System: Document Title: HSE Manual Document Status: Draft
System: Document Title: HSE Manual Document Status: Draft
System: Document Title: HSE Manual Document Status: Draft
DOCUMENT NUMBER
250-MAN-001
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REVISIONS
Rev Date Description Orig Chk Apr
00 30/07/2019 Draft - - -
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Table of Contents
1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................................4
2 SCOPE .................................................................................................................................................4
3 DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................................................5
4 HSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ......................................................................................................9
4.1 General Context........................................................................................................................9
4.2 Renco HSE Policy (Appendix 1) ............................................................................................10
4.3 Planning .......................................................................................................................................10
4.3.1 Hazard Identification ............................................................................................................11
4.3.2 Risk Assessment ...................................................................................................................11
4.3.3 Mitigation Controls ...............................................................................................................11
4.3.4 Legal and Other Requirements .............................................................................................12
4.3.5 Objectives and Programs ......................................................................................................12
4.4 Implementation and Operation ....................................................................................................12
4.4.1 Resources, Roles, Responsibility, Accountability and Authority .........................................12
4.4.2 Human Resources .................................................................................................................13
4.4.3 Competence, Training and Awareness (250-SZV-17 Training Procedure) ..........................13
4.4.4 Communication, Participation and Consultation ..................................................................13
(250-SZV-08 Communication and Participation) ..........................................................................13
4.4.5 Documentation ......................................................................................................................14
4.4.6 Control of Documents (250-SZV-11 Quality & HSE records) .............................................14
4.4.7 Operational Control ..............................................................................................................14
4.4.8 Selection, qualification and management of subcontractors .................................................14
4.4.9 Emergency Preparedness and Response (250-SZV-01Emergency response plan Base
RENCO) .........................................................................................................................................15
4.5 Checking ......................................................................................................................................15
4.5.1 Performance Measurement and Monitoring .........................................................................15
4.5.2 Evaluation of Compliance.....................................................................................................15
4.5.3 Incident Investigation, Nonconformity, Corrective Action and Preventive Action ..............15
4.5.4 Control of Records ................................................................................................................15
4.5.5 Internal Audit (250SZV-14 Audit Procedure) .......................................................................15
4.6 Management Review (corporate procedure 508_SQV-07) ...................................................16
5 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ....................................................................................................16
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1 PURPOSE
The Renco Congo HSE Management System (HSE-MS) is intended to:
• Provide guidance for employees and contractors to ensure a safe, healthful and environmentally
sound workplace.
• Provide best practices based upon regulatory requirements as well as Renco’s specific
directions, industry standards and lessons learned from previous experience.
• Be administered as a set of guidelines that give management and supervisors the direction to
convert policies into practical, site specific procedures.
a) To notify the Policies defined by the Management for Health/Safety and Environment.
b) To define the requirements for Health/Safety and Environment.
c) To define the field of activities of the system.
d) To define the process of activities of their integration.
e) To inform Client / RENCO personnel, including new employees.
f) Provide HSE rules and information for dealing with specific hazards.
DISCLAIMER
The HSE-MS may not be all encompassing. When a situation arises that is not addressed within
this document, a formal review shall take place before action may occur. Responsibility for sound
health, safety and environmental operations lies with each and every employee and contractor.
Prudent judgment and appropriate review of procedures and situations is universally required.
2 SCOPE
The scope of the Renco Congo HSE-MS serves to describe the types of behaviors, attitudes and
beliefs that are core to Renco’s directives. The following statement shall represent the HSE-MS
scope:
We are committed to growing a proactive safety culture that promotes conducting business in a
manner that assures the health and safety of our employees and those affected by our activities, as
well as progressive protection of the environment around us. In achieving these objectives, we will
be guided by the following core beliefs:
1. All accidents, occupational illnesses and environmental incidents are preventable.
2. Compliance with applicable laws and governing regulations is a requirement.
3. Safe work and environmental protection are conditions of employment.
4. A thriving safety culture is vital for business success.
3 DEFINITIONS
The definitions and terms used throughout the Manual, are in according to the following standards:
ENVIRONMENT: Context in which one organization operates, comprising the air, the water, the
land, the natural resources, the human beings, flora, fauna, and their interrelations.
