Fundamentals of Safety Management Rev.2.a

FUNDAMENTALS OF
SAFETY
MANAGEMENT
By: MR. EROS ZUÑIGA
Introduction
• Good management practices are fundamental
to business in today’s very competitive
environment.
• The key objective must be to manage business
professionally by drawing together the areas of:
– engineering, safety, quality,
– risk management, personnel and finance.
• None of these can be managed in isolation
because an integrated approach is required.
Safety Management
Safety management covers a wide range of
industries and professions.
It is an essential part of the overall
management of the organization.
It is involved in a complicated business of
managing the safe application of:
technology, people, environment,
laws, products and services.
Effective Safety Management
Is composed of the following:
1. Management Safety Policy
2. Resources
3. Standards
4. Procedures
5. Research and Development
Management Safety Policy:
– Purpose –
The Management Safety Policy sets the
general direction of the company’s safety
standards and performance.
Management’s attitude toward safety and
health should be carefully phrased in the form
of:
A written safety and health policy
Which is made known to all employees,
Supervisors and
All persons dealing with the company.
– Form & Usage –
A written policy:
Serves as a checkpoint
Whenever conflicts arise between
safety & health and expediency
It is vital in the enforcement of
safety rules.
– Basic Contents –
The policy declaration need the following statements:
1. That the company intends to comply with all safety
laws and regulations.
2. That safety of employees, the public, and its
products is paramount.
3. That safety will take precedence over expediency
or shortcuts.
4. That every attempt will be made to reduce the
possibility of accident occurrence.
– Relevance –
The policy declaration could only be
effective if:
It is signed by the highest officer of
the company.
It is given wide publicity in the
company and all its areas of operation.
Resources
Budget
The implementation of company Safety
Programs entails costs.
In the preparation of budget requirements to
support a safety program, the benefits of the
program must exceed the value of its cost.
Senior Management is particularly interested
in the economic value of the safety program.
Resources
Personnel
Depending on the type of business

of the organization, technicians,
specialists and professionals are the
driving force of the Safety Program.
Resources
Equipment
Technicians, Specialist and Professionals
cannot perform their function effectively
without the testing instruments and measuring
equipment they need for their work.
Data and communication equipment are also
vital, especially in accident prevention and
emergency conditions.
Resources
Facilities
Due to the specialized nature of
business for some organizations, testing
facilities and laboratories are vital in
providing investigative data and
information for safe company
operations.
Standards
Standards are the guiding criteria for the
organization’s safe operations.
They define the authority, responsibility,
scope, process and limits of the safe
operations of the organization.
Company Safety Standards are derived
from:
1. Government Laws and Regulations
2. Industry Safety Standards
Standards
Government Laws and Regulations
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards
(OSH) set by the Bureau of Working Conditions is
the standard applied in all industries and
businesses.
Department Orders (D.O.) are also issued as part

of the OSH Standards.
Standards
Industry Standards
Depending on the nature of technical
requirement, various standards are also
valuable references for safe operations.
Some examples are standards derived from:

NFPA, NIOSH, ANSI, ASME, DOT, ACGIH, UL, etc.
Procedures
Procedures play the vital role of
controlling the interaction of people,
standards and processes.
They define the scope, authority and
responsibilities of personnel, interaction
between departments, proper application
of industry standards, training needs and
courses of action in emergencies.
Procedures
Safety management establishes procedures for
the following:
1. An Administrative Procedure for Safety
Enforcement, Incentives and Awards.
2. Safe Operations
3. Personal Protective Equipment
4. Emergency Action
5. Safety Compliance Monitoring
6. Accident Investigation and Reporting
7. Training
Research and Development
Business and Technology is in constant development to
find better opportunities, materials, processes,
equipment, standards and employees. Stagnation is a
symptom of reactive safety management.
Essentials of Research and Development are:
1. Accident Records and Safety Statistics
2. Access to new technical information,
standards and procedures.
3. Program Reviews and Planning.
The Safety Pyramid
1 FATALITY
LOST WORK DAY CASE

10
OSHA RECORDABLES
30 & FIRST AID CASES
NEAR MISSES
“Reactive” 600
UNSAFE BEHAVIOR/
(Possibly Thousands)
“Proactive” CONDITIONS
End of Subject

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Depending on the type of business

Department Orders (D.O.) are also issued as part

Some examples are standards derived from:

LOST WORK DAY CASE

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