BASIC SAFETY

  • MANAGEMENT ELEMENTS

  • BASIC ELEMENTS

  • BASIC ELEMENTS

The elements that make up an effective basic safety management plan

  1. Management/Policy

  2. Recordkeeping

  3. Loss Analysis

  4. Safety &; Health Education/Training

  5. Safety &; Health Inspections/Surveys

  6. Accident/Incident Reporting &; Investigations

  7. Plan &; Programs Review

  1. MANAGEMENT

    • The employer has the responsibility of providing a workplace free of any recognized hazards

    • Safety management plan must rest on a solid foundation of management commitment and support

    • Commitment

    • To pledge or assign to some particular course or use

    • Support

    • To provide resources

    • Uphold, advocate, champion

    • Management must thoughtfully and thoroughly develop a safety and health policy that can be understood, believed and sets the tone for action

    • Must understand what the policy means

– Policy should be short and to the point (preferably approximately a half page)

  • Must establish challenging (realistic) goals for that particular organization/industry

Keywords:
accident incident reporting, health education training 5, health & medicine, consumer health, recordkeeping 3, safety, health inspection survey 6, investigation 7, loss analysis 4, management policy 2
Subjects:
HSSE & Social Responsibility Management, Safety, HSSE management systems
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2015. American Society of Safety Engineers
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