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    The International Safety Rating System (ISRS) measures an organization's safety management effectiveness by auditing 20 elements and assigning an overall safety rating out of 10. UKAEA set a target for its Harwell site to achieve an ISRS Level 6 rating by March 2002. To meet this, the Harwell site appointed ISRS "champions" to implement any actions needed for accreditation. Through regular management meetings and integrating existing systems, the Harwell site achieved an ISRS Level 6 in October 2001, six months ahead of target. This confirmed the effectiveness of Harwell's safety management systems and the champions' commitment. The site now aims to maintain this rating and pursue even higher levels.

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    The International Safety Rating System (ISRS) measures an organization's safety management effectiveness by auditing 20 elements and assigning an overall safety rating out of 10. UKAEA set a target for its Harwell site to achieve an ISRS Level 6 rating by March 2002. To meet this, the Harwell site appointed ISRS "champions" to implement any actions needed for accreditation. Through regular management meetings and integrating existing systems, the Harwell site achieved an ISRS Level 6 in October 2001, six months ahead of target. This confirmed the effectiveness of Harwell's safety management systems and the champions' commitment. The site now aims to maintain this rating and pursue even higher levels.

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    The International Safety Rating System (ISRS) measures an organization's safety management effectiveness by auditing 20 elements and assigning an overall safety rating out of 10. UKAEA set a target for its Harwell site to achieve an ISRS Level 6 rating by March 2002. To meet this, the Harwell site appointed ISRS "champions" to implement any actions needed for accreditation. Through regular management meetings and integrating existing systems, the Harwell site achieved an ISRS Level 6 in October 2001, six months ahead of target. This confirmed the effectiveness of Harwell's safety management systems and the champions' commitment. The site now aims to maintain this rating and pursue even higher levels.

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    The International Safety Rating System (ISRS) measures an organization's safety management effectiveness by auditing 20 elements and assigning an overall safety rating out of 10. UKAEA set a target for its Harwell site to achieve an ISRS Level 6 rating by March 2002. To meet this, the Harwell site appointed ISRS "champions" to implement any actions needed for accreditation. Through regular management meetings and integrating existing systems, the Harwell site achieved an ISRS Level 6 in October 2001, six months ahead of target. This confirmed the effectiveness of Harwell's safety management systems and the champions' commitment. The site now aims to maintain this rating and pursue even higher levels.

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    Harwell project profiles

    International Safety
    Rating System (ISRS)
    Background
    The International Safety Rating System (ISRS) was devised to
    measure an organisations effectiveness in safety management by
    independently auditing the level of safety applied to 20 elements
    and giving organisations an overall safety rating scored out of 10.
    In 1999, UKAEA set a target for all of its sites to achieve ISRS
    Level 6 by March 2002. This required scoring a minimum of 40%
    across 10 of the elements with a minimum of 25% in any
    element.
    ISRS is widely used by factories, power stations and the oil
    industry to assess safety levels. There are few sites holding an
    ISRS rating that have such a diverse usage as Harwell, where the
    majority of workers are not direct employees, but tenants.
    UKAEA staff conduct regular safety inspections around the site

    Objective
    To achieve an ISRS rating of Level 6 for the Harwell
    site by March 2002.

    Key challenges
    Training the ISRS champions.
    Understanding the UKAEA management system in
    periods of change.
    Dealing with variations in the application of safety
    management procedures on individual projects.
    Co-ordinating individual project and department
    management systems into a site-wide policy.

    Protective clothing ensures safe working in controlled areas

    Solution

    Roadshows help raise awareness of safety issues among site employees

    The Harwell site management appointed and trained a group


    of ISRS champions from the site, to be responsible for
    individual elements assessed in the ISRS audit. The
    champions ensured that on a local level any action needed to
    achieve the accreditation was implemented, and worked
    closely with the project team to promote the safety culture
    across the site.
    A number of the elements were already fulfilled by the
    Harwell management systems, and were integrated by the
    project team into the safety audit.
    Regular meetings with the site management were established
    to monitor how the site manages the risks of injury to
    personnel, damage to property, pollution and damage to the
    reputation of the Harwell site and UKAEA as a whole.

    Outcome
    The first external audit at Harwell achieved a rating of Level
    6 in October 2001, 6 months ahead of the target. This was
    confirmed with increased scores in an internal audit in
    September 2002.
    The achievement of Level 6 at the initial audit, when a lower
    rating was expected, confirmed the effectiveness of the
    safety management systems across the whole site and the
    commitment of the ISRS element champions.
    The safety team plans to prepare for further assessments to
    reach higher levels, if this will provide a benefit to the
    management of health and safety at Harwell.
    UKAEA utilises ISRS to provide an indication of site safety
    management and improve safety, health and environment
    management systems.

    UKAEAs Kathleen Stevenson receives Harwells


    ISRS award from Dr Evan Harris MP

    Key facts
    Project start date
    ISRS Level 6 achieved
    Next external audit

    January 2000
    October 2001
    October 2003

    Contact:
    Nick Hance
    Harwell Public Relations Manager
    Tel: 01235 436909
    Email: [email protected]

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