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Essay / Duty of management to provide safety systems - 1323
The duty of management is very important to improve and maintain effective occupational health and safety management systems. This can be done by following these precautions: - ensuring that identified hazards have been controlled - following health and safety procedures - working with employees to find the best ways to develop health and safety - discussing health and safety. assessment is the basis of a quality management system for health and safety at work. - assess a work site and identify potential hazards - Organize a written hazard assessment including the methods used to control or eliminate hazards hazards. - share workers in hazard assessment - Ensure all workers know potential hazards and control measures. Hazard Control: Hazards should be completely eliminated whenever possible. If this is not possible, they must be checked. Hazard control must reduce the hazard to a level that does not present a major risk to worker safety. The controls should be as follows: Elimination: Elimination is the best method of control because it removes the hazard entirely. Technical controls: containing hazard substitution, hazard isolation, protection and ventilation. Administrative controls: containing warning signs, safe work procedures. and MSDS.PPE: shoes, gloves, respiratory protection and overalls. There are many other methods and tools that can be used and depend on the best method to control the hazards. Periodic Inspections: The system which depends on regular inspections will easily identify and control hazards. Formal inspections must be carried out by a supervisor and a... middle of paper ... is the most common phrase in the workplace due to its importance. With the development of technology and equipment in the field of work, the potential dangers become greater. This has forced owners to pay more attention to health and safety through the enforcement of strict laws such as HSE policy and SMS. The implementation of a health and safety policy commits the authorities to take into account the health and safety of employees, passengers, service partners, subcontractors and public persons. It aims to minimize damage to people and property by adopting a positive approach to effective risk and safety management. SMS is also applied to take into account the effects of all operations on the environment and the community. Responsibilities and duties for compliance with HSE standards and regulations at each level of the organization will be identified by the HSE policy and the SMS..