Overview
As a large manufacturing operation with on-site activities we take our health & safety policy seriously. Employees at all levels are given continuous training, we are regularly audited by external third parties and our whole health & safety program is laid out in our ISO 9001 quality management manual.
Relevant Health & Safety Operations
Below are a range of some of the health & safety issues relevant to our business:
Manual handling
Safe stacking of sawn timber and board materials
Toxic woods
Safe collection of woodwaste: prevention of fire and explosion
Occupational hygiene and health surveillance at industrial treatment plants
COSHH and the woodworking industries
Local exhaust ventilation & Dust capture at machines
Safe working at woodworking machines
Circular saw benches: safe working practices
Safe use of hand-fed planing machines
Safe working practices at vertical spindle moulding machines
Safety in the use of narrow band saws
Safe use of power operated cross cut saws
Safe use of manually operated cross cut saws
Noise at woodworking machines
Wood dust: hazards and precautions
Selection of respiratory protective equipment suitable for use in paint shop
