Health and safety continues to be the first item for discussion and action on all Board agendas across the Jarvis group. The Company recognises that it is vital to conform to the highest safety and health standards in the interests of its employees and everyone else who may be affected by tasks, operations or processes under Jarvis’ control.

Commitment throughout the organisation
The Group’s health and safety policy is concerned both with establishing standards and procedures to safeguard health and safety, and also with ensuring that managers, as individuals, appreciate the personal contribution they must make to minimise the risk of injury and ill health at work.

Key activities

• significant investment in health and safety-related training across the business


• extensive monitoring of accident incidence rates, causes and prevention


• organising independent audits of policies and site practices


• developing and refining assessment tools for health and safety


• contributing to business risk management tools and activities


• providing a wide range of information, through the management network and the Jarvis Intranet


• taking an active part in government health and safety initiatives

Find out more
You can read more about health and safety activities and statistics in the Health and Safety section of the Jarvis Report and Accounts for 2007.

• Annual Report 2007 CSR
• Annual Report 2006 CSR
• Annual Report 2005 CSR