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Directors and Senior Managers

Managing Director

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Management
Directors

Managers
Middle
Management

Supervisors

Directors and Senior managers are deputed by employers, to ensure employers’ health and
safety responsibilities are met, in practice it includes that appropriate health and safety policy is
in place and effective in achieving organisation requirements. The directors and senior managers
are accountable to their employers for achieving these responsibilities.

Directors and senior managers are to make sure that:

• An appropriate health and safety policy are developed and established.

• Carrying out risk assessments and ensures that suitable control measures are in place.

• Show their commitment by involving themselves in leadership activities like site visits,
consultation with the workforce.

• Allocation of suitable resources to establish and maintain health and safety management
system. Resources as such – competent workers /fellow workers, and budgeting to meet
the objectives of the health and safety policy.

• In addition, the senior managers will be provided specific responsibilities in the
organisation towards health and safety. For instance, taking care of high-risk activities, or
entire division or region.

• The senior managers may appoint competent person for assisting with health and safety
measures and to meet organisations health and safety obligations.

• The senior managers involve themselves in reviewing health and safety performance of
an organisation to ensure the objectives are being met and remains valid.

Reviewing Health and Safety Performance

Directors and Senior managers must periodically review organisation’s health and safety
performance. It can be done annually.

The review should focus on the entire organisation’s health and safety approach, including the
functioning of health and safety management system. This is best conducted with the top

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