Safety policy, management practices

Safety policy, management practices, 68-69 Sax s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 78 Scale-up design... 

Effective investigation and analysis of hazards-related incidents is an important element in a quest to achieve superior results in safety. A high quality of incident investigation and analysis not only results in risk reduction, but also serves as a positive reinforcement for the safety policies and practices that management has established. 

The health and safety policy and practices >- The level of commitment by senior management to the policy and its implementation >- What the safety objectives are and how they are to be achieved... 

DeUa-Giustina, D., Safety and Environmental Management Workshop for Safety Policies and Practices, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 2002. 

Safety and environmental policies need to be established and approved by executive management. Practices for implementing the policy need to be established, documented, implemented, and evaluated for continued suitability and effectiveness. These practices have to be planned, organized, and controlled so that they achieve their purpose. 

The health and safety policy statement is your starting point to managing health and safety in the workplace. By law, (Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 section 2(3)) if you employ five or more people you must have a written health and safety policy. This contains your statement of general policy on health and safety at work and the organisation and arrangements for putting that policy into practice. 

The Environment, Health and Safety Committee shall have the authority and the responsibility to assess any and all aspects of the company s decisions that pertain to operating policies and practices at its facilities to determine their impact on worker safely and health and on the environment in and around its facilities and to make recommendations to the board of directors and the management of the company. 

It may be noted that practically all of above-mentioned plans and strategies do not have clear policy framework on chemicals safety and management. However, all of them have strategies and policy pronouncements on waste management some promote sustainable agriculture (i.e. elimination of pesticides) and a few mention safety in workplaces. This indicates that chemicals are not viewed holistically despite their insidious and omnipresent nature. The focus has always... 

Process Safety Management (PSM) Comprehensive set of plans, policies, procedures, practices, administrative, engineering, and operating controls designed to ensure that barriers to major incidents are in place, in use, and are effective. 

Integrated Safety Management System—A Safety Management System to systematically integrate safety into management and work practices at all levels as required by DOE P 450.4, Safety Management System Policy, and the other related Policies DOE P 450.5 and DOE P 450.6. 

Gallagher, C. et al. (2003). Occnpational safety and health management systems in Anstralia Barriers to success. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 1(2), 67-81. 

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