An Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS, known as WHSMS in states have adopted the Work Health and Safety Act) is system of linked management activities designed to continuously improve the methods of WHS and comply with the law. It offers the best way of promoting health and safety and also contributes to improving productivity within the workplace.
An WHSMS enables organisation take systematic approach to;
- Identifying all hazards in the workplace.
- Assessing the risks arising from those hazards.
- Implementing measures to eliminate those risks.
- Providing instruction, training and supervision for workers.
- Consulting with workers on matters that affect their health, safety and welfare.
- Measuring and Reviewing your processes to ensure they are adequate, relevant and reliable.
The main purpose of WHS management system is provide system and mechanism the linking of WHS management systems and procedures in way that provides continuous improvement by design. It provides platform to help meet compliance with the WHS Act and Regulations.
Regardless if your business is big or small, you should have the management systems in place to help meet these requirements.
IAN FLYNN SERVICES can help you identify and implement policies and procedures based around the Australian Standard AS4801 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. These include
a) Policies addressing the commitment of organisation and management to implementation of work health and safety in workplace.
b) Documented accountabilities, roles and responsibilities.
c) Document control and review.
d) Communication and consultation strategies.
e) Supervision which ensures workers are not placed at risk.
f) Training and induction programs.
g) Registers and records.
h) Documented safe work method statements and procedures.
i) Purchasing control.
j) Risk assessment addressing processes for identification of hazards, assessment of risk levels, and control methodologies.
k) Hazard, near miss, incident and accident reporting, recording, investigation and analysis.
l) Monitoring, measurement and evaluation of work health and safety management system implementation.
m) Specific work health and safety programs.
n) Management review of work health and safety system, including internal auditing and external auditing.
This system can be a stand alone process or be integrated with both AS9001 Quality Assurance Management Systems and AS14001 Environmental Management Systems.
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