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PLANNING & MANAGEMENT
Like most regulatory systems, health, safety and injury management relies upon a planning and review cycle which sets in place a process for:
- Identifying and managing hazards
- Monitoring and reviewing performance (safety & injury mngt.)
- Resourcing safety and injury management
- Subcontract Management
The planning process of monitoring, measurement, analysis and review are critical to successful safety and injury management.
Planning and review must consider, as a minimum:
- Policy Objectives and targets
- Responsibilities for health, safety and injury management
- Implementation strategy
- Communication strategy
- Introducing new activities or new sites into the business
- Periodic review of objectives, targets and operations systems
- Review of changes to legal and regulatory requirements
- Site safety planning
- Investigations of incidents (including statistics) and outcomes
- Review of emergency situations and effectiveness of changes
Explanation of terms
OHS&IM Management System: Overall management system that includes organisation structure, planning responsibilities/accountabilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the OHS Policy, and so managing the risks associated with the workplace.
OH&S Safety Objectives: Overall OHS goal in terms of OHS performance, arising from the companies OHS Policy, and which are quantified where practical.
OHS Safety Performance: Measurable results of the OHS&IM system related to the control of health and safety risk management, based on the OHS Policy, objectives and targets.
Safety: A state in which the risk of harm to persons or damage is limited to an acceptable level.
Risk: The likelihood and consequence of an injury or harm occurring.
Hazard: A source or a situation with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, damage to property, damage to the environment, or a combination of these.
Risk Assessment - Australia: The overall process of estimating the magnitude of risk and deciding what actions will be taken.
Risk Assessment - New Zealand: The overall process of determining whether a hazard is significant.
Continuous / Continual Improvement: Process of enhancing the safety system to achieve overall performance improvements.