Our CEO is leaving the company and no indications of plans to replace. In such a case the board will run from day to day. My director responsible for H&S issues has asked if more than 1 person can sign the policy statement. I do not see why not myself... any thoughts? Thanks

The policy statement is the companies approach to managing H&S; the company is its shareholders who appoint the Board to run things. It is therefore quite reasonable for >1 to sign a statement. It is also (IMO) for the statement to be issued by "the Board" and remain unsigned. As it is only the headlines of what will be done, the H&S arrangements are more important and more important than those is what is actually being done to prevent harm. Of course, some auditors will disagree but in reality the reason we all do what we do is to prevent harm. Policy statements on their own achieve nothing, unless backed up by real H&S management. An enforcement agency would decide who is the controling mind and who else may be criminally responsible and the courts decide on a verdict regardless of who signs the paper.