TOP MANAGEMENT: person or group of people who directs and controls an organization at the
highest level, with power to delegate authority and provide resources within the organization. In
RENCO these positions are the CEO and the members of the board of directors.
SUB-CONTRACTOR
An outside Agency directly employed by Company and is engaged in activities on behalf of the
Company
THIRD PARTY
Third parties are persons or organizations which are not employed by or contracted (or sub-
contracted) to RENCO.
INTERESTED PARTY person or organization that can affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to
be affected by a decision or activity
OBJECTIVE A specific result that the organization aims to achieve within a time frame and with
the available resources
RISK product of the impact and the likelihood of happening of a certain event or phenomenon.
PROCESS set of interrelated or interacting activities which transforms inputs into outputs
Note 1 to entry: A process can be documented or not.
CORRECTIVE ACTION action to eliminate the cause of a nonconformity and to prevent recurrence
EFFICIENCY: relation between an achieved objective and what can potentially be achieved with
the same resources.
ACCEPTABLE RISK
Acceptable risk is when the organization have the respect of its legal obligations and its own OH&S
policy requirements relevant to the works.
INCIDENT
Work event that have or should lead as consequence death, injury, ill health.
ACCIDENT
undesired event giving rise to death, injury or ill health.
FATALITY (FTL)
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A fatality is a death resulting from a Work Injury, regardless of the time intervening between injury
and death.
HAZARD
Hazard, source or situation with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, damage
to property, damage to the workplace environment, or a combination of these (near miss)
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
process of recognizing that a hazard (see “risks”) exist and defining its characteristic
LOST WORKDAYS
The number of Lost Workdays is the total number of calendar days on which the injured person was
temporarily unable to work as a result of Lost Work day Case or Permanent Partial disability.
NEAR MISS
A Near Miss is an event without any death, injury, ill health eventually with the consequence of
damage or product loss. It can have any Potential Severity Rating.
conditions and factors that affect The well-being of employees, temporary workers, contractor
personnel, visitors and any other person in the workplace
ILLNESS
The occupational disease is due to the slow and continuative harmful action from the work or from
the material or from negative factors present at the workplace.
RESTRICTED WORKDAYS
The number of Restricted Workdays is the total number of calendar days counted from the day of
starting Restricted Work until the person returns to his Regular Job.
RLS
Nominated Safety Representative of employees to represent them during working activities
SAFETY: freedom from danger risk of harms, injury or loss to property and personnel.
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RENCO’s skilled staff, together with its organization and advanced technology is the
Company’s strong point which assures interdisciplinary and capacity of operation flexibility.
Proof of RENCO’s professionalism is the approval in 1996 of its own quality system by
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) in conformity with ISO 9001 code.
Moreover, RENCO has implemented a proper environment management system to prove its
commitment relevant to environment, applicable laws and regulations. This commitment is
performed with the aim of constant improvement in accordance to the ISO 14001. In the year
2000 LRQA approved the RENCO Environment System.
A safety program has been developed to meet current industry requirements and the
expectation of RENCO’s customer according to OHSAS 18001, also LRQA certified,
renewed in 2018.
There are various projects on-going in the Republic of Congo, managed by the Congo Renco
Branch.
Each division is staffed by a team of highly competent and qualified experts, under the
leadership of managers with a solid track record in achieving results that meet Client and
corporate requirements.
These units are structured in order to provide complete and autonomous services.
The HSE-MS will deliver the following:
• Identification of key HSE risks and their mitigations
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• Documented policies and procedures to conduct work while mitigating identified risks
• Empowerment of employees to make decisions that keep in mind the wellbeing of the
environment, fellow employees and self.
• Compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing occupational health, safety
and environment.
