
Great Portland Estates is committed to managing health and safety
to a consistently high standard.
The Group employs a Safety, Health and Environmental Manager,
reporting directly to the Property Director, Robert Noel, to manage
and review health and safety compliance. A Health and Safety
Management System designed to comply with ISO 18001 requirements is
maintained for all properties managed by the Group and includes on
site inspections by external consultants and reviews of risk
assessments with all procedures updates at least annually. Our
Senior Building Manager also carries out regular building audits to
monitor compliance with the Group’s health and safety
procedures.
A Health and Safety Working Group which is chaired by Mr Noel meets
on a quarterly basis, and monitors performance, the achievement of
key objectives, the results of safety audits and inspections,
accidents and near misses, changes in legislation, the development
of new procedures, and the allocation of resources to health and
safety.
During the year 212 hours of health and safety training was
provided to employees covering general health and safety
management, first aid at work, stress management and terrorism.
Additionally induction training, which includes health and safety
issues, is provided to all new employees.
Asset manage
As one of the significant health and safety risks to the business
is the control of contractors, a contractor and consultant
selection scheme is in place. The Company runs a Permission toWork
system for contractors which includes contractor vetting, reviewing
of contractor risk assessments and monitoring of contractors’
performance on site. Major contractors have service level
agreements as an integral part of their contract and scoring on
health and safety performance has been included within these
agreements.
All accidents and incidents occurring in areas managed by the Group
are recorded and reported and appropriate action is taken. A formal
investigation of all accidents is conducted by the Safety,
Health and Environmental Manager. During the year ended 31 March
2008, there were two reportable accidents arising from Group’s
activities.
Recycle
Prior to acquisition, detailed surveys are undertaken of new
properties to ensure that, where possible, hazardous materials and
health and safety risks are identified and are dealt with as soon
as practicable on completion.
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At our construction sites, our Safety, Health and Environmental
Manager liaises closely with CDM Coordinators and Project Managers
to assist in ensuring that health and safety is managed
effectively on site. All consultants are required to complete a
competency review in line with Health and Safety Executive guidance
under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007.
Where building works are being carried out with tenants in situ,
our Building Managers regularly attend site to ensure that health
and safety concerns are brought to the attention
of contractors and dealt with in a timely fashion.
Health and safety statistics
| |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Number of RIDDOR reportable injuries |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| First aid injuries |
7 |
8 |
8 |
| Three day injuries |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Work related fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Number of Enforcement Agency prosecutions or fines |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Number of prohibition notices |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Employee accidents and incidents |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Number of employee days off work from injury |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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