafficking. This statement is made pursuant to Section 54, Part 6 of the Act and sets out the steps the Company has taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in our supply chains or in any part of our business. This statement applies to SafetyTread and all its subsidiaries.
SafetyTread is a is a niche manufacturer of specialist products, operating across seven countries to support its global customer base. We ensure that we operate ethically in all our locations respecting local regulations and we have developed a culture of best practice addressing operational management, customer responsiveness and health and safety.
We will not tolerate modern slavery and we are committed to not knowingly support or trade with any business or supplier involved in slavery or human trafficking.
We expect the same high standards from all of our contractors, suppliers and other business partners, and as part of our supplier approval processes, we include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, or anyone held in slavery, and we expect that our suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.
SafetyTread has assessed the risk of human trafficking or slavery in our supply chain and it is believed that the risk is low given the nature of the businesses which we are involved in.
We only work with suppliers who adopt the same ethical standards as we adopt in our business which expressly prohibits forced, illegal or inhumane labour practices in the suppliers to any part of our business. Should it come to light that any of our suppliers are using forced, prison or indentured labour or that their workers were subject to any form of compulsion, coercion or human trafficking we would expect that behaviour to be stopped immediately.
