LEADERSHIP: It is a requirement that company name is led from the top and that health and safety is given the same priority as any other business activity. It will be necessary to encourage strong leadership in championing the importance of, and a common sense approach to, health and safety in the workplace. BPI S HOW WILL IT BE DONE WHOM MEASURE Board to support SIMPL Initiative. MD to sign up to pledge. CEO overall responsibility at board level for health & safety. Company signed up Provide ongoing training of directors across the Group. Responsible directors to attend health & safety course. Attendance by over 90% of directors. Site responsible directors to actively monitor health and safety arrangements and performance. All site responsible directors to complete a minimum of twice yearly directors audits. Over 90% compliance across Group.
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: To achieve a good foundation the company must make appropriate arrangements to have a health and safety policy which commits the company to meeting health and safety standards, a system for capturing areas where improvement can be made and mechanisms to plan for the needed changes. Review Group H&S Policy and arrangements. BPI S HOW WILL IT BE DONE WHOM MEASURE Review to be undertaken of Group H&S Policy. Ensure all sites have an effective Safety Management System Site Directors Reviewed and revised policy. Progress and Improve upon Safety Management Systems. Carry out gap analysis for 18001. Summary report for all sites. Progress 18001 accreditation throughout Group. Sites to review gap analysis and work towards achieving 18001. 25% of Sites to have achieved 18001.
WORKFORCE INVOLVEMENT: the company must actively involve employees in all area of health and safety. the company will provide appropriate arrangements via a structure for communication, and provide competent worker representation on health and safety matters. BPI S HOW WILL IT BE DONE WHOM MEASURE Improve effectiveness of communication with employees. Provide guidance to sites on how to run effective health & safety committees. Collate and review minutes from H&S Committee meetings to ensure that they are effective. Guidance Document Issued Review of H&S Minutes Involve employees in improving safety. Implement Behavioural Root Cause Analysis Training across Group 50% of Group Sites have carried out BRCA training. Understand workforce attitudes towards health and safety on each site. Carry out HSE Safety Climate Survey. 50% of Group Sites have carried out HSE Climate Survey Tool Improve workforce health and safety awareness. Develop peer to peer behavioural based training programme. Continue with BRCA Training Carry out HSE Climate Survey 50% of Group Sites to have carried out employee safety awareness training. 75% of Group Sites have carried out BRCA training 75% of Group Sites have carried out Climate survey
RISK REDUCTION OBJECTIVE: Identifying the key risks is essential to improving health and safety. By signing the SIMPL Pledge the company is committing to reducing risk (the potential to cause harm) in your workplace. To do this the company will need to identify that key health and safety issues within its business and come up with measures to eliminate or control them. BPI S HOW WILL IT BE DONE WHOM MEASURE Take action to reduce higher risk areas including those that have the potential to result in the most common and most serious accidents. Provide sites with key H&S Information to help reduce key risks. Identify 3 Key Accident Target Areas to focus on. Develop Group Specific Tools including Tool Box Talks, Checksheets etc to address 3 key areas highlighted. Have 3 risk areas identified Have in place 3 campaigns which target 3 risk areas identified. All Sites to have carried out campaigns on 3 identified risk areas. 75% of sites to have implemented targeted campaigns.
ACCIDENT REDUCTION OBJECTIVE: Accidents in the workplace no matter how minor should not be tolerated. Apart from the impact on the employee and the workforce as a whole it is well documented that every accident carries a cost to the business. Proactive accident reduction has whole cycle benefits to business operations and investment in identifying and managing accidents is seen as the first base for improving health and safety. BPI S HOW WILL IT BE DONE WHOM MEASURE To review collection and analysis of accidents and near misses. Review accident collection details and ensure consistency with PAFA. Develop new Group Near Miss Reporting System. Confirm accident collection information. BPI to review accident level and agree target reductions. Introduce target reductions for each site. Introduce new Group Near Miss Reporting System. Have accident reduction targets set. 100% of sites to have implemented new system. Monitor and Review.