It is the policy of Premier Paper Group to provide and maintain a healthy and safe work environment, which as a minimum, will comply with health and safety legistlation.
All employees will be provided with such equipment, information, training and supervision as is necessary to implement the policy and achieve the stated objective.
The Premier Paper Group recognises and accepts its duty to protect the Health & Safety of all visitors to the company, including contractors and temporary workers, as well as any members of the public who might be affected by our operations.
While the management of the Premier Paper Group will do all that is within its powers to ensure the Health & Safety of its employees, it is recognised that Health a Safety at work is the responsibility of each and every individual associated with the company. It is the duty of each employee to take reasonable care of their own and other people's welfare and to report any situation which may pose a threat to the wellbeing of any other person.
The management of the Premier Paper Group will provide every employee with the training necessary to carry out his or her tasks safely. However, if an employee is unsure how to perform a certain task or feels it would be dangerous to perform a specific job then it is the employee's duty to report this to their line manager who will in turn report it to the Group Fleet Manager or Health & Safety Facilities Manager. An effective Health & Safety programme requires continuous communication between workers at all levels, it is therefore every workers responsibility to report immediately any situation that could jeopardise the wellbeing of themselves or any other person.
All injuries, however small, sustained by a person at work must be reported to their line manager who will in turn report it to the Group Health & Safety Facilities Manager. This enables investigations to be performed, lessons to be learnt and preventative actions taken to stop accidents happening again. Accident records are crucial to the effective monitoring and revision of the policy and must therefore be accurate and comprehensive.
Premier Paper Group’s Health & Safety overriding objective is to minimise the number of instances of occupational accidents and illnesses and ultimately to achieve an accident-free workplace. In order to achieve this, the most significant areas of risk will continue to be targeted for improvement - namely:
- Workplace transport
- Manual handling - including operation of pallet trucks - Delivery activities
- Slips and trips
The Premier Paper Group's Health and Safety policy will be continuously monitored and updated particularly when changes in the scale and nature of our operation occur. The policy will be updated at least every 12 months.
The specific arrangements for the implementation of the policy and the personnel responsible are detailed below.
Michael Beever
Chief Executive Officer
January 2025
Health & Safety Personnel
The person with overall and final responsibility for Health & Safety at the Premier Paper Group is the CEO, Michael Beever.
The person responsible for overseeing and monitoring the policy is the Group Logistics Director, Elliot Rogers.
The company’s Group Health & Safety Facilities Manager, Nigel Beesley is responsible for auditing, implementing and coordinating Health and Safety activity, training and records, supported by Adrian Fraser, Group Fleet Manager.
Branch Managers are responsible for the Health & Safety of their own branch and the employees who work in that branch – even if not direct reports.
Lockton are employed by the Premier Paper Group to perform health and safety audits (in line with an agreed programme) and provide general advise.
