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BSc – Occupational safety and health Module - Managing Health and Safety: Active and Reactive Monitoring Lecturer - Emma Scoular Planning for health and safety • Health and safety plans

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Annual H&S reports • What was achieved this year? • What do you aim to achieve next year? Set realistic aims and objectives

Monitoring • Monitoring progress on a regular basis in relation to your plan/performance indicators – Are you where you want to be? • If not why not? – Can successful methods be used to roll out to other areas that require to be improved, etc.? Measuring progress • Measure your achievements

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Generate information on performance How? Through effective procedures

Monitoring and Measurement Proactive  Internal Audits  Site inspections and Safety Tours  Behavioural programmes  Objective achievement  Training effectiveness  Staff attitudes  Health surveillance  Exposure levels monitoring (noise, hazardous substances)  Use of PPE Reactive • Unsafe acts • Near misses • Accidents • Sickness and absence • Complaints • Regulatory Issues

BSc – Occupational safety and health Module - Managing Health and Safety: Active and Reactive Monitoring Lecturer - Emma Scoular Active & Reactive Systems • Active systems – Monitor the achievement of plans and the extent of compliance with standards • Reactive systems – Monitor accidents, ill health and incidents.

“What gets measured, gets done” (T.J Peters) • The phrase that sums up the belief that managers respond best to measurement systems to chart progress, often with numerical weighting, to ensure plans reach completion. Health and Safety Inspections Types of Inspection • Statutory - for compliance with Health and Safety Legislation • External - by enforcement officials, insurers, consultants • Executive - Senior Management tours • Scheduled - planned at appropriate intervals by supervisor • Introductory - check on new or reconditioned equipment • Continuous - by employees, supervisors which can be formal and preplanned or informal Principles of Inspection • What needs inspection? • What aspects of the items listed needs checking?

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What conditions need inspection? How often should the inspections be carried out? Who carries out the inspection?

What needs inspection • General Premises • Machinery, Plant and Equipment • Electrical Equipment • Fire Precautions • Hot and Cold Water Systems • Asbestos • Personal Protective Equipment • First Aid • Scaffolding • Excavation

BSc – Occupational safety and health Module - Managing Health and Safety: Active and Reactive Monitoring Lecturer - Emma Scoular

BSc – Occupational safety and health Module - Managing Health and Safety: Active and Reactive Monitoring Lecturer - Emma Scoular Safety Management and Housekeeping • Many accidents may result because of poor ‘housekeeping’ • What is meant by ‘housekeeping’?

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Poor ‘housekeeping’ can indicate a lack of control in the workplace

Good Housekeeping • High housekeeping standards may be a good safety performance indicator • Good housekeeping requires: – Well-structured work progress, – Discipline in execution, – Motivated employees. Good Housekeeping • Don’t underestimate the importance of good housekeeping standards

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First impressions last An HSE inspector may use the workplace condition to indicate possible weakness in your safety management system? Techniques of Inspection • Develop and use checklists • Read previous findings

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Those involved must have knowledge of the environment and of rules and procedures Items found to be missing or defective should be followed up and questioned about not merely recorded • Dangerous situations should be corrected immediately

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Any unsafe behaviour seen during the inspection should be noted and corrected • Risk assessments can be checked as part of the inspection process. Summary • Measurement is essential to maintain and improve health and safety performance • Active and reactive systems can provide the necessary information to check progress. • See chapter 2.6 (Practical safety management: systems and techniques) Ridley’s Safety at Work, 6th edition, for more information.

BSc – Occupational safety and health Module - Managing Health and Safety: Active and Reactive Monitoring Lecturer - Emma Scoular Group work • Within your assigned groups develop the following:

• A specific checklist / inspection pro-forma for what requires to be inspected within your organisation – Determine frequency of inspections, where necessary and identify who will carry out inspections – Weighting optional! •

A copy of your inspection ‘pro-forma’ / checklist should be incorporated into your portfolio • Group effort pro-forma acceptable • Individually completed....