What is FISA?
Cheshire Green Waste are proud members of FISA, the Forest Industry Safety Accord.
What is the Forest Industry Safety Accord?
In 2012 representatives from many of the leading industry organisations joined together to form a steering group. Together they developed the Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA) which sets out the commitment that each organisation, and the sector at large, can make to raise the standard of health and safety in their place of work.
The Accord
The UK Forest Industry:
- Believes that all fatalities and injuries are preventable.
- Supports development of a new safety culture where the health, safety and welfare of all those working in the forest industry is a fundamental priority.
- Believes that through strong and committed leadership we can work collaboratively to significantly improve the health and safety performance of our industry.
The industry is committed to achieving this through:
- The creation of a dedicated Safety Group to provide the necessary strategic direction and impetus to raise health, safety and welfare standards throughout the industry.
- Providing clear and proactive leadership to change attitudes and behaviour at every level in the industry.
- Involving everybody working in the industry to ensure individual and collective responsibility for health and safety, avoiding unacceptable risks and challenging unsafe practices.
- Developing a mechanism for the industry to share safety statistics, data and information.
- Maintaining and improving through training the competency of those working in the industry at every level.
- Recognising that improvements to the industry’s health and safety performance requires sustained commitment and action – being equitable and fair to all those involved.
