Element 2:- Setting Policy for Health and Safety Flashcards
1
Q
What is H+S policy?
what is the objectives?
A
*business plan for safety to prevent / reduce loss in an organisation.
Objectives:
- protect people from injury +ill-health
- comply with legal requirements
- avoid prosecution
- manage H+S on a cost effective basis.
2
Q
3 Elements of policy:
A
• Statement of intent:
- statement establishing the importance of H+S in organisation + providing targets + objectives for improvement
• Organisation:
- roles + responsibilities of everyone in the organisation
• Arrangements:
- arrangements for effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring of the organisations H+S
3
Q
Contents of Arrangements Section:
A
- Risk assessments
- Fire policy
- Evacuation procedures
- Safe systems of work
- Permits to work
- First aid policy
- Display screen policy
- Manual handling policy
- Hazardous chemicals policy
- Fork truck policy
4
Q
Benchmarking Advantages:
A
- Identifies key performance indicators
- Ensures monitoring procedures are effective
- Feeds in to the continuous improvement cycle
- Identify normal practice amongst similar business
- Avoid making mistakes by learning from others
- Generate management focus
- Gains confidence of the stakeholders
5
Q
Challenges of benchmarking:
A
- Selecting a company with similar activities
- Assuring accuracy of data
- Using common definitions
- Accessing data
- Gaining commitment
6
Q
Management issues to benchmark:
A
- Health and safety policy
- Staff roles and responsibility
- Plans and strategies which can be measured
- Risk assessments
- Type of training
- Monitoring, Proactive and reactive
7
Q
why do we Review of Policy?
A
- Accidents
- Incidents
- New equipment
- New staff
- New technology
- New premises
- Changes in legislation
- Accident investigation
- Enforcement action
- Prosecution
- Compensation claims
- Periodic review
8
Q
Ineffective policies
A
- No management commitment
- No objectives set to implement policy
- H+S not given priority
- Resources not provided to implement action
- Aims + intentions not understood by personnel
- Too much emphasis on employee responsibilities
- No measurement that objectives are being met
- Management unaware of their H+S role
- No management training
