Does anyone have a master safety plan for their company?
We have a bunch of individual programs, but no document that “ties” them all together. Is anyone using a master safety plan that gives a high level overview? If so what does it look like?
Thinking it might be beneficial to have one, but wanted to get feedback from the group to see what everyone else is doing.
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That would be a safety management system (e.g., ISO 45001, ANSI Z10).
In aviation the Safety Management System (SMS), is the overall program that ties all safety together. We also had an OSHA manual that ties workplace safety into one manual. I think this will depend on your organization's needs and goals.
Hi David,
I typically use SMS and IIPP as this within ANSI/ASSP Z10 framework. However, with international I would recommend ISO45001 in substitution of Z10 as it works well with international audit teams. This allows for legal and best practices to be split in case OSHA asks for your program the best practices can be omitted unless specifically requested. SMS pro games are a good way to link documents and key program functionality within a risk management framework. This allows for ongoing improvement based on quantitative risk tolerance. Let me know if you would like to talk over the finer points.
Like Drew said, a safety management system is the way to go. ANSI z10 usually makes the most sense, but if you’re already iso 9001, then iso 45001 meshes nicely. Feel free to reach out
Always kept everything in a 3-ring binder that said "Safety Plan" till ISO hit. I agree with the others on a true management system. Take ISO 45 or 14 and mate that with an EHS management software and you are golden.
To answer you question in the corporate world we had a Corporate EHS Department who would pass that stuff to us at the Group, Division, and Plant level. We had a great deal of latitude to use their mandates as long as we met the specific bases, as an example, we were required to meet Fed OSHA or the State OSHA at a minimum, but we were required to be certified ISO 14001 and be "compliant" in 18001 (now 45001). Compliant met we had the framework of 18001 in place but were not actual certified by ISO audit, but could quickly obtain certification if we deemed necessary. Compliance is much cheaper then actual ISO Certification. One location can be at least $100,000 for annual ISO Audit and Cert (and that blue flag). Some of our locations did go ahead and gain certification.
We were also required to go above OSHA Compliance (we are in a Fed State). Annual Authorized Lockout Training, Personal Fall Protection required on Scissors Lifts, No Lift Trucks in Production Areas without a special work permit, Contractor Approval and Audit, Energized Circuit Permits, Mandatory Stretching Program, and Lockout Work Permits (on all lockouts) are just a few examples. just before I retired we were required to have several Safety Teams NOT one, involving at a minimum 50% of our workforce, one team had to be an Ergonomics Team. Now it is >90% employee participation required (the other 10% must be on some sort of team)!
The last 10 years I would easily rather have had an OSHA CSHO visit than a Corp EHS Auditor in my plant!