HSE Policy / OH&S Policy

Sterling Group is committed to meeting its responsibilities to the requirements of OHSAS 18001:2007 and local legislative requirements both as an employer and as a company. To achieve these objectives Sterling Group has appointed a designated member of the staff to be responsible for occupational health and safety; to provide healthy and safe workplace; to constantly review company’s procedures; to liaise with appropriate health and safety authorities wherever necessary; to keep the company up-to-date with new legislation, regulations to ensure ongoing compliance with the law.

The company’s employees, as a part of their contracts of employment, agree to comply with their individual duties under the requirements of OHSAS 18001 and any local legislative requirements, and to cooperate with their employer to enable pursuance of its health and safety duties. Failure to comply with health and safety duties, regulations, work rules and procedures regarding health and safety, on the part of any employee, may lead to dismissal, in the case of serious or repeated breaches. Such dismissals may be instant and without prior warning.

Sterling Group will comply with its duties toward employees under local legislative requirements and OHSAS 18001:2007 as far as reasonably practicable in order to:

• Provide and maintain plans and systems of work that are safe and without risks to health; a safe place of work and a safe system of work;
• Ensure safety and absence of risks to health in connection with use, handling, storage and transportation  of articles and substances;
• Provide information, instructions, trainings and supervision that can be necessary to ensure health and safety at work;
• Make regular risk assessments available to employees;
• Take appropriate preventative/protective measures;
• Provide employees with health surveillance wherever necessary;
• Appoint competent personnel to secure compliance with statutory duties and to undertake reviews of the Policy if necessary;
• Investigate and report surrounding circumstances and causes of all incidents concerning personal injury, property damage, near-misses or non-conformance.