Rubicon Archaeology

HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT

Rubicon Archaeology is committed to taking all reasonable steps to ensure our business and its representatives comply with relevant Health and Safety legislation. We strive to maintain excellence in health and safety matters and, in this respect, employees and staff members are encouraged to identify hazards and reduce the risk that may exist during work activities. We prepare site-specific health and safety risk assessments and plans for all our projects. All Rubicon staff hold valid Safe Passes and have Manual Handling training. Rubicon’s objective is implementing and maintaining systems, which ensure that we:

▪Comply with all applicable regulatory environmental, health and safety protection requirements ▪Apply the principles of prevention to minimise the risk to people both on and off the work site from accidents or incidents arising from design features or subsequent installation and / or maintenance operations ▪Monitor and evaluate on a routine basis project management and the site systems for the protection of the environment and the health and safety of employees, clients, and the public ▪Construct, maintain and manage our facilities and systems in accordance with best practice ▪Establish standards for the environment and health and safety, and communicate them with employees, contractors, and visitors ▪Encourage the participation of all employees in environmental and health & safety protection initiatives ▪Communicate within the company on safety matters in a timely and effective manner.

Rubicon is committed to a programme of continual improvement in environmental and health and safety performance by making it an integral part of all our operations. This policy is proactively based on relevant regulatory requirements and best practice, with particular reference to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (Ireland), the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 (UK), S.I. No. 504 of 2006 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013 to 2020 (Ireland), the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (UK), Act on the Implementation of Measures of Occupational Safety and Health to Encourage Improvements in the Safety and Health Protection of Workers at Work (Arbeitsschutzgesetz, ArbSchG) (Germany), UK NRW S25 Occupational Health and Safety at Archaeological Excavations (Germany) and certified ISO 45001:2018 SMS, whereby we ensure all facilities are fit for use, hazards have been identified and suitable controls established to eliminate such risks in so far as practically possible.

Rubicon recognises its responsibilities as an employer for ensuring, so far as is reasonably possible, a safe and healthy workplace and working environment for all its employees and other such persons as may be affected by its work. It also recognises its responsibility for providing such information, training and supervision need for this purpose.

All management and supervisory staff are responsible for implementing this policy throughout the company. They must ensure that health and safety considerations are given priority in planning and day-to-day supervision of work. All employees and subcontractors are expected to co-operate in implementing this policy and must carry out their own work, so far is reasonably practicable, without risk to themselves or others.

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