Four Stages of Health & Safety Management System PDF

Four Stages of the Health & Safety Management System Work Health & Safety HSC- Learning Outcome 4.2 1123  2 What is Health & Safety Management System? H...

Four Stages of the Health & Safety Management System Work Health & Safety HSC- Learning Outcome 4.2 1123  2 What is Health & Safety Management System? HSMS (Health & Safety Management System) is a management framework that provides a systematic approach that can be used by any organization to continuously improve its health & safety performance to achieve efficiencies and better environment, health, and safety outcomes.  3 What is the need to have a health and safety management system at the workplace? (already discussed in LO 1.3) Mainly THREE (3) reasons: 1. Moral or Humanitarian Reasons: Duty of Reasonable Care 2. Legal Reasons: - To avoid prosecution and compensation claims - To avoid enforcement notices for any violations - To avoid any fines and imprisonment for breaches - To avoid paying compensation 3. Financial Reasons: To avoid all costs hidden behind an accident at workplace - Accident investigation cost - Payment for non-productive days - Insurance / Legal cost  4 Benefits of having an effective Health & Safety Management System at the workplace: 1. Reduce ill-health 2. Reduce number of absent staff 3. Reduce staff complaints 4. Reduce accidents 5. Reduce legal costs (fines & claims) 6. Improve staff morale 7. Improve staff productivity 8. Improve organization’s reputation 9. Improve health and safety standards at workplace 10. Improve levels of compliance with legal requirements  5 Four Stages of Health and Safety Management System: 1. Plan 4. Act 2. Do 3. Check  6 Four Stages of Health and Safety Management System: All recognized occupational health and safety management systems follow the same basic and common stages: Four Stages of HSMS 4. Performance 1. Planning 2. Performance 3. Performance Improvement Phase Phase Assessment Phase Phase (PLAN) (DO) (CHECK) (ACT)  7 Four Stages of Health and Safety Management System: 1. Planning 2. Performance 3. Performance 4. Performance phase phase Assessment Improvement phase phase Setting Active Communicati Review policy monitorin on g Reactive Continual Organizing Employee improveme monitorin participation nt g Identification & Acceptance Assessment monitoring Procedures  Thank You 800 MyHCT (800 www.hct.ac.ae 69428)