HSE - MS & EXPECTATION

Health, Safety & Environment Management System (HSEMS)

Why HSEMS?

The HSEMS should be provided because:

Global awareness of the need for a structured system.

Increased emphasis on environmental awareness.

Arrangements should be auditable.

Requirement for continual improvement in HSE.

COMPANY and industry shareholders.

Need to be consistent with industry standards:

PR 750 and RP 75 ( API ).

ISO 14000.

Purpose

l States the HSE policy.

l States various responsibilities.

l Contains, or points to, standards in HSE that should be achieved.

l A “top level” document against which other guidance or reference documents are positioned.

Element description, or high level goal:

Activities which are required to be in position in order to satisfy the 'element.' They are written as,or indicate, performance standards.

Descriptions of procedures that already exist within COMPANY, and are used as guidance in satisfying the expectations.

There should be ‘ELEMENTS’ within the COMPANY HSEMS.

Each element has its own set of ‘EXPECTATIONS’.

These expectations should infer a standard which can be measured.

Element 1 Leadership

Element 2 Safety

Element 3 Occupational Health

Element 4 Product Safety

Element 5 Environmental Protection

Element 6 Risk Management

Element 7 Emergency response

Element 8 Incident reporting and investigation

Element 9 Personnel selection, competency and training

Element 10 External communication

Element 11 Legal requirements

Element 12 Continuous improvement

For more details, please contact David at: shemssolution@googlemail.com