Commitment to safety
Policy Statement
Australian Vinegar, the makers of Lirah, is committed to providing, so far as is reasonably practicable, for the health, safety and welfare of all staff, workers, contractors, volunteers, customers and visitors to a workplace. This commitment extends to ensuring that our operations and activities do not place members of the public, the local community or environment to risk of harm, injury, illness or damage.
We recognise our moral and legal responsibility to provide a safe and healthy work environment in our workplaces for all persons, and that the safety and well-being of persons includes the psychological and psychosocial aspects of the individual.
Aims and Objectives
We will adopt procedures:
- to eliminate risks to health, safety and well-being so far as is reasonably practicable, and
- if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health, safety and well-being, to minimise or reduce those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
To achieve this, we will, so far as is reasonably practicable:
- provide and maintain healthy and safe workplaces, safe plant and safe systems of work;
- provide written procedures and instructions to ensure safe work practices;
- ensure compliance with all relevant Acts, Regulations, Codes and Standards;
- ensure that all persons discharge and comply with their health and safety duties and obligations;
- provide such information, instruction, training and supervision to workers, contractors and other persons as is necessary to ensure their continued health and safety;
- provide support and assistance to workers and involve them in consultation on safety issues; and
- ensure that workers and other people are not exposed to psychological health and safety risks arising from the business or undertaking.
Responsibilities
The company, as the person conducting a business or undertaking, has the primary duty of care under the Act, and as such must ensure the health, safety and welfare of workers and other persons who may be affected by our operations, products, services and activities.
Officers of the company must exercise due diligence to ensure that the PCBU (Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking) complies with its WHS (Workplace Health & Safety) duties.
Workers (including volunteers) must take reasonable care for their own health and safety and for the health and safety of other persons, and comply with any reasonable instruction or policy given by the PCBU (Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking) to enable it to comply with the Work Health and Safety Act.