Safety And Health Survey Checklist

Safety and Health Program Assessment

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I. MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP

AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT

A. Clear worksite safety and health policy		There is a S&H policy and all employees accept, can explain, and fully understand it.
		There is a S&H policy and majority of employees can explain it.
		There is a S&H policy and some employees can explain it.
		There is a written (or oral, where appropriate) policy.
		There is no policy.

B. Clear goals and objectives are set and communicated		All employees are involved in developing goals and can explain desired results and how results are measured.
		Majority of employees can explain results and measures for achieving them.
		Some employees can explain results and measures for achieving them.
		There are written (or oral, where appropriate) goals and objectives.
		There are no safety and health goals and objectives.

C-1. Management Leadership		All employees can give examples of management's commitment to safety and health.
		Majority of employees can give examples of management's active commitment to safety and health.
		Some employees can give examples of management's commitment to safety and health.
		There is some evidence that top management is committed to safety and health.
		Safety and health is not a top management value or concern.

C-2. Management example		All employees recognize that management always follows the rules and addresses the safety behavior of others
		Management follows the rules and usually addresses the safety behavior of others.
		Management follows the rules and occasionally addresses the safety behavior of others.
		Management generally follows basic safety and health rules.
		Management does not follow basic safety and health rules.

D. Employee involvement		All employees have ownership of safety and health and can explain their roles.
		Majority of employees feel they have a positive impact on identifying and resolving safety and health issues.
		Some employees feel that they have a positive impact on safety and health.
		Employees generally feel that their safety and health input will be considered by supervisors.
		Employee involvement in safety and health issues is not encouraged nor rewarded.

E. Assigned safety and health responsibilities		All employees can explain what performance is expected of them.
		Majority of employees can explain what performance is expected of them.
		Some employees can explain what performance is expected of them.
		Performance expectations are generally spelled out for all employees.
		Specific job responsibilities and performance expectations are generally unknown or hard to find.

F. Authority and resources for safety and health		All employees believe they have the necessary authority and resources to meet their responsibilities.
		Majority of employees believe they have the necessary authority and resources to meet their responsibilities.
		Authority and resources are spelled out for all, but there is often a reluctance to use them.
		Authority and resources exist, but most are controlled by supervisors.
		All authority and resources come from supervision and are not delegated.

G. Accountability		Personnel are held accountable and all performance is addressed with appropriate consequences.
		Accountability systems are in place, but consequences used tend to be for negative performance only.
		Personnel are generally held accountable, but consequences and rewards do not always follow performance.
		There is some accountability, but it is generally hit or miss.
		There is no effort towards accountability.

H. Program Review (Quality Assurance)		In addition to a comprehensive review, a process is used which drives continuous correction.
		A comprehensive review is conducted at least annually and drives appropriate program modifications.
		A program review is conducted, bit it doesn't drive all necessary program changes.
		Changes in programs are driven by events such as accidents or near misses.
		There is no program review process.

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Safety

Successful Workplace Safety & Health Management System

The Safety and Health Management System model below are one of the simple example of Safety and Health management model adopted by successful organisation. This organisation emphasize on the continual improvement of safety and health program in the workplace to ensure that the safety and health of the workers will be the priority in their business operations.

The main component that will moves this Safety and Health Management System to be functional and effective is the Commitment from the Top Management. The overall responsibility to this systems lies on the shoulder of management team (both top and middle Management team). They have to ensure that all other components of the systems established in a systematic manner with a proper planning and implementation.

They have to set the policy and objectives, employ resources, budget allocations, get the correct team and monitor the programs.  The implementation of any program related to safety and health should be based on this management system so that it can be monitor and improved accordingly to ensure the safety and health of the workers is maintained. Audit and inspection is the  tool that can be used by the management team to ensure the effectiveness  and the quality of the program introduced .

The professional groups in Safety and Health such as Safety and Health Officer, Occupational Health Doctor and Nurses, Industrial Hygienist, Toxicologist, etc. should be engaged by the management to assist them in establishing Safety and Health programs. The implemented programs should then be evaluated and improved.

OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODEL

This Safety and Health Management System Model is also based on the Quality Management model approach to ensure that the Safety and Health program in the workplace could be improved further through its continual improvement system.

 

The Safety and Health Management System model below are one of the simple example of Safety and Health management model adopted by successful organisation. This organisation emphasize on the continual improvement of safety and health program in the workplace to ensure that the safety and health of the workers will be the priority in their business operations

WHY A BUSINESS NEED AN OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ?

WHY A BUSINESS NEED AN OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM  ?

In business organisations, the basic difference between safety and health management and other aspect of management is that it generally does not seem to be part of organisation. People have a variety of reasons and motivations to begin and continue their business without proper consideration for safety and health. However, a well managed and successful organisation normally have a better safety and health performance and accident record. Therefore, the way safety and health is managed can be used as a yardstick of an efficient business.

Heinrich who is known as father of safety management considered accident as partial failure of the safety management. According to the DOMINO THEORY of accident causation model, Management lack of control is the main element that contribute to the domino effect in the event of an accident. Therefore preventing accident by proper management of Safety and Health will also prevent failure of the management in their duties.

In Piper Alpha Fire Tragedy, Lord Cullen stated in his report:-                               

    “ The Safety Management System should set out the safety objective….          the system by which these objectives are to be achieved, and the performance standards which are to be met and the means by which adherence to the standard is to be monitored “

The approach of Quality Management Model sometimes called “Deming Model” or “PDCA” is a complete loop system. This will ensure that the standard or quality will be achieved and the effectiveness of the management system is well monitored and improved continuously within the system.

Development Of Workplace Safety And Health Management System

The Workplace Safety and Health Management System Regulations 2009 took into effect from 1 March 2010. Under the law, it is mandatory for the following workplaces to implement Safety and Health Management Systems

-Construction worksites

-Shipyards

-Factories engaged in the manufacture of semiconductor wafers

-Factories engaged in the manufacture of fabricated metal products, machinery or equipment (with more than 100 employees)

-Factories engaged in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products or their intermediates

-Factories engaged in the processing or manufacturing of petroleum, petroleum products,
-petrochemicals or petrochemical products;

-Any factory engaged in the manufacturing of fluorine, chlorine, hydrogen fluoride or carbon
monoxide; and synthetic polymers

-Any premises where the bulk storage of toxic or flammable liquid is carried on by way of trade
or for the purpose of gain and which has a storage capacity of 5,000 or more cubic metres

Any occupier of a workplace who contravenes the regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, and if the contravention in respect of  which he was so convicted continues after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

Workplace Safety and Health Management System ( WSHMS)  is widely used in the shipyards, construction worksites, semiconductor wafers factories, manufacturing of petroleum ,petroleum products, petrochemical products, fabricated metal products and machinery or equipment. 

The WSHMS consists of 14 elements  as follows:-

1)Safety Policy
2)Safe work practices

3)Safety training
4)Group meetings

5)Incident investigation and analysis

6n-house safety rules & regulations

7)Safety Promotion

8)Evaluation, selection & control of contractors
9)Safety inspections

10)Maintenance Regime
11)Risk assessment

12)Control of movement & use of hazardous chemicals

13)Occupational Health Programmes

14)Emergency preparedness