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    NEBOSH IGC

    ELEMENT 2
    HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT
    SYSTEMS - PLAN

    LEARNING OUTCOME
    After completing this element the candidates should be
    able to:
    Outline the key elements of the H & S Management
    System.
    Explain the purpose and importance of setting policy for
    H & S.
    Describe the key features and appropriate content of an
    effective H & S policy.
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    2.1 The key elements


    of health and safety
    management system

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    SAFETY MANAGEMENT
    SYSTEMS
    ILO-OSH, 2001: Guidelines on Occupational
    Safety and Health Management Systems.
    (ILO - International Labor Organization)

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    ILO-OSH 2001

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    OHSAS 18001:2007

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    ILO-OSH 2001

    Policy (Plan)
    Organising (Plan)
    Planning and implementing (Do)
    Evaluation monitoring, review,
    measurement, investigation (Check)
    Auditing (Check)
    Action for improvement preventing and
    corrective action; continual improvement
    (Act)
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    OHSAS 18001:2007

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    OHSAS 18001:2007
    Policy (Plan)
    Planning(Plan)
    Implementation and operation (Do)
    Checking and corrective action (Check)
    Management Review (Act)
    continual improvement (Act)

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    2.2 THE PURPOSE AND


    IMPORTANCE OF SETTING
    POLICY FOR HEALTH AND
    SAFETY

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    POLICY

    Purpose and Importance of


    Setting Policy for Health and
    Safety: The health and safety policy of an organization is
    an important document that set out the
    organizations aims with regard to health and
    safety.
    How the goals are to be achieved and who is
    responsible for achieving the aims.
    Policy has the role of decision making of both
    senior management who formulate it and middle
    and junior management who are required to
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    implement it.

    POLICY
    Purpose of having a Health and
    Safety Policy: Declares the Managements Commitment:The H&S policy manifest the managements
    commitment to have good Health & Safety
    function at their organization.
    Piece of Internal Law:By declaring the H&S Policy, the organization sets
    its own law to adopt H&S in its organization.
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    POLICY
    Purpose of having a Health and Safety Policy:Complies with Legal Requirement:It is a statutory duty to publish a safety policy and
    to make certain that it is being complied with. Thus
    the policy has to be kept up to date
    To establish organization and procedures:To follow Health & Safety in the organization.
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    2.3 THE KEY FEATURES


    AND APPROPRIATE
    CONTENT OF AN
    EFFECTIVE HEALTH AND
    SAFETY POLICY
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    POLICY
    Stating the overall aims of the organization in
    terms of health and safety performance
    General statement of intent
    Setting overall objectives and quantifiable targets
    (SMART principles)
    Basic concept of bench marking
    Views of interested parties
    Technological options
    Financial, operational, and business requirements
    Signatory to statement

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    PURPOSE OF H&S POLICY


    To ensure H&S management is carried out on a
    cost effective basis
    To demonstrate managements commitment
    towards health and safety.
    To ensure organization is making good
    compliance with the law and avoid prosecutions.
    To Improve H&S performance of Organization.
    Set out aims and objectives of the organization.
    To create a structured approach towards H&S
    Protect people from occupation ill-health and
    injury
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    Policy
    Policy contains 3 elements:
    1. The Statement of Intent: (What is to be done?)
    States the organisations aims and objectives.
    Demonstrates managements commitment towards health
    and safety.
    2. The Organisation: (Who is responsible?)
    Identify roles and responsibilities of the staff to develop a
    reporting chain.
    Defines who is responsible? what are their specific
    responsibilities? who is the person with ultimate
    responsibility?
    3. The Arrangements: (How to achieve?)
    Sets out in detail the systems and procedures for
    implementing health and safety policy.

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    STATEMENT OF
    INTENT

    Will be Signed by most senior person in an


    organisation because:
    It shows management commitment
    towards Health and Safety.
    It gives the policy authority
    Person signing the policy is ultimately
    responsible and accountable for the
    implementation.
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    SETTING OF OBJECTIVES
    AND TARGETS
    Objectives are general goals
    Targets are specific performance
    requirements
    Setting objectives and targets in an
    organisation is important because:
    It gives evidence of Management
    Commitment
    It motivates staff by giving them
    something to aim for and work
    towards.
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    SETTING OF OBJECTIVES
    AND TARGETS
    Objectives are general goals
    Targets are specific performance
    requirements
    Setting objectives and targets in an
    organisation is important because:
    It gives evidence of Management
    Commitment
    It motivates staff by giving them
    something to aim for and work towards.
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    TARGETS IN HEALTH
    AND SAFETY
    Some Realistic Health and Safety Target Examples:
    Reduced sickness absence by 10% by end December
    2015
    Reduction in compensation claims by 20% first half
    2015
    Improve reporting of near misses by 25% third quarter
    2015
    Increase productivity by 15% by the end of the fourth
    quarter 2015
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    BENCHMARKING

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    BENCHMARKING
    Is a system to compare Safety Performance with
    Organizations in similar types of business or
    with other Business Units within an Organization
    or with Nationally declared Figures.
    Benchmarking allows an organization to
    effectively determine its strengths and
    weaknesses.
    Information can be used to act on the lessons
    learnt and to strive for continual improvement
    in its performance.
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    BENCHMARKING
    Advantages:

    Identifies key performance indicators.


