Health & Safety Policy

Glossop Cricket Club aims to promote the health, safety and welfare of all persons to whom we owe a duty of care, including athletes, volunteers, coaches, parents, spectators and visitors through a commitment to the development of a positive health and safety culture.

To achieve the highest possible standards, Glossop Cricket Club aims to, so far as is reasonably practicable:

• comply with all relevant health and safety legislation and guidelines;
• conduct risk assessments, ensuring actions arising are implemented and the risks are reduced to the lowest practicable level;
• provide defined procedures, which include safe methods of working for all those involved in the delivery of club activity;
• provide, maintain and inspect plant, equipment and machinery and ensure safe storage/use of substances;
• seek to prevent accidents, incidents, near misses and cases of work-related ill health;
• report any accidents, incidents, near misses and cases of work-related ill health arising from club activity and ensure the timely completion of investigations to prevent incident reoccurrence;
• implement emergency and first aid procedures;
• ensure mechanisms are in place to report hazards and identify and rectify faults;
• ensure suitable welfare arrangements are in place and provide a safe and healthy working environment for all those involved in club activity, and;
• provide appropriate information, instruction and supervision to ensure all those involved in club activity take care of their own safety and welfare and that of others.