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Element 2 Health and Safety Management Systems - Policy
Element 2 Health and Safety Management Systems - Policy
Describe the key features and appropriate content of an effective health and safety
policy.
Question:
Outline the circumstances that may require a health and safety policy to be reviewed.
Part (b)
Circumstances that would require a health and safety policy to be reviewed, such as:
Circumstances that require a health and safety policy to be reviewed such
as:
Significant changes in the structure of the organization and/or a change
of premises;
After the introduction of new or changed processes or work methods;
Following changes in key personnel;
Following changes in legislation;
Where audits, risk assessments, monitoring exercises or accident
investigations show that the policy is no longer effective or relevant;
As a result of consultation with the workforce;
Following enforcement action and after a sufficient period of time has
elapsed since the previous review to suggest that another one is due.
Question:
Outline what an organization may need to consider when setting health and safety
objectives.
Question:
An employer must prepare a written health and safety policy when he employs five or
more persons.
Part (b)
With reference to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999:
The information on health and safety matters that an employer must provide to his
employees under the requirements of regulation 10 of the Management of Health and
Safety at Work Regulations 1999. This includes Information on:
The risks identified by risk assessment (and those notified to him by other
employers sharing the same workplace);
The preventive and protective measures that are in place;
The organization’s emergency arrangements;
The identity of competent persons nominated to implement the
emergency procedures.
Part (b)
Outline the reasons why an organization should monitor and review its health and
safety performance.
Reasons such as:
Employer’s duty under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act to
prepare a health and safety policy and also to the exemption from the
requirement for the policy to be in writing for those employing fewer than
five employees.
Methods Include:
The employer is required by law to form a health and safety committee when
requested in writing by two or more trade union-appointed safety representatives.
Part (b)
Outline the issues that are typically included in the arrangements section of health and
safety.
These included:
Systems of work;
Health and safety training;
Provision of protective equipment;
Specific types of hazard (e.g. machinery, hazardous substances, manual
handling, fire, etc.);
Control of contractors;
Safety of visitors;
Accident reporting and investigation procedures; first-aid facilities;
Emergency procedures;
Employee consultation;