Safety

Our Safety Policy


Our safety policy is broken into for (4) areas that is Environmental Policy, Health Policy, Quality Management System and Risk Assessment Policy.

1. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

We understand the business benefits that good environmental stewardship brings to IKAP staff, shareholders and the country as a whole it is a policy of IKAP to integrate environmental protection into our existing and future business operations. We are committed to implementing good environmental practices, continual improvement in environmental performance and to manage our activities in a manner consistent with our environmental obligations both legal and moral.

To implement this policy we will:-

  • Regularly monitor, review, audit and report on our environmental performance.
  • Create emergency procedures that will allow us to quickly respond to incidents, should they occur and immunize their impact on the environment.
  • Conduct our activities to meet or exceed all applicable environmental laws and regulations
  • Train employees in environmental issues so that they understand the important contribution they are required to make in delivering environmental performance.

IKAP INVESTMENTS LIMITED expects all its employees to comply with this policy and actively assist in achieving high standards of environmental performance.

Employees must also:-

  • Comply with the environmental requirements / responsibilities relevant to their duties.
  • Identify to and report environmental risks as they conduct their day to day work.
  • Ensure that their activities do not cause environmental pollution or damage.
2. HEALTH AND SAFETY

The importance of high standards of occupational health and safety management and realises that the work related injuries and illness can be prevented. We are determined to minimize health and safety risks effectively in all our operations and to see that our activities, services or products do not harm employees, customers or the public. We are committed to complying with the legislative requirements as a minimum and will strive to achieve the highest occupational health and safety that are integrated in our business operations.

  • Ensure that the working environment is conducive for personnel and clients.
  • Adequately train employees so that they can carry out their work safely without harming themselves and or others.
  • Maintaining safety and health procedures to effectively attend to accidents.
  • Maintain and practice emergency procedures to enable us to quickly respond to incidents and minimize impact on health and safety.
  • Develop our understanding of the health and safety risks associated with our operations and put in place appropriates measures.
  • Employees should at all times assist the company in ensuring high Standards of health and safety by:-
  1. Cooperating with the implementation of this policy.
  2. Maintaining a safe working environment in our day to day work.
  3. Complying with health and safety requirements to their duties
3. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POLICY

This quality manual documents or quality system to demonstrate the company’s ability to consistently provide products that meet customers and regulatory requirements. This manual establishes compliance with ISO 9000. The quality manual applies to our research and development, production, sales , marketing , installation and servicing activities. Where any requirement of 150 9000 can not applie due to the nature of an organisation, its activities and its products will be considered for exclusion

  •  EXCLUSIONS

An ISO 9000 requirement may be excluded only when both of the following conditions are met :-

  • The requirement must be within ISO 9000, product realization.
  • The exclusion may not affect our ability, nor absolves us from responsibility, to provide products that meet our customers and applicable regulatory requirements.

The quality assurances manager / technical manager is responsible for identifying those requirements of ISO 9000 that do not apply to our organization or product, and to propose exclusions of such requirements from the scope of the qualify system.

The managing director has the responsibility and authority for examining whether the proposed exclusions are conducted within the frame work of management reviews of the quality system.

  • JUSTIFICATION

Our company does not design or develop products. Instead, customer specify all product characteristics.

4. RISK ASSESSMENT POLICY

IKAP INVESTMENTS LIMITED understand the importance of the risk assessment policy as regards the working environment. We face and deal with risks everyday, most of the time we assess and manage risks without making a formal written assessment. At work we are able to manage the risks ourselves without having to refer to the others in the organization. However, there are some risks which are beyond our ability to fully understand or control. These risks need formal risks assessment after which some can be controlled and managed by the individual or local team, however others may need to be referred to, senior staff in the organization.

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions are used to assist those involved in risks assessment :-

1. Hazard – A hazard is something which has the potential to cause, injury, illness or harm, for example.
– Cyclonic drags are hazardous substances as they can cause burns to the skin and injure the lungs if inhaled.
– Sharps, such as syringes, have the potential to transmit infection if they puncture the skin after being injected into another person.

2. RISK – Risk is the likelihood that a hazard will have on adverse out come with a consideration of how bad the outcome is likely to be. An example is:-
– As sharp object disposed on the floor in a clinic presents a high risk of injury of especially to inquisitives children.
– As sharp object correctly placed in bins which are out of reach normally pose a low risk of injury to children. Risk assessment is a careful examination of what, in your work practice and area, could cause harm so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more.

To implement this pony we:

  • Ensure that the working environment is conducive for personnel and clients.
  • Provide risk assessment training to the staff.
  • Communicate the findings of assessments staff.
  • Inform managers when assessments need reviewing.

IKAP INVESTMENTS LIMITED expects all its employees to assist the company in ensuring risk assessment is carried out by:-

  • Co-operating with the implementation of this policy.
  • Reporting to managers any assessments which appear to need reviewing.
  • Keeping themselves informed of local risk assessment.
  • Making suggestions to managers on how risks could be received.
  • Acting in accordance with findings of an assessment

Our aim as IKAP INVESTMENTS LIMITED is to provide a risk free environment in the place of work to eliminate work related injuries or ill health. All IKAP INVESTMENTS LIMITED’ staff are highly qualified and trained to meet customer satisfaction. All academic qualifications for the employees are lodged in the company’s office files