GreenWood Forest Park regards the promotion of Health and Safety measures as a mutual objective for Management and Employees at all levels.

 

It is therefore the Management's Policy to do all that is reasonable to prevent personal injury and damage to property and to protect everyone from foreseeable hazards, including visitors and the general public, in so far as they come into contact with the Company, its operations and buildings. 

 

In particular, this Management has a responsibility towards its employees in the following respects:-

• to provide and maintain safe  and healthy working conditions
• to provide training and instruction to enable employees to perform their work safely and efficiently
• to make available necessary protective equipment and to ensure its use is understood
• to maintain a constant and continuing interest in health and safety matters applicable to the Company's activities

and toward its visitors in the following respects:-

• to provide and maintain safe activity, recreational and educational areas
• to ensure, as far as it is reasonable, that the Park is a safe environment to which to bring young children
• to provide food and drink that is managed safely according to current environmental health guidelines and regulations
• to ensure that all play and other equipment available for use by the public is designed to meet/exceed current standards, is maintained to an exceptable standard, and is regularly inspected, where appropriate, by external inspection agencies

All employees have a duty to co-operate in the operation of this policy:-

• by working safely and efficiently, and, where appropriate, by using protective equipment provided
• by using all tools and equipment in the proper manner, or, if they are unsure of proper usage, by asking for instruction
• by reporting incidents that have led or may lead to injury to people or damage to property, plant or equipment
• by adhering to the Company Procedures, for securing a safe workplace
• by assisting in the investigation of accidents with the objective of introducing new measures to prevent recurrence
• by ensuring that the public are, where appropriate, instructed properly in the various activities available in the Park
• by ensuring that the public take personal responsibility for their own safety and for the safety of other members of the public and staff while in the Park

A copy of this statement will be displayed in suitable areas.  The policy will be continually reviewed by the Management and amended or added to as appropriate.