The Health and Safety and Environmental objectives of Trinity House (TH) are:
· To ensure safety at sea and ashore;
· To prevent human injury, ill health or loss of life;
· To avoid damage to the environment.
In pursuance of these objectives TH is committed to:
· Providing for safe practices in operations both in ships and ashore;
· Providing a safe working environment;
· Assessing all identified risks to its ships, personnel and the environment and establish appropriate safeguards;
· Continuously improving health and safety management skills of employees including preparing, implementing and exercising procedures for emergencies and evacuations related both to safety and environmental protection;
· Continuously improving its health and safety performance by proven conformity to accepted British and international safety management standards and quality systems (International Safety Management Code (ISM Code) and the Occupational Health and Safety Management System BS OHSAS 18001, recognising legal requirements are the minimum standard, and striving to exceed such requirements where appropriate and practicable;
· Continuously improving its environmental performance by proven conformity to accepted British and international environmental standards and quality systems (BS EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems and International Safety Management Code (ISM Code));
· Striving to maintain a positive health and safety culture with the ultimate goal of reducing ill health and accidents to an absolute minimum, eliminating them where possible;
· Optimising the consumption of non-renewable resources within practical constraints;
· Actively pursuing the reduction in consumption of non-renewable energy to reduce its carbon footprint;
· Investing sufficiently in its assets and resources to meet regulatory obligations in respect of safety and the environment;
· Striving to ensure the best safety, health and environmental performance from all personnel by application of a Fair Safety Culture process, utilising coaching and encouragement in preference to penalties.
The TH Management System will ensure fulfilment of its compliance obligations through:
· Compliance with mandatory requirements e.g. legislation, rules and regulations; and
· Applicable codes, guidelines, standards and contractual arrangements relative to TH business being taken into account.
Management System Policy Statement
Trinity House (TH) shall be managed in a systematic, integrated, consistent and cost-effective manner within the framework of the Management System, which encourages continuous improvement and has due regard for safety, the environment and the national heritage.
TH objectives shall be established by the Executive Committee, documented within the Strategy and reviewed periodically.
To demonstrate the above, the Management System, which derives from the established business processes of TH, will be certified against the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems; BS EN ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Systems; BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems; the International Safety Management Code 2014 (ISM Code); the International Ship & Port Facility Security Code 2003 (ISPS Code) and the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006).
Captain Ian McNaught
Executive Chairman
May 2015
The full Health and Safety and Environmental Objectives and Management System Policies may be downloaded via the following links:-
DOWNLOAD: HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES POLICY [PDF]
DOWNLOAD: MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POLICY [PDF]