Implementation of Occupational Health & Safety

Implementation of Occupational Health & Safety

Implementation of Occupational Health & Safety is a key to success. Implementation of Occupational Health & Safety is also a challenging task. For the implementation of Occupational Health & Safety at your worksite or in your organization you must consider the mention factors. If you consider the below factors properly for sure you achieve your Occupational Health & Safety objective and targets.

Important factors to Achieve Implementation of Occupational Health & Safety

1-         Management commitments

2-         Competency of employees

3-         Supervision

4-         HSE team

Management commitments

As management shows their commitments in the Occupational Health & Safety policy, now in the implementation phase management must show their commitments to the physical ground. Management needs to provide all the required resources to implement Occupational Health & Safety at the worksite. Management needs to show their commitments in there day to day decisions. During the meetings, walk down management physically show to employees Occupational Health & Safety is their top priority.  For Example, Occupational Health & Safety must be the first in all meeting agendas, meetings will start with the safety moments. Top Management evaluates their health and safety performance monthly and made employees accountable if KPI shows lagging indicators. Same time management apricates for achieving leading indicators. Top management takes a part in Occupational Health & Safety tours or walks down. So, with these best practice’s management can show their physical commitment to safety.

Competency of employee

Competent employees key to the success of the company & incompetent employees will be the main cause to Sink the company, Organization make sure their employees are competent in their roles. The strong Competency assessment process is very important for the success of the company. Competency assessment should be assessed at all levels from top to bottom. The organization must assign the job or roles as per the employee competency field. New employee or trainee must be mentor by competent employees till their competency level reach the required level and after passing competency assessment criteria they allow for independent work. The organization also provides continuing professional improvement/ development opportunities to employees like training etc. CPD (Continued Professional Development) always keep employees update on new technologies and requirements.

 

Supervision

Supervision is most important to achieve occupational Health & safety objectives. Supervision has different levels, like for direct employees supervised by foreman and foreman supervised by supervisor and supervisor supervised by engineers and engineers supervised by being managers and managers supervised by department heads and departments heads supervised by operations heads, operation head supervised by the general manager and general manager supervised by directors, etc. These all levels must be competent and make sure under their supervision employees competent and having all required resources which plan in risk assessment to eliminate the hazard and risk. Supervisors ensure all work steps according to the method statements done in the planning phase. All levels of employees well in control and closely supervised by competent supervisors. Supervisors make sure no short in method statement steps. All required approvals and documents in place, no legal breaching during the implementation phase. Supervisors have a key role to run the organization and set the direction of employees' safe working behavior.

HSE Team

A competent HSE team is also very important for the organization. HSE team monitor occupational health and safety performance and advising the management team. HSE team must be independent and not reported to the execution team. If HSE reported to the execution, then they will not perform their role independently. HSE team doing the site sampling like observation, audit, and inspection. HSE setting the KPI (key performance indicators) against objective and target set in occupation Health & Safety policy and reporting the KPI gapes and achievement to the management. HSE team tracking the training records as well as providing inputs during the risk assessment and method statements. HSE team doing on-site coaching and mentoring and keeping the employees and management update with the current requirement and industry best practices. Basically, the HSE team performing the eyes and ears roles for senior management. HSE team highlighting leading and lagging indicators. HSE team provides advice and expertise to management to improve OHS performance.

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Author

Sallat Daurez