Health and Safety

Management

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 The aim is for health and safety
considerations to be treated as an
essential, but normal part of a project’s
development – not an afterthought or bolt-
on extra.

Good health and safety management is

good management – period!

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Economics of health and safety
A single incident on a project causes a 4 to 6
hour total loss of production
plus
disruption for a number of days thereafter
Reputation is lost
Considerable management time is diverted to
the post-incident process
- reports
- inquiries
- prosecution
represents ‘direct’, ‘indirect’ and ‘intangible’
costs
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Costs of health and safety
EU estimate 3% of construction turnover
p.a.
£11,250 million (1987 figures)

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 Insurance
Employers (and projects) must have liability
insurance cover for injuries and ill health to their
employees
Costs not covered:
sick-pay
damage or loss of product and raw materials
repairs to plant and equipment
overtime working and temporary labour
production delays
investigation time
fines.
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 Accident ratios
Principle of ‘near misses’
near misses become a key feature of
any H&S management system
identify areas of failure/weakness

Major or over 3-day injury 1

Minor injuries 7
Non-injury accidents 189

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 How to manage health and safety

Philosophies vary with time and culture

education v punishment

enforcement v self regulation

mix of these
Legislation always necessary to enforce
the issue
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 Good safety management must be an integral
part of management
Safety is integral to productivity
- safe projects are more productive
Good safety management is good management
Requires
an effective and efficient management
organisation
involvement and commitment of workers
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Health and Safety management
systems

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Definition
“The means by which an organisation
controls risk through the management
process”.

Health & Safety Executive

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 BS 8800:
Management
Continual
System Model
Continu
Improvement
Improvem
al
ent ISO 14001

Status
OHS Policy
Review
OHS
OHS Policy
Management
Manageme
Review Policy
Revie Planning
nt Plannin
Planning
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Checking &
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Implementation
Implementation
& Operation
Checking
Corrective & Operation
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 Policy

Organising
1. Policy
Effective health and
Planning &
Audit
Implementing safety policies set a
clear direction for the
Measuring
organisation to
Performance follow.

Reviewing
Performance

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Policy provides:
‘the general intentions, approach and
objectives – the vision – of the
organisation and the criteria and principles
upon which it bases its action.’

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1. Policy
Reflect the culture of the
organisation/project
Must be genuine to be successful
Forms the basis upon which health and
safety will be managed
Policy contributes to the management core
for the business
Satisfies and reconciles all stakeholder
interests
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Successful organisations;
Have an established structure for safety
throughout the organisation
Safety objectives set for all levels in the
organisation – usually by the relevant level
Workers committed and motivated towards
safety
Physical and psychological resources
Every workers accepts responsibility for their
own safety and that of their workmates
Established systems to evaluate and feedback
on safety
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 Shapes the written statement of policy
required by HSW Act
Aligns very closely with the HRM policy
operated by the organisation
Similar aims of commitment and
involvement
Recognises the central role of workers (to
safety and success)
note: poor health and safety policies will
undermine HRM policies
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Visible and active commitment from the
top down
Proactive system
Adopts many of the techniques and
practices of quality management, e.g. flow
charts, cause and effect diagrams, etc.

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 Policy

Organising
2. Organising
An effective
Audit
Planning & management
Implementing
structure and
arrangements are in
Measuring
Performance place for delivering
the policy.
Reviewing
Performance

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2. Organising
Framework to implement the policy
Details the responsibilities and
relationships
In-filled by a culture of safety

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Four constituents:
a. method of control
b. means to secure co-operation of all
parties and individuals
c. methods of communication
d. competence of individuals

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a. Control
Appoint: Senior manager to take co-ordinate and
monitor policy implementation
Allocate responsibilities to line managers
Specialists to act as advisors
No blame system
Collaborative effort
Establish clear responsibilities with other firms
(sub-contractors)
Co-ordinate with them
Set performance standards with measurable
outputs
Accountable for these
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b. Co-operation
Basis
Participation, commitment, involvement
Individual and groups
Genuine consultation
Frequent and multiple opportunities
Hazard books
Safety circles
Suggestion schemes
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c. Communication
Relies upon Information
a. coming into the organisation
b. flowing within
c. going out

Reinforced by:
- visible behaviour
- written communications
- face-to-face discussions
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d. Competence
- physical and mental
- training and development
- experience

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 Policy

3. Planning
Organising There is a planned and
systematic approach to
implementing the health
Planning &
Audit
Implementing and safety policy through
an effective health and
safety management
Measuring
Performance
system
 
Reviewing
Performance  

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3. Planning and implementing
Analysis of the process and workplace
Risk analysis and risk management
‘risk control systems’ [RCS]
Include in selection process for sub-cons. and
suppliers
Involves
Designing, developing and installing suitable
management arrangements
Operating, maintaining and improving the
system to suit changing needs
Accurate information is vital to the planning

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 Policy

4. Measuring
Organising Performance
Performance is
Planning &
Audit
Implementing
measured against
agreed standards to
reveal when and
Measuring
Performance
where improvement
is needed

Reviewing
Performance

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4. Measuring performance
Essential part of the control loop and of a
safety management system
Active monitoring systems
Reactive monitoring systems
Multiple paths
Continuous
Consistent
Benchmark outside the project
Ensure it is efficient, effective and timely
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 Policy

Organising 5. Reviewing
Planning &
Performance
Audit
Implementing The organisation
learns from all
Measuring relevant experience
Performance
and applies the
lessons
Reviewing
Performance

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5. Reviewing
Crucial to maintain relevance and
effectiveness
Keep alive in everyone's mind
Learn from experiences.
Combine the results from measuring
performance with information from audits
to improve health and safety management
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Review the effectiveness of the health and
safety policy, paying particular attention to:
The degree of compliance with health and safety
performance standards (including legislation)
Areas where standards are absent or
inadequate
Achievement of stated objectives within given
time-scales
Injury, illness and incident data - analyses of
immediate and underlying causes, trends and
common features
Key performance indicators - show where
improvement needed

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6. Auditing
By own H&S manager or outsiders
Complement the monitoring activities
carried out within the system
Checking if policy, organisation and
systems are achieving the correct results
Information about the reliability and
effectiveness the system(s)
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Ensure health and safety audits are being
done?
Ensure action is taken on audit findings?
Ensure the audits involve staff at all
levels?

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Ask:
How do we learn from mistakes and
successes?
Does it work?
When was policy and performance last
reviewed?

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Culture is the key

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 E.ON H&S summit, Louisville, KY november 1st-4th, 2005 VP-HSE Harald Wachsmuth

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These are the things which influence whether
people believe that safety is a genuine priority
for you
Where you focus your time and attention

Your priorities for resource allocation

The criteria you apply to selecting and promoting

people

How you respond to incidents and crises

Who you reward and recognise

The language you use

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The Bottom Line

“If you can’t

Manage safety,
you can’t manage”

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Key standards
BS 8800:2004 (Health and Safety Management
Guidance Standard)
BS EN ISO 9001:2000, (Quality Management
standard)
BS EN ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental
Management standard)
BS OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health
and Safety Management standard)
ILO OSH: 2001 (Guidelines on Occupational
Health and Safety Management Systems)
CIA Responsible Care  Management System
Framework
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