Reviewing Health and Safety Performance
Purpose of Regular Reviews
- Full management system review:
- By the board, e.g. annually.
- Management team review:
- E.g., every quarter, feeds to full review.
- Departmental review:
- E.g., monthly, by line manager to ensure on track.
- Assessing opportunities for improvement and the need for change.
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Purpose of Regular Reviews
Reviewing performance is an essential part of any health and safety management system:
- Are we on target?
- If not, why not?
- What do we have to change?
E.g., aim: to reduce lost time accidents by 5%:
- Target has been met.
- Set a new target of another 5% for next year.
Group Exercise
What active and reactive measurements of health and safety performance would need to be reviewed annually?
Issues to be Considered in Reviews
- Legal compliance.
- Accident and incident data.
- Inspections, surveys, tours and sampling.
- Absence and sickness data.
- Audit reports.
- Achievement of objectives.
- Enforcement action.
- Previous management reviews.
- Legal and best practice developments.
Outputs from Reviews
Records of the reviews should be retained:
- Demonstrate compliance with MHSWR.
- Results may have to be reported to shareholders.
The aim is continual improvement
- Senior managers review performance and set targets for the organisation.
- Middle managers review performance and set targets for their departments.
- Junior managers review local performance and set targets for their local area.