Safety and health management

The site manager (SM) is typieally the on-site representative and is responsible for maintaining eontaet with the host (elient, eustomer, ete.), the PM, and the health and safety manager (HSM). The SM is also responsible for implementation of the HASP. The SM reports to the PM and works direetly with the elient in most eases. 

Health and Safety Management in Higher and Further Education Guidance on Inspection, Monitoring and Auditing. (1992), HSE Education Services Advisory Committee, HMSO, Eondon, 16 pp., ISBN Oil 886315 0 (Price 3.00). 

Last but not least, the following also applies to occupational health and safety management When certifying Chemical Leasing projects, TON/ SOD specialists do not require complete compliance with an occupational health and safety standard, e.g. OHSAS 18001, although the key elements of an occupational health and safety system must be observed. 

Successful Health and Safety Management", HS(G)65, HSE Books, 1997, ISBN 071761276... 

Walters D. (2002) The framework directive. In Walters, D., and Lang, P. (eds) Regulating Health and Safety Management in the European Union. A study of the dynamics of change. College of Europe Publications, Brussels. 

Special models and programs are developed for such purposes as health and safety management and assessment, risk analysis and assessment, emission control and detection and quality control. Such a program may, for example, help the user to keep records regarding training, chemical inventories, emergency response plans, material safety data, sheet expiry dates and so on. 

Reese CD (2003) Occupational Health and Safety Management. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press. 

Another company incorporated the tool into its training program for new environmental, health, and safety managers. Participants in the training use the tool to develop a comprehensive approach to addressing sustainable development for a hypothetical acquired business unit. 

Parallel to the development of ISO 14001 1996 - Environmental Management Systems - several organizations developed guides, draft specifications, and requirements for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMSs). Most of this development has been done by management system registrars with the expectation that an OHSMS be accepted and issued by a national or internationally accredited standards body, that is, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), British Standards, and so on. 

As we have already noted, these provisions also need to be understood in relatitm to the requirements regulation health and safety management generally that are found in Directive 89/391/EEC - the so-called Framework Directive. 

In certain drcums ces, the Authority may apply under Section 39 of the 1989 Act to the High Court for an Order in relation to certain activities. This can be obtained on an ex parte basis, that is, without notice to the employer concerned. These orders are usually obtained where physical hazards and significant deficiencies in health and safety management cause the Authority to consider the risk to persons to be very serious. 

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