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Safety Management

A. Brief

In reference to deal with the issue of occupational safety, health practices changes a lot. From the previous emphasis on law enforcement by the official level, into the establishment of the industrial undertaking a safety management system for the self-regulatory initiative, therefore already through a vocational safety and health legislation as early as the end of November 1999 - the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management ) Regulation. The Regulation is aimed at various industrial operations planning, organization, implementation and review of the safety management system (Safety Management System), the use of audit (Safety Audit) or check (Safety Review) and measures the effectiveness of their management systems; more clearly define the composition of the element. This Regulation will each be summarized as the following four types of industrial undertaking to clear about its responsibilities to fulfill.

Categories
Employer
Type
Safety Audit / Safety Review
I
A contractor of an aggregate of 100 or more workers in a day working in a single site or with a contract value of $100 million or over.
A
Develop, implement and maintain a safety management system which contains 14 elements and to conduct safety audit by Registered Safety Auditor every six months.
II
A contractor of an aggregate of 50 or more but less than 100 workers in a day working in a single site
B
Develop, implement and maintain a safety management system which contains 8 elements and to conduct safety review by Safety Review Officer every six months.
III
A contractor of an aggregate of 100 or more workers in a day working in two or more sites.
A
Develop, implement and maintain a safety management system which contains 14 elements and to conduct safety audit by Registered Safety Auditor every six months.
IV
A contractor of an aggregate of 50 or more but less than 100 workers in a day working in two or more sites.
B
Develop, implement and maintain a safety management system which contains 8 elements and to conduct safety review by Safety Review Officer every six months.

B. Safety Management System

Under the F&IU (SM) Regulation Safety Management System, the safety management system in TYPE A consist the following 14 elements.

1. Safety Policy
A safety policy states the commitment of the contractor to safety and health at work.
2. Safety Organization
A structure to assure implementation of the commitments to safety and health at work.
3. Safety Training
to equip personnel with knowledge to work safely without risk to health.
4. In-house Safety Rules & Regulation
to provide instruction for the achievement of safety management objectives.
5. Safety Inspection
to identify hazardous conditions and for the rectification of any such conditions at regular intervals or as appropriate.
6. Personal Protection Programme
to identify hazardous exposure or the risk of such exposure to the workers and to provide suitable personal protective equipment as a last resort where engineering control methods are not feasible.
7. Accident /Incident Investigation
to find out the cause of any accident or incident and to develop prompt arrangements to prevent recurrence.
8. Emergency Preparedness
to develop, communicate and execute plans prescribing the effective management of emergency situations.
9. Evaluation, Selection and Control of Subcontractors
to ensure that subcontractors are fully aware of their safety obligations and are in fact meeting them.
10. Safety Committees
to identify, recommend and keep under review measures to improve the safety and health at work.
11. Job Hazard Analysis
to evaluate job related hazards or potential hazards and development of safety procedures.
12. Safety Promotion
to promote, develop and maintain safety and health awareness in a workplace.

C. Safety Management System (Con’t)

1. Process Control Programme
a programme for accident control and elimination of hazards before exposing workers to any adverse work environment.
2. Occupational Health Assurance Programme
a programme to protect workers from occupational health hazards.

D. Reasonability

Director or Contracts Manager will:

  • Ensure the implementation of the safety policy;
  • Keep themselves abreast of prevailing safety laws and regulations;
  • Ensure the development of the safety management system and allocate adequate resources to implement the safety management system;
  • Be aware of safety performance on sites;
  • Set the safety target(s) to achieve progressive improvement for all risk areas; Assist to organize the safety management committee and chair the meetings.

    • Project Manager will:

  • Monitor and ensure that all safety rules, regulations and practices are observed throughout their sites and workplaces;
  • Ensure that the management is given timely advice on safety trends, developments and the latest safe working techniques as well as prevailing legislative requirements;
  • Ensure that the safety policy, practices, and safety manual(s)/ safety plan(s) is/ are regularly reviewed;
  • Assign duties and responsibilities to different level of employees in the project to ensure that the safety policy and safety manual(s)/ safety plan(s) is/ are effectively implemented;
  • Convey feedback from site level to senior management; Be aware of safety performance on sites;
  • Assess, monitor and enforce the safety performance of subcontractors;
  • Ensure that the line management is appropriately and actively supported by a team of safety personnel.

    • Site Agent will:

  • Understand the requirements of the safety laws and other relevant regulations on site;
  • Familiar with and understand the safety policy, safety manual, safety plan, in-house safety rules and practices;
  • Responsible for monitoring and supervision of site activities to maintain a high safety standard on site;
  • Ensure that safety measures and considerations are being integrated into the planning stage of production processes, including those for subcontractor works; Assist to organize the site safety committee and chair the meetings;


    • Monitor the safety performance of site employees and subcontractors and arrange to implement the recommendations of the safety reports.