Developing and Implementing Safe Systems of Work

Safe work systems are mandatory for all workplaces, regardless of the industry, location or size of the organization. "What is your safe work system?" It is the first question that a regulatory inspector will ask after a serious incident. WHS legislation requires that people who conduct business or businesses (PCBU) provide a safe work system for all workers. A secure work system can take many forms and includes physical security controls, training and written procedures. This course is designed to help managers and officials develop safe work systems. It analyzes current legal practice and expectations, and supports managers in the practical steps necessary to effectively manage WHS risks in the workplace.

Responsibility of the Safety Employer

·        Read the safety and health poster in the workplace.

·        Comply with all applicable OSHA and Maine safety regulations.

·        Follow all employer safety and health regulations and regulations, and use or wear the required protective equipment while working.

·        Report dangerous conditions to the employer.

·        Inform the employer about any work-related injury or illness and seek treatment immediately.

Developing Safe System of Work

Step 1: Assessment of tasks

The evaluation must be carried out by the supervisory staff together with the workers involved, so that any assumption that their supervisors may have about the working methods does not differ from the reality. Your workers may also be in the best position to help prepare a safe work system. Consulting workers exposed to risks directly or indirectly is also a legal requirement. Must take into account:

What is used: plant and equipment, substances, possible faults in the machinery, electrical needs of the task?

Sources of error: possible human failures, shortcuts.

Where the task is done: the work environment and its protection needs.

How the task is performed: procedures, possible failures in the method of work, frequency of tasks, training needs

Step 2: Identification of risks and risk assessment

List the elements of the task and clearly identify the associated hazards through a risk assessment. Keep in mind that the law requires an "adequate and sufficient" evaluation of all risks to which employees and others may be exposed. The way in which the analysis is performed depends on the nature of the task / work or operation. If what is being considered involves high potential, then formal techniques of hazard analysis should be considered, such as a hazard and operability study (HAZOP), fault tree analysis (FTA) or failure modes and effects.

Step 3: Defining safe methods

A very high risk job may require a full singing system, all formal dances, written permission to work. Risk level / type of secure system:

·        very high - let work

·        High security system or permit

·        moderate - written security system

·        low writing secure system

·        very low: verbal instruction (with written backup, such as security rules)

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