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Safety & Health Management

What exactly is a Safety and Health Management System (SHMS)?

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A safety and health management system is a component of an organization's management system that includes:

the health and safety work organisation and policy in a company the accident and illness prevention planning process the line management duties and the practises, procedures, and resources for establishing, implementing, reviewing, and maintaining the occupational safety and health policy. The system should cover all aspects of an employer's occupational health and safety organisation. 

As part of the production of the Safety Statement required by Section 20 of the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the workplace should develop an occupational safety and health policy programme. Effective safety and health policies should lay out a clear path for the organisation to take. As part of a demonstrable commitment to continual improvement, they will contribute to all elements of corporate performance. Responsibilities to people and the workplace will be met in accordance with the spirit and text of the law. 

Saving and growing human and physical resources at a low cost will avoid financial losses and liabilities. Stakeholders' expectations, whether they are shareholders, employees or their representatives, customers, or society at large, can be met in a broader context.

Critical safety and health issues, which should be addressed and allocated resources, in the safety and health policy, include the:

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• design, provision and maintenance of a safe place of work for all employees.
• design, provision and maintenance of safe means of access to and egress from each part of the workplace.
• design, provision and maintenance of any article, plant, equipment or machinery for use at work in a safe manner, provision of systems of work that are planned, organised, performed, maintained or revised,  so as to be safe, particularly for safety critical process operations or services.
• performance of ongoing hazard identification and Risk Assessments, and compliance with the general principles of prevention as set out in the legislation.
• provision and maintenance of welfare facilities and PPE.
• preparation of emergency plans and the provision of first-aid training.
• reporting of accidents and dangerous occurrences to the Authority and their  investigation.

Goals

1. Become more familiar with safety management systems.

2. Understand the seven basic parts of a safety management system as defined by OR-OSHA.

3. Be able to talk about the key processes in each of the seven core aspects.

Content inside the Safety & Health  Management: 

 1.  Management Commitment

2.  Accountability

3.  Employee Involvement

4.  Hazard Identification & Control

5.  Incident/Accident Analysis

6.  Training

7.  Program Evaluation 

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