{"id":100,"date":"2021-01-01T22:36:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T22:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalhs.co.uk\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2021-01-01T22:57:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T22:57:56","slug":"health-and-safety-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globalhs.co.uk\/?page_id=100","title":{"rendered":"Health and Safety Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Each workplace has unique risks and hazards and needs to address them in a unique way. Global Health &amp; Safety has the knowledge and the experience to help companies not only comply with legal requests, but to establish a culture of safety and prevention. We identify points of weakness in the H&amp;S system, address them and solve them in a quick and effective manner, in order to ensure safety of all personnel and compliance with the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Plan, Do, Check, Act&#8221; Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Think about where you are now and where you need to be.<\/li><li>Say what you want to achieve, who will be responsible for what, how you will achieve your aims, and how you will measure your success. You may need to write down this policy and your plan to deliver it.<\/li><li>Decide how you will measure performance. Think about ways to do this that go beyond looking at accident figures; look for leading indicators as well as lagging indicators. These are also called active and reactive indicators.<\/li><li>Consider fire and other emergencies. Co-operate with anyone who shares your workplace and co-ordinate plans with them.<\/li><li>Remember to plan for changes and identify any specific legal requirements that apply to you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Identify your risk profile<\/strong><ul><li>Assess the risks, identify what could cause harm in the workplace, who it could harm and how, and what you will do to manage the risk.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Decide what the priorities are and identify the biggest risks.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Organise your activities to deliver your plan<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In particular, aim to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Involve workers and communicate, so that everyone is clear on what is needed and can discuss issues &#8211; develop positive attitudes and behaviours.<ul><li>Provide adequate resources, including competent advice where needed.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Implement your plan<\/strong><ul><li>Decide on the preventive and protective measures needed and put them in place.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Provide the right tools and equipment to do the job and keep them maintained.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Train and instruct, to ensure everyone is competent to carry out their work.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Supervise to make sure that arrangements are followed.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Measure your performance<\/strong><ul><li>Make sure that your plan has been implemented \u2013 \u2018paperwork\u2019 on its own is not a good performance measure.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Assess how well the risks are being controlled and if you are achieving your aims.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>In some circumstances formal audits may be useful.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Investigate the causes of accidents, incidents or near misses<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Act<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Review your performance<\/strong><ul><li>Learn from accidents and incidents, ill-health data, errors and relevant experience,<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>including from other organisations.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Revisit plans, policy documents and risk assessments to see if they need updating.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Take action on lessons learned, including from audit and inspection reports<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each workplace has unique risks and hazards and needs to address them in a unique way. 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