Safety Management Systems
Organisations that are successful are increasingly realising the benefits of an integrated approach to health and safety management. They recognise that the early identification of risk and its control helps to maintain the general health of employees and the success of the business.
Health and safety management systems should include all areas of your business, as measuring performance means that performance is measured against agreed standards to reveal when and where improvement is needed.
The Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) publication ‘Successful Health and Safety Management’ (HSG65) provides one of many models used to manage health and safety issues within an organisation. The message it conveys is a simple one: “Organisations need to manage health and safety with the same degree of expertise and to the same standards as other core business activities, if they are effectively to control risks and prevent harm to people”.
HSG 65 is based on a ‘plan, do, check, and act’ approach. The planning process means that there is a systematic approach to implementing the health and safety policy through an effective health and safety management system.
Let Us Develop, Monitor or Improve your Systems
We can assist you in the setting up of a framework for health and safety and a safety management system.
We will carry out the following:
OUR APPROACH
We will conduct an initial review of your organisation to establish the current state of health and safety management and compliance, and help you to set up a planning strategy for achieving legal compliance.
Assist you in completing a safety policy to formally document the organisation's commitment in implementing health and safety practices that are appropriate for the types of hazards and risks that employees and any other persons may be exposed to.
We will help you to set in place the infrastructure required for any planning and organisational changes needed. We will also assist in implementing changes in your organisational infrastructure which may be needed to introduce and operate the changes.
To assist in undertaking risk assessments and help identify and implement the appropriate control measures to ensure that any identified risks are properly managed.
Assist you in developing a method to evaluate and monitor the day-to-day performance of the health and safety management system. Assist in the review of current systems and help revise plans as necessary so that further improvements can be made in health and safety performance of the organisation.
Carry out an Independent assessment to assist management in the setting up of an action plan to help ensure that the organisation produces substantial benefits for both the employees and the organisation.
Whilst all of the above steps may not be necessary for every organisations, they represent the main elements of an effective health and safety management system.
If you would like to discuss your requirements please contact us on 01834 811006 or email - info@tom-cullen.co.uk
