Integrated safety management functions

BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETY AND INTEGRATED SAFETY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS... 

Integrated Safety Management Core Functions—The core safety management functions for DOE P 450.4, Safety Management System Policy, which are to (1) define the scope of work (2) analyze the hazards (3) develop and implement hazard controls (4) perform work within controls and (5) provide feedback and continuous improvement. These functions are also identified in DEAR 48 CFR 970.5204-2(c). 

FIVE CORE FUNCTIONS OF INTEGRATED SAFETY MANAGEMENT... 

Relying on teamwork to integrate health and safety and line management functions for the planning and accomplishment of work activities is vital to providing a safe working environment. Health and safety... 

Safety instrumented system (SIS) Any combination of separate and independent devices (sensors, logic solvers, final elements, and support systems) designed and managed to achieve a specified safety integrity level. An SIS may implement one or more safety instrumented functions. 

All these functions entail the managanent of anployees, materials, machinery, the environment, and processes. These four basic functions of safety management, if integrated into a manager s normal functions, could provide for better management, leadership, and involvement in the safety program and its elements. A positive safety culture can only be obtained by positive proactive leadership. 

The main objective of the safety coordinator is to manage the numerous activities that constitute an integrated safety system. He or she has various duties and functions, mostly to do with maintaining the momentum of the safety system. They include ... 

The effectiveness of this program depends upon the cooperation and communication of management officials, supervisors and employees. Everyone must be capable of recognizing hazards in the workplace and understand their role. Each supervisor will make the safety and health of all employees an integral part of his/her regular management functions. In addition, each employee will adhere to established company safety rules and procedures. Participation of all employees is essential in order to ensure the effectiveness of this program. 

The module is concerned with the techniques which can be applied to all main types of hazard and in particular with methods of general application for improving systems and human reliability. The module is also concerned with the ways in which changes in organisational structure and behaviour may be used to improve the control of work-based hazards. Within the module there is emphasis on the integration of safety and health with all management functions of the organisation. 

The value of integrated safety functionality FF-SIF provides a common platform for SIS and process automation with common HMI, engineering, and asset management tools, but separate logic execution. Benefits extracted from the system include but are not limited to the following ... 

Proof test planning is an integral part of safety management planning and it is dictated by the need to maintain the functional safety of the system and should never be compromised with other aspects such as operation/production needs or business policies. As this is very much an object Oriented program, it is justifiable that suitable explanations will be made prior to its adoption. 

When safety is seamlessly integrated into the way an organization functions on a daily basis, a separately identified safety management system is not needed, theoretically, since all actions required to achieve safety would be blended into operations. 

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