Recently I had the pleasure of attending an ISO 45001 briefing regarding the transition from the terminal AS/NZS 4801 & 18001 Health and Safety Management Standards criteria.
What struck me during the presentation was the alignment to Intesafety’s existing approach of producing ISO standards compliant, risk based and integrated safety management systems.
We have previously based our management system development on the OHSAS 18001 format, then tailored these elements to suit each client’s organisation size, activities and associated risk profile.
By using this process, we have established a solid foundation for clients to migrate their existing systems into an ISO 45001 compliant system with minimum fuss, resourcing or cost.
Our plans and system documents clearly set out expectations for the management of health and safety. By working with a common system across all its operations, a standardised and consistent approach can be achieved between all Health and Safety, Environmental, and Quality operating activities.
System documentation links specific elements of the company HSMS to the Plan – Do – Check – Act (PDCA) continual improvement cycle. For each of these elements, a section is detailed within the main Health and Safety Management Plan to outline the objectives and key requirements as to how this will be achieved.
This diagram illustrates how each element relates to the key stages of the Plan (Stage 1), Do (Stage 2), Check (Stage 3) and Act (Stage 4) continual improvement cycle.
At Intesafety, we offer functional solutions to improve health and safety management by migrating to the Health and Safety software solution, INX InControl.
InControl HSEQ Management software has user-friendly and effective functionality for managing the majority of HSEQ management system requirements, as well as very advanced data analysis and reporting capabilities.
The system is heavily risk management focused. Along with its core event management and investigation capabilities, you can make your management system almost entirely paperless.
After it is implemented – you will wonder how you previously did without it!
With our clients maintaining compliance to their own specific management system requirements, we can now focus on the support required to transition them into the ISO 45001 audit requirements. This software solution means all the evidence required is at your fingertips if used correctly.
Reach out to us today if you are interested in achieving an integrated and ISO 45001 compliant system or migrating it to an effective HSEQ management software solution.
Written by Aaron Neighbours, Intesafety General Manager and Health & Safety Partner
We often get asked, “What is a health and safety management system?”
And then, “How can you tell if it’s effective?”
They aren’t silly questions, and that’s what we are here for at Intesafety.
It is important to be mindful that every business is different. A good practice health and safety management system may have many different elements, each interlinked to achieve the business objectives for workplace safety. There is no one stop off-the-shelf package.
Here at Intesafety, our process is simple.
Firstly, we take the time to understand your business and your risks. We review your existing health and safety systems and processes against good practice and industry standards.
We look at a combination of both the systems and people elements, i.e. how informed are your workers, are your leaders walking the talk, are you monitoring the workplace, etc.
When we’ve completed this assessment, we can measure where your maturity in workplace systems and culture sit. This helps to develop standards, shape the strategy, and then tailor health and safety solutions that fit your business – to ensure it’s usable.
Typical elements may include any or all of the following, depending of the size and complexity of your business:
These are all important elements of typical health and safety management systems.
However, without buy in from workers, they can often fail. Effective leadership is essential – ownership from the top down, an understanding of requirements by all workers, including contractors and other stakeholders involved in your activities.
Further flaws in workplace safety can be the failure to implement systems and workers not following company requirements – i.e. their practices and behaviours are not aligned to where they should be.
How do you monitor these aspects of your business? Is your existing system fit for purpose?
We welcome the opportunity to discuss how your business operates and advise on what you need to do, to ensure you are taking all reasonably practicable steps in relation to workplace health and safety management.
Give us a call today – let’s think safe, work safe and ensure everyone goes home safe.
Written by Aaron Neighbours, Intesafety Principal Health & Safety Partner and General Manager
