HEALTH + SAFETY POLICY
Statement of intent
Our health and safety policy is intended to:
— prevent production accidents or health issues
— manage health and safety risks
— provide clear guidance, information and support to ensure all production teams and freelancers are competent to do their work
— consult with production teams on matters affecting their health and safety
— prevent production accidents or health issues
— manage health and safety risks
— provide clear guidance, information and support to ensure all production teams and freelancers are competent to do their work
— consult with production teams on matters affecting their health and safety
— ensure safe handling of production equipment
— maintain safe and healthy working conditions
— ensure evacuation procedures are understood and acted upon where necessary
— ensure that we work in venues that have robust health and safety policies, and cascade relevant information to our production teams
— update and revise this policy regularly
Responsibilities for health and safety
Overall and final responsibility for health and safety: Polly Thomas
Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice: designated production lead — including designated executive producer.
To ensure health and safety standards are maintained/improved, the following people have responsibility in the following areas:
— Robert Williams … disseminating policies to freelancers, consulting production teams and maintaining information about any accidents
— designated executive producer … sign-off on production risk assessments
All freelancers should:
— co-operate with supervisors and managers on health and safety matters;
— take reasonable care of their own health and safety; and
— report all health and safety concerns to an appropriate person (as detailed above).
Arrangements for health and safety
We will complete industry standard risk assessments for every new production. Copies of risk assessments will be on site, and amended if conditions change.
Where appropriate, we will provide training and support to production teams to fulfil their health and safety obligations.