Health & Safety Management Systems
Links to sources of industry material on HSE management systems. See also a web page on disasters.
General documents
OGP
Although drafted for geophysical operations, these documents can be applied to a much wider audience. The complete set is available as a free download.
A useful starting document is M1: Guidelines for the development and application of health, safety and environmental management systems, OGP reference 6.36/210. This describes the elements of a seven part system. Many readers will be familiar with individual elements but this document shows how they are drawn together and underpinned by the leadership of the organisation.
Also worth reading is OGP 432, 'Managing HSE in a geophysical contract'. This is newly released in December 2009 (accessed from the OGP home page) and replaces 'HSE aspects in a contracting environment for geophysical operations' OGP reference 6.92/317.
http://info.ogp.org.uk/Geophysical
Step Change in Safety
http://stepchangeinsafety.net/stepchange/
Key documents are:
Task Risk Assessment Guide, updated May 2007:
http://stepchangeinsafety.net/stepchange/SingleItem_News.aspx?ID=4284
step change task risk assessment
Leading Performance Indicators - a guide for effective use
This helps the reader understand the importance of using leading indicators - early warnings - rather than react to actual undesirable events - lagging indicators.
http://stepchangeinsafety.net/stepchange/StepResources_showsingleresourcesitem.aspx?ID=3428
step change - leading performance indicators
Documents on behavioural aspects of safety performance
One of the three elements to improving safety: Engineering - Systems - Behaviour
Changing Minds Guide (by Step Change in Safety)
Personal Responsibility for Safety - References
This provides many examples of personal safety programmes by different Operators and includes BP's 8 Golden Rules of Safety.
http://www.stepchangeinsafety.net/StepChange/PRFS_References.aspx
bp golden rules - download from step change web site.pdf
Health & Safety Management Systems
ExxonMobil Operational Integrity Management System (OIMS) (updated April 2011)
Brochure posted (2009 version) at http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/Files/OIMS_Framework_Brochure.pdf
OIMS_Framework_Brochure (July 2009).pdf
Health & Safety Executive (UK)
http://www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm
HSG documents can be downloaded from:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/index-hsg-ref.htm
HSG 65, 2nd edition 1997, now available as a free download. This describes the development of an HSEMS.
HSG 263 - Involve your workforce in health and safety (2008)
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/summary.htm
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm
Example proforma of a health & safety policy statement.
example proforma H&S policy-statement
The front page is replicated to highlight that this is the core of a health & safety management system. The leadership sign up to this. The words are chosen very carefully.
Our statement of general policy is:
to provide adequate control of the health and safety risks arising from our work activities;
to
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to ensure all employees are competent to do their tasks, and to give them adequate training;
to prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health;
to maintain safe and healthy working conditions; and
to review and revise this policy as necessary at regular intervals.
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS)
Some useful documents related to onshore ground investigation work are accessible from the following page:
http://www.ags.org.uk/site/safety/safety.cfm
Healthcare related reports (all from public domain websites)
Department of Health
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm
An organisation with a memory - DH 2000
House of Commons Health Committee
House of Commons Health Committee - Patient Safety V.1 2009
National Patient Safety Agency
Document: Seven Steps to Patient safety, 2004. Recurring messages common to many working environments
NPSA seven steps to patient safety (2004)
The statistics of no harm through to death where there has been a 'patient safety incident' (see definition in document) are summarised in the following.
NPSA quarterly summary 14 - Nov 09
Workbook_Quarterly_Data_Summary_Issue_14 (Nov 09) - excel
WHO Surgical checklist
An education in the potential for improvement in safety performance by using a simple checklist - the principal can be applied anywhere to activities where there are likely to be elements that are repeated many times and some elements that may be job specific (including human aspects). For example, some organisations produce an aide-memoire of key hazard categories that should be checked for before commencing work, whilst in progress and at the end. Text only version of the NEJM article and summary from the NPSA:
NEJM - surgical checklist article (no illustrations) 2009.pdf
NPSA - WHO checklist following pilot.pdf
Information at this location on the NPSA website (checked Dec 09)
http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/type/alerts/?entryid45=59860
The one page checklist (pdf):
WHO Surgical Safety Checklist - adapted for England & Wales
Other material:
I found this thesis on the internet and it provides a good read, in particular provoking thought about the culture of often blaming the last person in the chain.
phd thesis - breaking the safety barrier.pdf