Safety management system performance standard

Health and safety standards are targets or objectives that the company wants to achieve. They are measurable management performances. A structured safety management system (SMS) consists of a number of health and safety standards. Each element should have at least one standard, and some elements will require more than one standard. 

Standards in safety are referred to as measurable management performances. Standards are set for the level of work to be done to maintain a safe and healthy environment free from actual and potential accidental loss. Standards are established in writing for all the health and safety management system elements. 

A safety and health audit of the work being done to control loss measures the safety system and highlights its strengths and weaknesses. The audit compares work being done, and standards being maintained, with accepted safety and health standards. It can be used to review and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the safety system, and also to establish whether or not it meets international safety management system standards. 

In this paper we want to show, how we perform safety programmes for our voice communication systems, how we try to reduce our efforts with maximum output in spite of the difficulties of different business areas with different standards (which occasionally change quite substantially over time). This includes the presentation of our safety management system, hazard log, internal trainings, safety analyses and the production of safety cases. 

The Scope section (1.1) states that the standard defines the minimum requirements [emphasis added] for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS). The emphasis in the advisory data is on a generic and systems approach for continual improvement in safety and health management, and the avoidance of specifications. Further, the writers of the standard recognized the uniqueness of the culture and organizational structures of individual organizations and the need for each entity to define its own specific measures of performance. ... 

Show that performance is measured against those performance standards as part of the company s inspection, maintenance, and safety management systems. That there is a periodic review of the FSA process by which the performance standards were established and maintained, including checks that the right things are being measured. 

A good practice many facilities have adopted is the use of a standard protocol for performing self- and third-party audits of their process safety management system or RMP prevention program performance. This chapter provides some examples of ... 

Although the system is not specifically mentioned in the overall safety and health policy, in most cases, its function and responsibilities are spelled out in a safety management standard on near miss incident reporting, which is a stand-alone document. A safety standard is defined as a measurable management performance. Each element of the safety management system should have a written standard that describes the actions, duties, goals, objectives, and responsibilities for each element. 

To this, HhsAustralian Standard on Safety Management Systems guidehnes document (AS/NZS 4804 1997), adds that leadership entails appropriate financial and human resource allocation, setting accounlabifities, ensuring decisions are followed through and effective performance assessment. 

The overall purpose of an audit is to measure performance against a standard, in this case the safety management system against an organisation s policy or a standard such as HSG65 or OHSAS 18001. The results of the audit provide an effective feedback loop that enables an organisation to measure its effectiveness of the safety management and areas of weakness that may require attention. 

Traditional occupational safety methods are legislation, regulation, standards, safety guidelines, collection of best practices, accident statistics, investigations and inspections, analysis of safety management systems and personal behaviour. The most significant standards used for occupational safety are the British (BSI, 1996,1999) and the international standard by ILO (ILO, 2001). In addition various analyses of occupational accidents have examined the causes of occupational injuries and fatalities such as those performed for... 

Show that performance is measured against those performance standards as part of the company s inspection, maintenance, and safety management systems. 

The PSM Standard is a performance-oriented standard that requires the employer to prevent catastrophic releases from covered processes by executing a 14-element safety program. All processes with highly hazardous chemicals are required to have a management system that addresses each element of the standard. 

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