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Health and safety policy template

For employees, managers and management alike. The statement sets out responsibilities, same day reporting of hazards, accidents and near misses, and fire and first aid arrangements, with a two question quiz and yearly re-attestation.

• App: Attestation Flow for Confluence
• Category: HR
• Edition: Picking the pack works in every edition; the paid settings and the starter text need a paid licence
• Re-acknowledge: every 365 days

Note shown to readers:

By acknowledging, you confirm you know the health and safety rules, the emergency procedure and how to report a hazard.

Template. This template is a starting point, not legal advice. Adapt it to your organisation, your contracts and the law that applies to you, and have it reviewed by a qualified professional before you rely on it.

Statement

[Company] is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for employees, contractors and visitors, and to meeting its legal duties.

Responsibilities

• Management: provide safe premises, equipment, risk assessments and training.
• Managers: make sure their teams work safely and that risks are controlled.
• Everyone: take care of yourself and others, follow instructions, report hazards.

Reporting

Report hazards, accidents and near misses to [contact or system] the same day.

Emergencies

• Fire: leave by the nearest exit, do not use lifts, go to [assembly point].
• First aid: first aiders are listed at [location].

Review

This policy and its risk assessments are reviewed every year. Signed by [name, role] on [date].

Includes 2 quiz questions; the answers are not published here. They are shown only in the app's requirement editor, to the person setting up the requirement, who can change them before saving.

1. You see a trailing cable across a walkway. What do you do?
   • Step over it
   • Make it safe if you can and report it to [contact]
2. When the fire alarm sounds you should:
   • Finish your email first
   • Leave by the nearest exit and go to the assembly point

Edit a Confluence page, insert the Attestation Flow macro, open the requirement editor and pick the pack under Start from a policy pack. It fills the note and the due date; with a paid licence it also fills the re-acknowledgement window, the minimum reading time and the quiz, and can add the starter text to the page. Required readers are never preset: you choose them.

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