Kindle Notes & Highlights
Organizing:
implementation of policies, applicable procedures, and safety and health objectives and plans.
Planning and implementation:
planning, developing, and implementing the components of the SMS.
Evaluation;
monitoring, measuring and recording safety and health performance,
Action for improvement:
An audit is a process of having one or more individuals evaluate a department or a business unit.
The
Important concept: auditors are not part of the team being audited.
companies seeking to achieve ISO 9000 certification to thoroughly document their management systems to ensure quality defined by the standard.
Auditors must handle their visit cautiously. They are not trying to place blame or ridicule people in the department or business unit.
Culture is not something you can see or measure directly.
A good way to organize and implement safety procedures is through plans and programs. A safety and health program is a written plan of action to prevent injuries and illness. Plans and programs start with policies and move to procedures
Plans and programs involve employees and employers.
Don't write your program in a vacuum!
A plan includes at least three components: (1) a list of actions or tasks and who will complete them; (2) a schedule for their implementation; and (3) an estimate of costs.
The first evidence of top-level commitment is a written policy statement.
Many elements of an occupational safety and health program contribute to its success. The essential elements will vary for each organization.
Top management must show strong support for safety and how an organization manages its safety and health program.
Extending the program beyond the immediate boundaries of employment has several effects. First, it assures employees they are valuable individuals. Second, it gets employees involved in safety throughout their lives. They do not turn safety on when they get to work and turn it off when they leave.
Procedures provide specifics for a range of activities. They include general safety rules that are part of work rules.
safety culture in which employees at all levels participate in safety.
Workers must learn about the hazards related to their jobs and the means for protecting themselves.
Budget and Cost
an organizational element may complete required safety meetings and training but as a result show no reduction of loss rates or risks.
Employers must avoid simply adopting a sample program from an Internet site or a commercial provider. Programs must fit the operations and processes of an organization, they cannot be generic.
