A management system can help you to manage health and safety in an organization.Most health and safety or environmental management are biased around the principle of ''plan, do, act; check'',This is also known as Deming cycle or Shewart Cycle.
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1.Plan comes in policy and planning
2.Do comes in risk profiling and implementing the plan
3.Act comes in review performance and learn lesson
4.Check comes in collect data and Measure performance
The key benefits you and your organization of introducing health and safety management System HSMS
1.complying with legislative and other requirement
2.Helping you to deliver policy
3.providing competitive edge
4.Enabling improved management of safety and health risks
Leadership is essential part of health and safety management system-attitude to safety are determined by top management and other individuals.To achieve the effective control of health and safety issues the organization must have clear direction.
Say what's you intentions are-a statement of commitment by organization's top managements to comply with responsibilities of health and safety.
In UK if you employ five or more people,its legal requirement to have written health and safety policy.
Policy
Effective health and safety policies set a clear direction for the organisation to follow.
Organising
An effective management structure and arrangements are in place for delivering the policy.
Planning
There is a planned and systematic approach to implementing the health and safety policy through an effective health and safety management system.
Measuring Performance
Performance is measured against agreed standards to reveal when and where improvement is needed.
Standards consist of
Specifications and Guidance
A specification is a “detailed set of requirements to be satisfied by a product, material, process or system, indicating the procedures for checking conformity to these requirements”.
A guidance document provides advice rather than a set of verifiable requirements and is designed as an internal management tool.