Policy Statement:,

The Public Service Commission as an employer recognises its legal and moral
responsibility to provide a relatively safe and healthy workplace and will endeavour to promote and maintain an occupational environment in which the physical and psychological well being- of its workers is protected.

It is therefore our goals and objectives to:
(i) Safeguard all employees from occupational illness and injury;
(ii) Provide resources and funding sufficient to maintain an effective health and safety programme;
(iii) Comply with the provisions of 1996 Occupational Health and Safety at Work Act
(iv) Consult with, employees- and obtain their- consensus on all OHS matters.
(v) Ensure that a Safety Committee representing all levels of staff- is setup to--- deal with health and safety matters,
(vi) Ensure safety procedures and programmes are continuously updated and carried out;
(vii) Monitor compliance with the safety rules and procedures and review them annually.

Managers and Supervisors will be:

(i) Responsible and accountable for maintaining a safe workplace;
(ii) Responsible for ensuring the observation of safe working procedures.
(iii) Responsible for ensuring that equipment and machines are, as far as is practicable, safe and risk-free to health;
(iv) Responsible for the provision of adequate and competent supervision;
(v) Assessed on OH&S performance as part of the personal performance review process.

Employees are requested to:

(i) Observe OH&S rules and procedures set by Management from time to time to maintain a risk-free environment;
(ii) Accept their part of the responsibility for protecting their own health and safety and that of fellow-workers-
(iii) 'Co-operate with management in achieving a safe and healthy workplace.