IMPROVING YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE METRICS WITH OHSAS 18001 KEVAN PARKER HEAD OF NQA MATTHEW HUMPHREYS HEAD OF QUALITY, HEALTH & SAFETY, BIFFA

AGENDA

Improved H&S performance metrics at Biffa

Proven benefits of OHSAS 18001 Achieving readiness for certification Certification process ISO 45001 development Maintaining successes year on year!

WHAT DOES OHSAS 18001 MEAN TO BIFFA?

“OHSAS 18001 continues to be a critical part of our management system foundations and a key part of our

continual improvement safety strategy.”

Matthew Humphreys Head of Quality, Health & Safety, Biffa

HOW OHSAS 18001 HELPED TO DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS

• Systematic approach

• Coordination of bolt on schemes like our ‘i for safety’ campaign

• Applies pressure in the right places

BIFFA PERFORMANCE

Apr – Mar 2012/13

Apr – Mar 2014/15

Accelerated performance

RIDDOR ‘95 Accidents 73 59 14 Less

Lost Time Incidents (LTI) 135 88 47 Less

Minor Injuries 1,623

1,162 1,162 Less

Near Misses 15,000

9,400 6,000 Less

Hazards Reported 30,000

55,000 25,000 More

BIFFA PERFORMANCE (CORRECTIVE)

BIFFA PERFORMANCE (PREVENTIVE)

2012/13

2014/15

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

near misseshazards

2012/132014/15

PROVEN BENEFITS

‘18001 certification has helped us achieve a 35% reduction in serious accidents’

PROVEN BENEFITS OF 18001

Compliance

Ownership of Health and Safety issues

Nominal effort is required

Training identified & realised

Risk Management

Opportunity for integration

Liabilities minimised and reduce costs

OHSAS 18001 CERTIFICATION CREATING A POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURE

• Good information is a prerequisite for a positive safety culture • H&S management systems enable an organisation to manage its OH&S risks • Enhance personal, company and supply chain reputation • Promote a degree of leadership / corporate accountability • Reduce costs of claims, insurance costs, fees for intervention • Integrate managements approach with other systems and processes • Drives continual improvement

“3rd party certification provides a degree of confidence areas to an organisations

supply chain, customers, regulatory bodies, staff and general public that are concerned to see best practice.”

OHSAS 18001 – The Standard

5 x Main sections

20 x Sub-clauses

13 x Mandatory Procedures

84 x Mandatory Requirements

PREPARING FOR CERTIFICATION

(COMMON ELEMENTS)

OHSAS 18001 | ISO 9001 | ISO 14001

• Policy / Objectives / Strategic Thinking • Risk Based thinking (cl 6 ISO 9001:2015) • Resource, roles & responsibility, accountability, authority • Competence, training, and awareness • Communication • Control of documents • Control of Records • Nonconformity, corrective action and preventive action • Management review Internal audits

PREPARING FOR CERTIFICATION

Establish clear OHS objectives and KPI’S Monitor and measure

• (Establish current compliance levels, gap analysis, don’t throw away existing procedures, processes, systems)

Controls

• (Develop work systems e.g. permits to work by…. Continual improvement

• (e.g. reduce near miss rates from 2 per month to 1 by end of 2015) Review progress against plans at regular intervals

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Proposal

Application

Initial Assessment

Main Assessment

Surveillance

Gap Analysis

Certification

OHSAS 18001 CERTIFICATION STAGE 1

STAGE 1 ASSESSMENT

• Understand “the nature of the beast” - (complexity, scope)

• Confirm readiness of the organisation (implementation status)

• Records availability

• Review organisation risk assessment methodology for robustness

• Review the evidence portfolio

• Outline plan for Stage 2 assessment

OHSAS 18001 CERTIFICATION STAGE 2

STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT

• Proving compliance through sampling

• Certification decision

• Delivering goals your company invest in

SUCCESS YEAR ON YEAR

A Journey of Continual Health & Safety Improvement

Communication Disciplined Processes

Operational Control

Measurement

Objectives & Targets

Policy / Strategy

Management Review

Emergency Preparedness / Response

Explicit Commitments

Management Involvement / Employee Participation

3rd Party Assessment

EPIC FAILS

• Believing ‘safety inspections’ are ‘system audits’

• Audit programme is not linked to risk

• ‘Other’ requirements are not addressed

• No link between H&S objectives and risk assessment

• Organisation has tried to risk assess everything

• Performance monitoring is focussed on accidents

• Safety is left to the Health and Safety Manager

FIND OUT ABOUT THE OHSAS 18001 TRANSITION TO ISO 45001

Charles Corrie (Secretary to the OHSAS 18001 Standard Writing Committee) Understand forthcoming changes with NQA.

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