1. Quick Facts Health & Safety Management
Jane Riley DPodM, MIOSH, MIIRSM

2. Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Reg 5 Health & Safety Arrangements
This regulation requires employers to have effective arrangements in place to cover health & safety.

3. Managing Health & Safety
Planning and
Implementing
Organising
Policy
Measuring
Performance
Reviewing
Auditing
HSG65 Model

4. Managing Health & Safety
Policy
Organising
Planning &
Implementing
Measuring Performance
Auditing
Reviewing Performance

5. Policy
Legal Requirement: Section 2(3) HASAWA 1974 – absolute duty to prepare H&S Policy where there are 5 or more employees and to bring it to the attention of all employees
Content
Statement of Intent – should demonstrate management commitment to health & safety & set clear aims and objectives to be achieved. Minimum aim should be legal compliance.

6. Policy
Organisation – Should identify health & safety responsibilities at all levels throughout the organisation. This ensures that the work involved in achieving the policy objectives can be delegated to appropriate levels and creates an effective reporting structure.
Arrangements – This section should contain the arrangements to ensure that the policy can be implemented effectively. Consists of detailed procedures and systems on specific areas e.g. manual handling, emergency procedures etc.

7. Organising for Health & Safety
This should be directed towards creating a framework for ensuring the achievement of H&S goals set by the policy. It should address
Control
Communication
Co-operation
Competence

8. Organising for Health & Safety
Organising for H&S should aim to ensure that employees are empowered and competent to make an effective contribution to H&S, and that there are adequate communication systems in place. There should be effective consultation on H&S.
The aim is to motivate employees to work safely & to protect their health, rather than to just avoid accidents.

9. Planning & Implementing
Efforts are directed towards planning & implementing action to achieve the policy objectives
Through appropriate delegation & involvement, risks are identified, assessed, prioritised for action, eliminated & controlled
Where possible, risks are eliminated through appropriate selection & design of the workplace, equipment & processes (Principles of Prevention & Control)
Risk reduction is achieved through implementing physical controls first, before controls which rely on people (Controls Hierarchy)

10. Measuring Performance
Involves measuring performance against pre-set standards to establish where improvements are required.
Active monitoring – used to assess whether the H&S management system is working properly, and to identify any corrective action required, before losses occur. E.g. H&S Inspections, tours, surveys, sampling, audit.
Reactive monitoring – examines loss data to identify the causes of poor performance which can then be used to plan corrective action required

11. Auditing Performance
Used to systematically examine the whole H&S management system, to establish its effectiveness
Should be independent & take place at planned intervals
Aims to assess the adequacy of
Management arrangements
Risk control systems
Workplace control measures

12. Reviewing Performance
Examines all the information gained from monitoring & auditing activities
Aim is to ensure that all parts of the H&S management system are working effectively and that the objectives of the policy are being achieved
The results can be used to modify the policy objectives to ensure continuous improvement
Review can take place against internal standards or performance indicators, and external performance indicators (benchmarking)