Health and safety policy

See how we take care to make our working environment safe

Page last updated June 2024

Health and safety at Ordnance Survey

It’s our policy to provide and maintain a healthy and safe working environment. Our aim is to keep occupational accidents and illnesses to a minimum, and ultimately create an incident-free workplace.

We provide employees with all the right equipment, information, training and supervision they need to keep safety a priority. We also ensure the right finances and resources are available to keep us compliant with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent legislation.

As well as our permanent staff, we have a duty of care to all visitors – including contractors, temporary workers and members of the public.

Health and safety policy statement

This statement sets out the steps Ordnance Survey Limited (and its wholly owned subsidiaries) has undertaken, and is continuing to take, to ensure it meets the compliance obligations of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. 

View the health and safety policy statement (PDF)

Health and safety at work is everyone's responsibility

All Ordnance Survey staff should take reasonable care of their own and other people’s welfare, keep the workplace free of hazards, and report any situation that may be a safety risk.

To maintain an effective health and safety programme, it’s important to keep communicating at all levels. If an employee is unsure how to perform a certain task, or feels something may be dangerous, they must report this to their line manager or the person responsible for health and safety.

All injuries sustained at work, however small, must be reported to the Property Contract Manager at healthsafetyservices@os.uk. Accident records are crucial to monitor and update the policy effectively, and must be accurate and thorough.

We continually review our health and safety policy

Our health and safety policy is under continual review, especially when we change the size or nature of our operations. At the very least it will be updated every 12 months.

Our commitment to health and safety is paramount, and anyone deliberately disregarding the policy could face disciplinary action.

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