Reviewing performance, safety reviews Accountants

An overall review of the management of change documentation package should be performed to ensure documentation update items (including material safety data sheets) are addressed and that PHA action items are complete. This can be done by one person but is often best achieved by a PSSR Team. The process needs to account for ... 

A All managers will continue to be held accountable for the safety and environmental performance of their departments. Indeed, part of their annual f>erformance review depends on meeting specific safety and environmental objectives. But, the processes will be redesigned so that they require as little management intervention as possible. Based on our... 

With the possible exception of delay fuses, any pyrotechnic mixture represents a hazard worthy of report. Although the cause of frequent accidents reviewed in [2], compositions intended to explode or deflagrate are generally outside the field of this work and few are listed. Numerous reviews and specialist texts exist and hundreds of patents appear yearly. The account [1] of the theory and practice of pyrotechnics contains much useful information on the performance and potential hazards of a great variety of oxidant-fuel combinations which burn very rapidly or explosively. Safety measures are found in [2], Other reviews written from a functional viewpoint are found in [3] and [4], Some hazardously incompatible pyrotechnic mixes are reported [5], Detonability of pyrotechnic compositions has... 

Identify weaknesses and performance deficiencies Hold responsible parties accountable Conduct periodic management review of the system Cultivate a positive safety culture Commit to managing the safety culture Communicate to reinforce objectives... 

People must be held accountable for results. If action items are not completed in a timely basis, there needs to be an analysis of why and a plan for improvement. If standard operating procedures (SOP) checklists are not used rigorously, there needs to be an analysis of why with appropriate consequences (punishment should be a last resort). There should be reasons why objectives are not met and those barriers need to be removed. Individual sites within an organization may establish specific process safety goals, activities, and behavior on individual performance contracts, which are reflected in the annual performance review process that links to merit pay raises, bonuses, advancement opportunities, and the like. Consequences for poor process safety performance must not be limited to supervisors or facility managers but must be a factor in performance appraisals throughout the organization. 

Two other federal authorities, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the General Accounting Office (GAO), also have a role. The NTSB investigates reportable pipeline incidents to determine the causes and to make recommendations to the OPS for future prevention. The GAO audits the OPS for performance against its mission and makes recommendations for improvements, if needed. A report, issued by GAO in 2000, reviewed progress on pipeline safety issues by the OPS. ... 

The annual report reviews the overall business, describes in detail activities carried out by the individual sectors, and presents the financial accounts. Within the overall review health, safety and environment are dis cussed, and progress against three company-wide environmental targets, and safety performance is reported. A no score has been awarded since no mention is made in the annual report of the existence of the C ER. 

This point is made in relation to small firms in Walters (2001 380-84) and in James et al (2004). A report commissioned by the HSE also points out that many of the new ways of accessing contacting and influencing employers are untested (Greenstreet Berman 2004). A study for the Centre for Corporate Accountability provides an extensive review of the international literature and strongly supports the role of enforcement, as does a more analytical Canadian study on the international literature which argues that there is strong evidence that enforcement action improves health and safety performance with better effect than other approaches ( Davis 2004 Tompa et al 2004). 

One of the principal indicators of management commitment to safety is the inclusion of safety performance in the performance review system. Management commitment to safety is questionable if the accountability system does not include safety performance measures that impact financially and on the promotion potential of those responsible for results. 

Supervisors and facility managers were held accountable for then-safety programs. They were the safety directors. The number of injuries at each site had to be reduced and the audit score had to be at least 91% for them to receive a bonus or an increase as a result of their annual performance reviews. 

The regulatory body should require the manufacturer of consumer products to apply to the regulatory body and receive authorization to supply products to the public to ensure that consumer products meet all the requirements for design and performance that were taken into account in the generic safety assessment. The manufacturer should provide the regulatory body with sufficient documentation and certification to enable it to review and assess the proposed product. The documentation should include the following ... 

Watching teams and teamwork quickly reveals that a group of weU intentioned individuals does not make a team and furthermore, that teamwork has to be planned and organized. In this section we will review some apparently simple interventions, which turn out to have quite profound effects. Daily goals, preoperative and post-operative checklists seem mundane, and this partly accounts for clinicians resistance to their use. However, a checklist is not a piece of paper or even a list it is a team intervention which, used well, can affect the wider team functioning, the relationships across professions and hierarchies and even the values and safety culture of the team. To my mind, the impact of these simple tools on clinical processes and patient outcome suggests that their effect can only be fully understood by appreciating their wider impact on team performance. 

The FMCSA tracks carrier on-road performance through a component of the Comphance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program called the Safety Measurement System, or SMS. If the SMS shows that the carrier s performance was worse than their peers (as evidenced by higher violation or crash rates), the carrier could be selected for a compliance review. In fact, 48 percent of the carriers selected for compliance reviews during 2009 were because of CSA s prodecessor, SafeStat (as of December 2010 CSA s SMS is being used to select carriers for further enforcement action). 

Periodic evaluation of operational experience should be performed, including periodic review and analysis of operations, surveillance, testing and maintenance records and reports. This is to ensure that all data which has been collected will be taken into account during analysis of the safety state of the facility. Also the operation and maintenance procedures should be modified to compensate for changes due to ageing. 

Defining responsibilities and establishing accountabilities is an important step. It must be done for safety and health management systems to be effective and to provide a basis for performance and accountability reviews. 

According to Ref [1], a periodic safety review should be conducted to assess whether or not the safety performance of the research reactor meets the applicable safety requirements, to account for external event hazard changes and research reactor configuration changes. The method discussed in Section 4 for the overall safety review may be used to this end. 

The methods used include providing a learning environment and effective informal issue communication, independent analysis. Red Teams (critical independent reviewers), management benchmarking, inspections, safety performance audits, on-site presence, intensive bottom-up reporting, and most of all assuring personal responsibility and accountability. 

Director Demonstrate leadership, show visible support Participate in incident investigation process Site safety visit provide a visible presence in work area with a safety emphasis Participate in weekly safety meetings Review safety performance reports Hold team members accountable for safety requirements Conduct a safety observation Participate in audits/ inspections Lead safety toolbox meetings Participate in reward/ recognition event... 

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