Policy Statement for Health and Safety

It is BPA’s policy that, in the conduct of our business, we shall:

• Pursue the goal of no harm to people.
• Control all foreseeable health and safety risks.
• Manage health and safety matters as any other business critical activity.

In applying this policy, BPA aims to achieve a high level of health and safety performance, to ensure compliance with the law and to meet the standards to which we subscribe.

• Adopt a systematic, risk-based approach to H&S Management to achieve continuous performance improvement.
• Promote a culture in which all staff share a commitment to achieving a high level of H&S performance and to communicate and promote best practice.
• Set objectives and improvement goals and measure, report and review performance regularly, including an annual review of the Safety Management System by the management Team.
• Reflect H&S performance in staff appraisal and reward systems.
• Ensure that adequate resources are made available to meet this policy and that staff is trained and competent to perform their assigned H&S roles.
• Ensure that all H&S incidents and significant near misses are fully investigated and reported by means of a formal system.
• Establish and maintain emergency response plans in consultation with relevant authorities.
• Ensure that all joint venture partners and sub-contractors apply H&S policy and standards consistent with those of BPA.
• Use materials and energy resources efficiently in the conduct of our operations.
• Keep our staff, customers, contractors and relevant third parties informed of known risks arising from our activities and to be receptive to third party views on H&S matters.

P M Davis
Director and General Manager, BPA
01 February 2005