Organizing Safety Health and Environment

Organizing for Safety, Health
and Environment
ATUL PRIYADARSHI
Environmental Health and Safety
• Many people are interested in an organization's approach
to laboratory environmental health and safety (EHS)
management including laboratory personnel; customers,
clients, and students (if applicable); suppliers; the
community; shareholders; contractors; insurers; and
regulatory agencies. More and more organizations attach
the same importance to high standards in EHS
management as they do to other key aspects of their
activities. High standards demand a structured approach
to the identification of hazards and the evaluation and
control of work-related risks.
Environmental Health and Safety Policy
• The EHS policy should state intent to:

– prevent or mitigate both human and economic losses
arising from accidents, adverse occupational
exposures, and environmental events;
– build EHS considerations into all phases of the
operations, including laboratory discovery and
development environments;
– achieve and maintain compliance with laws and
regulations; and
– continually improve EHS performance.
Health, Safety and Environment
• HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) is a set
of processes and procedures identifying
potential hazards to a certain environment,
developing best practices to reduce or remove
those hazards, and then training employees
for accident prevention, accident response,
etc.
Why is HSE needed?
• According to the International Labour Organization (ILO),
it has been found that more than 2.3 million workers die
every year because of occupational accidents or work-
related diseases.
• Providing Health, safety and environment training or
information helps to:
– Ensure workers are not injured or affected by the work they do
– Implement a positive health & safety culture that fosters
health, safety and wellness
– Manage workplace health and safety in a better way
– Ensures well-being through advanced technology and
professional development
Best Practices for HSE
• Health, safety and environment are considered a top priority due to their significance in safeguarding human
lives and properties, especially in high-risk industrial sectors. These industries are afflicted by workplace injuries,
illnesses, and fatalities because of unsafe work environments. It is important to establish and execute an
effective workplace health and safety management system to avoid the risks of irreversible accidents.
• Safety culture
The safety culture of an organization refers to the set of organizational practices relating specifically to the
values and beliefs concerning HSE safety shaped by employees working together in social relationships and
organizational structures in the workplace. The significant impact of strong HSE safety culture is improved safety
performance, reduced incidents, conducted a successful near-miss investigation and incident reporting in an
organization.
• Safety performance measurement
The primary aim of measuring safety performance in a work environment is an attempt to mitigate unsafe
behaviors and conditions that can lead to accidents. Usually, performance measurements can either be reactive
or active monitoring. Reactive monitoring defines identifying and reporting incidents and learning from mistakes
while active monitoring provides feedback on performance before an incident occurs.
• Safety management by recognizing the hazard
The HSE safety performance improvement requires the implementation of proactive worker hazard
identification and prevention programs. The risk associated with hazardous conditions or situations in a work
environment can only be analyzed for accident prevention if the related hazards can be properly recognized or
identified.
• Safety data collection, analysis, and sharing
Safety data collection, analysis, and sharing will assist the industry to find out the root causes of an event,
explore existing and potential hazards, and improve existing HSE safety programs. In the United States, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigates the workplace to ensure compliance with
minimum safety standards.
Management Commitment
• Management commitment to EHS performance is widely recognized
as one of the elements most critical to EHS program success and to
the development of a strong culture of safety within an
organization. Therefore, the management system document
establishes management commitment with a formal statement of
intent, which defines examples of how performance goals are
supported. Examples of how this commitment is supported include
the following:
– Establish methods to use energy more efficiently, reduce waste, and
prevent accidents.
– Comply with laws, regulations, and organizational requirements applicable
to their operations.
– Improve EHS performance continually.
– Conduct periodic assessments to verify and validate EHS performance.
Planning
• Planning is an integral part of all elements of the

management system and to be effective involves
the design and development of suitable processes
and organizational structure to manage EHS
aspects and their associated risk control systems
proportionately to the needs, hazards, and risks of
the organization. Planning is equally important to
deal with health risks that might only become
apparent after a long latency period.

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