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Integrated Safety, Health & Environmental Management Systems
Integrated management systems are established to systematically integrate safety, quality and environment into management and work practices at all levels of an organization. A properly designed and configured integrated management system is designed to achieve operational effectiveness through the integration of environmental compliance, quality assurance, risk assessment and safety and health protection procedures.
Integrated Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems are of paramount importance within an organisation if possible prosecution by enforcing authorities are to be avoided. The development of these systems and of a safe working culture within an organisation begins with the implementation of such an integrated system.
Failure to develop and implement safe systems of work can result in substantial financial loss to an organisation and it is the successful implementation of such management systems that can provide employers with the peace of mind that their employees are working in a safe environment and in a safe manner.
Direct costs and the more substantial indirect costs to an organisation, such as; production down time, loss of expertise, accident investigation time, loss of morale and senior management time can be phenomenal and is far in excess of the costs covered by insurance policies and the costs to implement a Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems.
Together with the less prescriptive health and safety legislation in force, which require companies to establish their own measures for health, safety, environment and employee protection through risk assessment and the implementation of control measures. This risk assessment process can prove quite difficult for many companies who may be unaccustomed to undertaking such tasks in the normal undertaking of their business, where organisations may be requested to set their own standards of health and safety with no parameters being established by the legislation that is acceptable to the enforcing authorities.
Achievable Solutions can assist organisations document their Health, Safety and Environmental Programs through the development of Policies, Procedures, Forms, Registers and other required documentation to form an effective integrated Management System. All of these documents and manuals can be developed to complement existing documentation, such as Human Resources, Accounting, Production or Quality and will assist with statutory requirements.
The documentation we develop provides specific and practical guidance relevant to your tasks or processes and in developing all documentation a risk management process is applied to ensure procedures minimise the risks rather than document current activities.
All documentation provided is in two formats, hard copy manual printouts and electronic CDs. All electronic documentation contains hyper-links to internal and external references for ease of use and system integration.
Achievable Solutions Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems encompass:
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