Safety policy revision

Intel s Environmental, Health, and Safety Policy follows. It appears in the 2001 report under the signature of the CEO. The combined environmental, health, and safety policy was prepared in 1991 and was last revised in March 1998. Individual environmental, safety, and health policies predate 1991. From their inception, application of the policy statements has significantly affected the culture at Intel. 

A safety policy statement is only as good as the employees knowledge thereof. Safety policies should be short, to the point, and most important the employees must be aware of the safety policy. The safety policy statement should be revised regularly to ensure that it is kept updated and current with organizational changes. 

ABSTRACT The Dutch government is in the process of revising its national flood safety policy. The current Dutch Flood Defense Act lays down design standards for the Dutch flood defenses. These standards have been based on/rationahzed by economic optimizations in which investment costs are balanced against the discounted value of (potential) future losses. Loss of life is not considered separately. This paper presents the results of a research project that evaluated the potential roles of two risk metrics individual and societal risk. These metrics are already used in the in the Dutch major hazards pohcy for the evaluation of risks to the public. Individual risk concerns the annual probabihty of death of an average, unprotected person. Societal risk concerns the probability of a multi-fatality event. This paper discusses technical aspects of the use of individual and societal risk metrics in flood risk management, as well as policy implications. 

In the Netherlands, the government is currently inves-tiging how potential loss of life due to flooding can be taken into account in a revised, risk-based flood defence policy, see also The potential use of individual and societal risk criteria within the Dutch flood safety policy (part 1) basic principles (Jongejan et al., 2009) for further background. 

The above list is by no means all inclusive. The important thing to remember is that your safety policies are your plans that direct the actions and behaviors of all employees. But more than that, they provide you with continual feedback (through measruing the results and effectiveness) needed to adjust or revise yom safety pohcies. 

The plan must be communicated to all employees. Special emphasis should be given to new workers, newly appointed supervisors, and new members of the health and safety committee. Revisions of policies and procediues shoitld be clearly commurucated to all employees. 

One of the objectives in the management of entrance channels is to guarantee safety and operationally levels that minimize the risk of accidents as well as to optimize the use and exploitation of the infrastructure. In recent years the evaluation of both levels has become necessary for the following reasons (1) the constant increase of the size of the fleet (2) the increase of maritime traffic and the competitiveness between harbors (3) the high cost of construction and maintenance of the infrastructures and (4) the increasing social sensitivity toward the environmental impact caused by accidents. Evidence of this interest can be seen in the recent revisions in safety policy carried out by PIANC and USAGE. ... 

Recalling that the Commission approved the revised draft Health and Safety Policy, Appendix 1 to the Chairman s Paper to PC-VI/BAVP. 10, with the addition of the following sentence to paragraph 3.3.3(c) This is without prejudice to the obligations of a State Party to provide access to an inspected facility for the purpose of carrying out inspection activities, in accordance with the Convention (PC-VI/22, paragraph 6.7),... 

The law establishes a minimum standard for the requirements of any health and safety policy. Section 2(3) of the HSWA requires that every employer prepare and revise a written statement of his general policy for the management of health and safety. The requirement extends to ensuring that employees are provided with information in relation not only to the policy statement but also the organisation and arrangements for managing and carrying out the policy. 

To ensure that the safety policy remains up to date and reflects the organisation s safety management systems and the risks associated with the organisation s activities, the policy should be subject to regular review and, where necessary, revision. To ensure that the policy... 

Employers must prepare and, as often as is necessary, revise, a written Statement of Health and Safety Policy, and bring the Statement and any revision of it to the notice of all his employees. 

The number of failures which require this will be reduced by planned maintenance, but many circumstances (such as severe weather conditions) can arise which require construction workers to carry out tasks beyond their normal work experience, and/or which are more than usually hazardous by their nature. Records of all breakdowns should be kept, to influence future planned maintenance policy revisions, safety training and design. 

There is an absolute duty on employers with five or more employees to prepare and revise as necessary a written statement of safety policy, which details the general policy and the particular organisation and arrangements for carrying it out. The policy must be brought to the notice of all the employees (section 2(3)). 

Conducts an ongoing evaluation of the safety program and revises rules and safety policies to comply with safety and health standards. 

The SCCNFP S Notes of guidance for testing of cosmetic ingredients and their safety evaluation 5th revision. The Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products Intended for Consumers. European Commission, Directorate General DG XXIV Consumer Policy and Consumer Health Protection, http //dg3.eudra.org/dgiii3/docs.htm. 

Study on the Impact of the Revision of the Council Directive 88/318/EEC on the Safety of Toys, Final Report - prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General Enterprise, Risk and Policy Analysts, London, UK, 2004, p.42. 

Donahue, l.M. (1996). Revised Policy on Dermal Absorption Default for Pesticides, a memorandum (dated Inly 15), Worker Health and Safety Branch (WH S), HSM-96005, California Department of Pesticide Research, Sacramento, CA, USA. 

A new admission policy addresses botanicals used as dietary supplements recommended for their official adoption by the USP Committee of Revision. When the FDA has approved a use or a USP DID advisory panel has accepted a use, it is to the USP. If neither condition is met, and there is no safety concern, the article is admitted into the NF. If there is a safety concern for an article, then no NF monograph is published, and USP DID will publish a monograph that... 

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