What Is a Workplace Health and Safety Management System?
A Workplace Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS) comprises a collection of policies, procedures, and plans that systematically oversee health and safety in the workplace. Its primary goal is to minimize the risk of injury and illness resulting from workplace operations.
Safety Above offers risk analysis and implementation plans to improve existing systems or create a tailored WHS Management System. This will equip business owners with the necessary tools to achieve compliance with AS/NZS 4801:2001, the relevant Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act, and WHS Regulations.
Safety Above’s health and safety management services will ensure that there are:
- A written policy or ‘mission statement’ for health and safety management in your workplace that provides a structure for control and accountability.
- A plan for hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk control, emergency preparedness and response, with identification of legal and other standards that apply.
- A long-term health and safety objective to plan the management targets and actions to achieve them.
- A definition of the organisational structure; allocate health and safety responsibilities to employees, link to operational control arrangements; and ensure competence, training, and consultation.
- Presentation: this is a crucial resource which can make a valuable contribution to the overall organisational response to risk.
- Two-way communication about the system.
- Consultation between the workforce, clients/suppliers, and other stakeholders (e.g. regulators, trade unions, neighbours) to shape the risk management programme.
- Implementation of management processes and plans, from risk assessment to audits.
- Measurement of performance – using reactive data (work-related injuries, ill health, diseases, near misses, and other incidents) and active data on routine inspections, health and safety committees, training, and risk assessments.
- A written policy or ‘mission statement’ for health and safety management in your workplace that provides a structure for control and accountability.
- A plan for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control, emergency preparedness and response, with identification of legal and other standards that apply.
- A long-term health and safety objective to plan the management targets and actions to achieve them.
Safety Above consultants will
- Help businesses to achieve compliance with WHS legislation and regulations.
- Support the organisation to ensure the contents of safety documentation within the system are managed on an ongoing basis.
- Ensure your management system is effective in protecting people from harm and is updated as required.
- Check that the system includes mechanisms to continually improve using feedback.
- Help businesses to integrate their WHS system with other management systems.
- Make sure the system is working to strengthen corporate culture and demonstrate due diligence.
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