Due to the interdependent nature of HSE, O&M and management – overlap of roles, responsibilities and execution presents itself as a shape-shifting challenge. Pre-job brief is a sure shot and tested way towards preventive asset management. Pre-job brief or briefing is a sure shot and tested way towards preventive asset management.
Safety professionals aren’t shirking from their responsibilities. Instead, they are being receptive to employee input on hazards, corrective and preventive actions and health and safety programs. As much as they are proactive in protecting their workforce and share its accountability, they are equally cheering participation in safety initiatives.
EHS responsibility doesn’t rest with a select group of employees or a section of decision makers. Its stakeholders aren’t limited by their duties only within the premises of workplace, but the duty bound behaviour touches millions of lives, locations and livelihoods. So how does one answer the questions related to being relevant and productive?
In industries, safety officials should conduct pre-, during and post inspections of the working site, strengthen the security checks to ensure safe production. These include inspecting the main body of the building, scaffolding, electricity systems, tower cranes, small machineries and temporary facilities, safety signs etc.
Companies can refer to their own statistics and choose incidents that are most prevalent in their workplace. They can then recommend courses specific to those hazards, job role, skills or other variables. E-learnings emulate the foundation of pattern; they claim private realistic safety experiences and repurpose it for well-being of the workforce.
World Bank statistics state that between 1990 and 2016, the world lost 502,000 square miles of forest- an area larger than South Africa. Scientific journal, Nature says that since humans have begun the cutting of forests, 46% of the forests have depleted.