Every employee has a responsibility to implement and sustain the HSE-MS in all aspects of
their work by following the requirements of the HSE Manual, HSE Policy, HSE procedures
and plans and other HSE documentation.
a) Identification and analyses of risks and significant environment aspects. For every area and
operating situation, with reference to Health/Safety, Environment aspects, the risk analyses and the
identification of the present hazards are verified. Non-routine activities, emergencies, subcontracted
activities, visitors, etc. are also analysed.
b) Identification of law requirements and applicable environmental and safety regulations. They
are analysed all applicable requirement of law in the various situations, with other requirements with
particular relevance for Health/Safety and Environment. The targets to be reached and the necessary
measures for their performance and control are verified.
c) Definition of the objectives to be achieved and planning of activities as follows:
definition of the HSE plan, including objectives, goals, responsibility, resources and personnel
required for its implementation;
Duration of HSE control program;
definition of the operative plan in order to activate the control of the risks regarding Health/Safety
and Environment, according to the law requirement and other applicable requirements;
planning of control activities;
planning of the measures of the performance and of the corrective actions;
implementation of the corrective actions, where required.
When determining controls, or considering changes to existing controls, consideration will be given
to reducing the risks according to the following hierarchy:
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a) elimination;
b) substitution;
c) engineering controls;
d) signage/warnings and/or administrative controls;
e) personal protective equipment.
d) Defined HSE requirements are communicated to all personnel involved, including also the
suppliers of products and services. The results of these assessment are considered when determining
controls.
Renco Congo has established, implemented and maintains a procedure for the
ongoing hazard identification, risk assessment and mitigation controls (250-SZV-02
Hazard identification & risk assessment; see List of HSE Procedures: Appendix 2):
• Routine and non-routine activities
• Activities of all persons having access to the workplace
• The human factor
• Hazards originating outside the workplace capable of adversely affecting people
within the workplace
• Infrastructure, equipment and materials;
• Changes or proposed changes;
• Applicable legal obligations;
• Design of the work areas, processes, installations, machinery/equipment,
operating procedures and work organization;
The programs will be reviewed at least annually during internal audits to ensure they remain
efficient and relevant.
Ultimate authority, responsibility and accountability for the HSE-MS resides with the
Management team. This team will ensure the following:
The availability of resources essential to establish, implement, maintain and improve the HSE-
MS
Defining roles, allocating responsibilities and accountabilities, and delegating authorities
needed to facilitate the HSE-MS. For each project, RENCO allocates adequate resources in
order to ensure compliance to the company system and the contractual requirements. The HSE
plan are the documents that include resources foreseen for the project.
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4.4.4.1 Communication
Renco Congo will establish, implement and maintain a communication procedure for the following
with respect to HSE hazards and the HSE-MS:
• Internal communication among the various levels and functions of Renco;
• Communication with contractors and other visitors to the workplace;
• Receiving, documenting and responding to relevant communications from external
interested parties.
consultation where there are any changes that affect workplace health and safety
appointing their representative on safety and health matters, informed as who is their
employee OH&S representative, and specified management appointee.
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RENCO assure the spread out of the system policy and documentation to all personnel.
The system procedures and standards are continually updated and available in the Company
intranet.
4.4.5 Documentation
The documented Renco Congo HSE-MS consists of an HSE Manual, standard policies,
procedures, programs and guidelines that address how work activities are to be performed and
controlled, and records generated to provide evidence of conformity to the HSE-MS, as well as
a HSE Policy and Objectives.
The below hierarchy shows the rank of each type of document within the HSE-MS.
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Subcontractors and vendors shall be verified for compliance and HSE performance
in the process of planned audits (250-SZV-14 Audit procedure).
4.4.9 Emergency Preparedness and Response (250-SZV-01Emergency response plan
Base RENCO)
Renco Congo will remain vigilant to ensure preparedness for emergencies that can
have an impact to its employees, contractors, worksites and/or equipment. In
remaining vigilant, it will be necessary to periodically test the emergency plans for
effectiveness.
4.5 Checking
The performance metrics for evaluation of the SMS performance have been identified
in the HSE Operating procedure (250-SZV-006).
These metrics are reviewed at yearly management review meetings.
4.5.2 Evaluation of Compliance
During internal audits of the HSE-MS and other needed reviews, compliance is
evaluated to relevant legal and contractual requirements. Reviews of these
requirements shall be documented.
5 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Questionnaire HSE
Nom de
l’entreprise:
Adresse:
QUALIFICATION DE SOUSTRAITANT
1 Responsable
de
QUESTIONS AU SOUMISSIONNAIRE l’entreprise:
Adresse
email:
5 Structure et responsabilités