A Safety Statement is a written document which describes how an employer safeguards the safety and health of employees and visitors to the workplace.
The Safety Statement should show that all workplace hazards have been identified and that risks have been assessed. It should demonstrate that these risks have been eliminated or controlled.
Procedures for review should be set out and people responsible for particular tasks should be identified. The Safety Statement is a crucial tool for preventing workplace accidents.
A business/organisation is required by law to produce one (Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005) and employers can be prosecuted if they do not do so. Health, safety and good management go together.
The school Safety Statement is a 'live document' and may be updated periodically to reflect changes in procedures arising from risk assessments and/or incidents.