Health and Safety Policy Statement

A. J. Morrisroe & Sons Ltd. is committed to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of its employees, so far as is reasonably practicable. It is our policy to undertake our works in the safest practicable manner, consistent with good practice. 

It is the duty of management that all processes and systems of work will be assessed in accordance with current legislation to provide adequate control of the health and safety risks arising from our work activities for both our employees and others affected by our activities.

We will ensure that our employees are provided with information, supervision and training as is necessary to enable the safe performance of work activities. Competent people will be appointed to assist us in meeting our statutory duties including, where appropriate specialists from outside the company.

Each individual has a legal obligation to take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety, and for the safety of other people who may be affected by his or her acts or omissions. Every employee must cooperate with us to enable all statutory duties to be complied with.

We also accept our responsibility for other persons who may be affected by our activities. We will take steps to ensure that our statutory duties are met at all times.

This policy will be regularly monitored to ensure that the objectives are achieved. It will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised in the light of legislative or organizational changes.

It is the policy of the Company to implement the prudent and practical health and safety strategy of the Major Contractors Group; full details of the company's organisation and arrangements for health and safety are set out in a separate document.

Full details of the organisation and arrangements for health and safety are set out in our Health Safety Policy Document.

 Environmental Policy:

 The Morrisroe H&S award

The company recognises outstanding personnel who have demonstrated the best consistent performance in terms of Health and Safety on site. This award is given annually. As part of this award ceremony we explain the reasons why the candidate was successful and identify our in-house shortcomings. Current and proposed legal requirements are explained using visual examples along with trade journal extracts to illustrate the consequences of letting good safety levels slip.

 HSE Profile:

In the last five years this company has had no prosecutions, prohibition notices, or improvement notices served upon it.