One of the biggest challenges, for any business or industry is to manage its workforce. They would always express difficulties about managing employees/contractor/worker’s data. This situation gets worse when work is ongoing at multiple sites where contractor/labor/worker keeps on changing.
Keeping work environment safe and reliable is an important aspect, which should not be neglected.
To eliminate workplace hazards, it is important to keep premises, machines, equipment etc. safe. Equipment plays an equal role when it comes to safety. Many big accidents have been reported in the past owing to failure of safety equipment, that is although there were “safety equipment but did not work when they were really needed”.
While undertaking any task, safety should be given the prime importance.
Talking particularly about EHS, a Permit to Work System works as a safeguard ensuring formal authorization and validation while carrying out any hazardous work. PTW certifies that all the components for a safe work system are recognized before a high risk work commences, thus minimizing and controlling the risk to individuals and the installation.
There are many tasks to be taken care of and managed. Task management and associated activities for Environment Health and Safety department in any plant (construction, industrial manufacturing etc.) are numerous and sometimes hectic to be managed. These activities are so important that even the leadership team is on toes to know the status of all the actions carried out, what are the corrective and preventive actions implemented etc.?
The very first objective of any safety management system is “zero accidents”, thus all the plans and procedures are driven by this very commitment. The harsh reality is, after all the efforts and hard works, accidents do occur. Hence every safety management system paradoxically also prepares for “What If, It still Occurs” and the answers to this question leads to something known as emergency planning in technical terms and allowing the information to propagate in a faster way to a larger mass.