Successful Health And Safety Management: A Practical Guide To Managing Health And Safety At Work (Operational Excellence Series Book 8)

How to Develop and Implement an Effective Health and Safety Management System, Ensure the Safety, Health and Welfare of Your Employees, and Reduce the Losses Associated with Accidents and Sickness Absence

Learn how to design, build, operate, and maintain the appropriate Workplace Health and Safety Management System and improve considerably the effectiveness, efficiency, and flexibility of your organization.

Written by a successful business improvement practitioner this no fluff e–book includes:

Learn the Key Elements of a Health and Safety Management System

The key elements of a successful safety and health management system are: Policy and Commitment, Planning, Implementation and Operation, Measuring Performance, Auditing and Reviewing Performance. They comply with the main elements of an occupational safety and health management system as set out in the most legislation systems in different countries. The manner and extent to which the individual elements will be applied will depend on factors such as size of the organization, its management structure, the nature of its activities, and the risks involved.

A Comprehensive 6 – Step Health and Safety Management Model

Learn how to develop, execute, implement, and monitor the 6-step H&S management model. It begins with an initial H&S management system review and continues with developing a workplace health and safety policy. Next, the model continues with the planning stage and the implementation and operation stage, which includes delegating responsibilities, training and awareness, communication, operational control, and emergency preparedness and response. The last two stages are monitoring and measuring performance (including active and reactive monitoring) and safety and health management system auditing and reviewing.

A 5 – Step Risk Assessment Process

A risk assessment is an important step in protecting your workers and your business, as well as complying with the law. It helps you focus on the risks that really matter in your workplace – the ones with the potential to cause real harm.
Learn how to use this simple and straightforward risk assessment process during your health and safety management system implementation.

Learn Why and How to Measure Health and Safety Performance

The primary purpose of measuring health and safety performance is to provide information on the progress and current status of the strategies, processes and activities used by an organization to control risks to health and safety. Measurement information sustains the operation and development of the health and safety management system and the control of risk.

OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management Standards

OHSAS 18001:2007 is an internationally applied standard that have been developed in response to customer demand for a recognizable occupational health and safety management system standard against which their management system can be assessed and verified. OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health and Safety Standard uses a management approach tool called the PDCA cycle. PDCA is an ongoing process that enables an organization to establish, implement and maintain its health and safety policy based on top management leadership and commitment to the safety management system.

Downloadable Templates and Examples

A link to downloadable templates(including ready-to-use Health and Safety Manual and Kit – 89 pages), examples and pictures from the book you can use immediately throughout your Health and Safety Management process.

Learn how to manage safety and health successfully, how to establish and maintain a safety culture, and how to protect people and work environment. Scroll up and grab your copy now.