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COMMITMENT OF TOP MANAGEMENT IN SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY
In the industries, Safety, Health and Environment management is
considered as an integral part of overall management systems. Management’s responsibilities
include vision, establishing systems, setting the expectations, assessing
performance, improving effectiveness, encouragement for doing things safely
prompt action for deficiencies, and allocating resources for responsible
operation. The management should involve all employees, contractors, security
personnel and business associates related to operation in the safety culture.
Commitment of top management towards safety, health and environment is
essential and this message should flow to all organizational levels.
Separate manuals for safety, fire, health and environment management
need to be developed. The policy should be approved by the Board of Directors and be updated
periodically and made available to all employees. The intentions and
commitments on part of top management should be clearly specified.
For safety, separate committees need to be set up at management and
shop-floor level. Management safety committees should be headed by unit
head/location in charge. Workman representative should be included in the
committee. 50% of the members of each shop-floor safety committee should be workman.
Management safety committee should review safety performance, audit reports,
incident investigations, recommendations to the shop-floor committees, status
of firefighting and safety equipment and compliance of statutory
rules/regulations. Shop-floor safety committee should deliberate hazards involved
in operation, performance of safety systems, lessons learnt from past
incidents/near-misses, training etc, and suggestions for improvement in safety
standards.
Surprise safety checks, particular at odd-hours, should be carried out
and findings recorded. Punitive scheme may be devised for violation of safety
procedures and non-compliance of personal protective Equipment. Safety
promotional activities like display of safety posters/precautions and safety
records at prominent locations, publication of safety newsletter bulletins,
safety talk to contractor’s laborers, safety competition, etc. should be
encouraged. Safety awareness survey should be carried out once a year and input
provided to improve safety awareness.
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