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Health and Safety Policy

TAIAUS-POL-002 Reviewed Date: 2015-09-25 Page 1 of 1

The Reinforced Earth Company (RECO) is committed to preventing workplace injury and illness byproviding a safe and healthy workplace. RECO will demonstrate this commitment by providing andmaintaining the best possible standard of Health and Safety (HS) at our workplaces and for all workersaffected by RECOs work.

To achieve these objectives RECO is committed to:

keeping up to date with and complying with all relevant Work HS legislation;

establishing and maintaining safe systems of work;

establishing an effective and meaningful system of consultation with workers;

establishing an effective risk management process to identify potential hazards and implementingpreventive actions to eliminate or minimise the risk;

promptly investigating workplace incidents, unsafe work practices or unsafe conditions andimplementing corrective actions;

regular review of RECOs HS Management System to ensure it continues to meet RECOs needsand the continual improvement of safety performance;

ensuring that managers and supervisors are provided with the necessary training and resources toenable them to carry out their defined duties and responsibilities for the health and safety ofworkplaces and workers under their control.

Managers and supervisors must ensure that:

RECO work health and safety policies and procedures are effectively implemented;

risk assessments and job safety and environmental analyses are documented, communicated toworkers at the workplace, and regularly reviewed;

establish and maintain safe systems of work and implement the required controls;

ensuring that workplace inspections, tests and maintenance are performed in accordance withlegislative and RECO requirements;

appropriate information, training and supervision is provided to all workers at the workplace to

enable them to understand and follow safe work procedures; they promptly report all injuries, incidents and near misses; carry out or participate in investigations

when required; and implement controls and take corrective actions as required;

they keep up to date with key legislative changes which may impact RECO or the workplace;

suppliers of equipment and services to the workplace understand the safety standards expected ofthem, and that the equipment meets relevant standards and legislative requirements.

Workers are responsible for:

taking reasonable care of their own health and safety, and that their actions or omissions do notadversely affect the health and safety of other workers at the workplace;

complying with instructions, procedures and programmes relating to health and safety at theworkplace;

reporting any hazards they encounter at the workplace to their immediate supervisor; participating in work health and safety consultation and training initiatives;

using personal protective equipment that is required at the workplace and the work activity beingperformed.

Visitors to RECO workplaces are expected to cooperate with instruction and procedures notified to them.

RECO seeks the cooperation of all workers in realising these objectives and taking all practicablemeasures at all times to create a safe and healthy work environment

Gary Power 25 September 2015

Managing DirectorThe Reinforced Earth Company