Executive Safety Committee

The Ladbroke Grove Inquiry report recommends that a strategic safety management leadership team be established within each company in the Rail Industry [HSC, 2003]. This should be led by the Chief Executive of each organisation, with support from 

Organisations shonld have effective systems in place for the management and coordination of safety. This should be led by a strategic safety leadership team. (HSE, 2005, p. 19) 

The safety manager plays a very important role in the SLT, as he reports to it on the status of the safety system and also seeks approval for new standards to be approved and other activities pertinent to the implementation and maintenance of the system. 

Example of a Safety System Standard Defining the Safety Committee Structure 

To establish and sustain a system of safety and health committees (safety committees) throughout the company to facilitate the management of safety and health issues and to provide a forum for safety communication, the company safety and health management system (company system) implementation, and decision making. 

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After a few months 1 managed to persuade the leadership to form the executive safety committee (the safety leadership team) chaired by the CEO and attended by all the general managers. A start was made on developing safety standards and policies, and the committee reviewed my restructuring proposals of the SHE department with skepticism (Figure 16.1). 

The general managers would then cascade the information and decisions from the executive safety committee down to their own departmental safety committees, which they chaired on a monthly basis. The safety superintendent of the particular... 

Elealth and Safety Executive Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances (EISE), Major Hazard Aspects of the Transport of Dangerous Substances, London HMSO, 1991. 

Safety Representatives and Safety Committees (1977). London Health and Safety Executive. 

United Kingdom Department of Work and Pensions Health and Safety Commission/Health and Safety Executive Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances (ACTS) Health and Safety Executive... 

Professional requirements for safety persoimel with regard to education, experience, accomplishment, and executive ability in those organizations whose cultures require superior safety performance have been moved up a few notches in recent years. Model companies expect their safety personnel to maintain professional competency and provide opportunities to do so. Their safety professionals are expected to be active in safety committees of trade associations and in technical societies. Also, they are encouraged to (a) expand their horizons through additional education and (b) increase their knowledge of operations so as to better understand and relate to the organization. 

If a senior manager does not see the importance of safety it is unlikely that the safety officer will be given management status. The effectiveness of safety committees is also likely to be influenced by management commitment. If the senior executive sees safety as less important than other aspects of the organization e.g. production he/she... 

Figure 1.1 is a simplified organizational chart that embodies the concepts discussed in this section. Some duties and layers of responsibility might be combined in a small firm or academic institution,while in very large organizations additional functions or layers might be needed. Note that the safety committees are appointed by a senior executive and have direct access to him. 

Health and Safety Executive, Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations, (SI 1977 No. 500), HMSO, London (1977)... 

The Certificate is intended as a qualification for newly appointed Safety Advisers who have no previous experience and for people such as managers and supervisors whose executive responsibilities include safety and health, safety representatives and safety committee members. It will entitle them to apply for the non>corporate grade of Associate. 

Health and Safety Executive, Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (ACSNI), ACSNI Study Group on Human Factors, 2nd Report - Human Assessment A Critical Overview, HSE Books, Sudbury (1991)... 

As already mentioned in 19 all enterprises with over 20 workers are obliged to appoint one or more safety representatives. The appointment is executed together with the works council and must be announced to the employees and the Berufs-genossenschaft. More than three safety representatives form a safety committee. 

Health and Safety Executive. 1979. Second Report. Advisory Committee Major Hazards. U.K. Health and Safety Commission, 1979. 

Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pattiogens (ACDP) (1990) HIV—The Causative Agent of AIDS and Related Conditions. Second revision of guidelines. London Heallh and Safety Executive. Anon ( 99 ) Decontamination of Equipment, Linen or other Surfaces Contaminated with Hepatitis B and/or Human Immunodeficiency Viruses. Depaittnent of Healtti HC 33. 

After Orleans execution in November 1793, his vast properties became state property and Leblanc s factory was seized. Three months later, Leblanc faced even more distressing news. With war threatening, the Committee of Public Safety called for patent holders of soda processes to publish their methods A true republican does not hesitate to relinquish the ownership of even the fruits of his mind when he hears the voice of his... 

The NTP Executive Committee contains members from ATSDR, CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission), US-EPA, US-FDA (Food and Drug Administration), NCEH (National Center for Environmental Health)/CDC, NCI/NIH, NIH, NIOSH/CDC, and OSHA (Occupational Safety Health Administration). 

Dr. Bidlack has been a professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists for more than 30 years. He has served as a member of the annual program committee, as a member of both the Expert Panel on Nutrition and Food Safety and the Scientific Lectureship Committee, and as a scientific lecturer. He was program chairman and chairman of the IFT Toxicology and Safety Evaluation Division (1989-1990) and has served as a member of the Executive Committee for both the TaSE Division and the Nutrition Division. He has served as editor of the TaSE newsletter. For the Southern... 

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