    Ensures monitoring procedures are effective.
    Feeds back into continuous improvement.
    Helps by learning lessons from others in similar roles.

    When benchmarking it is essential to:

    Choose a suitable organisation to benchmark against.


    Ensure accuracy of data used.
    Both organisations use common definitions and
    terminologies.
    Accessing updated data.
    Commitment to the process of benchmarking.
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    BENCHMARKING

    Issues that could be used to


    benchmark
    Existence and quality of health and safety policy

    Accident and Incident reports.

    Staff roles and responsibilities.

    Documentation of health and safety plans.

    The quality of risk assessments.

    Types and quality of training provided

    Level of monitoring such as reactive and proactive

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    SMART
    OBJECTIVES

    Specific
    Measurable
    Achievable
    Realistic
    Time Bound

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    DEFINING THE HEALTH


    AND SAFETY ROLES AND
    RESPONSIBILITIES OF
    INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE
    ORGANIZATION

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    ORGANISING
    FOR H&S

    Identification and allocation of health and safety roles


    and responsibilities

    Lines of communication reporting lines within the


    organisation.

    Feedback loops

    Role of line managers in influencing the health and


    safety policy.

    Monitoring effectiveness.

    Defines who is responsible? what are their specific


    responsibilities? who is the person with ultimate
    responsibility? e.g. Roles and responsibilities of
    directors, line managers, safety officers, first aiders,
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    fire
    marshals, employees etc.
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    SPECIFYING THE
    ARRANGEMENTS FOR
    ACHIEVING GENERAL AND
    SPECIFIC AIMS

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    HEALTH & SAFETY


    ARRANGEMENTS
    The importance of specifying the organisations
    arrangements for planning and organising
    Risk Assessments
    Controlling hazards
    Consultation
    Communication and monitoring compliance
    with
    Assessing the effectiveness of the
    arrangements to implement the health and
    safety policy.
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    HEALTH & SAFETY


    ARRANGEMENTS
    Allocation of budgets for H&S
    Hazard identification and Risk Assessments
    Developing the Safe Systems of Work for specific
    tasks (SSOW)
    Permits to Work (PTW)
    Monitoring of Compliance e.g. safety inspections,
    tours, surveys, audits
    Emergency procedures e.g. Fire safety arrangements,
    First Aid arrangement
    Accident reporting and Investigation
    Training Programmes, e.g. Manual Handling, Fork Lift
    Operator etc.
    Inspection and maintenance of plant and equipment
    Communication and consultation procedures for HSE
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    Housekeeping
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    COMMUNICATING THE
    POLICY

    The policy document should be made available to


    all interested parties by:
    Displaying it on notice boards
    Posters that have been placed strategically
    Introducing it on induction and training sessions
    Considering it at team briefings and tool box talks
    Memos and company newsletters.
    Inserts in wage slips
    Managers to discuss the Policies occasionally with
    workforce on one to one basis. e.g. during
    appraisal interview.

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    CIRCUMSTANCES TO
    REVIEW H&S SAFETY
    Passage of time
    POLICY
    Technological change
    Organizational change
    Legal changes
    Process Changes
    Results and monitoring
    Changes of work patterns
    After frequent accidents or Incidents
    After frequent prosecutions.
    After frequent enforcement actions
    After frequent compensation claims
    After a predetermined review time has expired
    After professional Advise
    Risk Assessments show that it is necessary
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    STANDARDS AND
    GUIDANCE RELATING TO
    HEALTH AND SAFETY
    POLICY

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    AS PER OHSAS 18001:2007

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    EFFECTIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY


    POLICIES CONTRIBUTE TO
    BUSINESS PERFORMANCE BY:

    Supporting human resource development;

    Minimising the financial losses which arise from avoidable


    unplanned events;

    Recognising that accidents, ill health and incidents result


    from failings in management control and are not
    necessarily the fault of individual employees;

    Recognising that the development of a culture supportive


    of health and safety is necessary to achieve adequate
    control over risks;

    Ensuring a systematic approach to the identification of


    risks and the allocation of resources to control them;

    Supporting quality initiatives aimed at continuous


    improvement.
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    CIRCUMSTANCES IN
    WHICH H&S POLICIES
    BECOME INEFFECTIVE
    There is no commitment or
    leadership
    Poor decision making by
    management
    Management unaware of their roles
    No aims and objectives
    H&S not given priority
    Insufficient resources provided
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    QUESTION
    S?
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    Outline Circumstances that would


    require a health and safety policy to be
    reviewed. (6)

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    Outline the typical content of Health &


    Safety arrangements section of a Health
    and Safety Policy. (8)
    Outline the main
    responsibilities
    of an employer. (8)

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    and

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    Identify the three main sections of an organizations


    health and safety policy and outline the purpose of
    EACH. (6)
    (a) Outline why it is important for an organizations
    health and safety policy to include targets. (4)
    (b) Give the meaning of the term benchmarking. (2)
    (c) Give examples of health and safety performance
    information that can be used for benchmarking. (2)

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    Give reasons why the health and safety policy


    should be signed by the most senior person in an
    organization, such as a Managing Director or Chief
    Executive Officer. (2)
    Outline the purpose of an organizations health
    and safety policy. (6)
    Outline the key elements of a health and safety
    management system. (8)

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    CLARIFICATION
    THE END

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