Safety Management System
Implementing a safety management system is important for a safer workplace. Safety managers have to be dedicated to the safety process to see results. Safety and health systems are designed to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths and the impact these events have on workers, their families, and employers. Most traditional safety programs are reactive, thus addressing the concern after the incident occurs.
An SMS helps ensure the coordination of resources that defines the roles and responsibilities of the organization, management, and employees, creating a proactive approach to managing safety and risk. Using an SMS helps the organization achieve a clearer evaluation of safety risks. Implementing several aspects of the SMS allows the organization to focus on achieving goals, tracking performance, and monitoring outcomes that can move the system from basic to more sophisticated.
The overall goal of the system is to achieve a level of continuous improvement. Improvement results from knowledge and experience working within the system and information gathered from inspections, observations, and safety situations. Additionally, an SMS helps an organization evaluate and react when new processes, organizational changes, and regulatory requirements are implemented. It is important to not focus on only one area of the system but on how they work together to build a network of protection that is not achieved by one component alone.
Why a Safety Management System?
A safety management system (SMS) is an organizational tool that manages safety and risk. An SMS helps evaluate all safety issues, concerns, and risks. It also helps organizations respond to and meet safety regulations, industry certifications, and company-specific policies and procedures.
SMSs work best when
- Safety management activities are documented appropriately
- Hazards are analyzed with impact communicated
- Mitigation actions are developed and implemented
- Reporting systems are in place
SMSs are designed to help organizations:
Prevent workplace incidents and non-conformances
Identification and management of possible risks and areas of concern will reduce the chance incidents and non-conformances occurring.
Ensure compliance with laws and regulations
Law, regulations, and policies are ever-changing. Programs that address risk and safety will assist in verifying most regulations. An SMS can help manage and report on tasks required to comply with requirements. Online documentation helps with reporting and assurance of completion of required tasks. A document management tool helps ensure accurate policies and procedures are available.
Reduce costs (lost time / worker’s comp)
Safe workers work more. They are less likely to have accidents that increase employer costs. Online documentation and automated verification reduce the time required for employees to complete safety tasks freeing up time to do other activities that improve productivity.
Engage workers
When employees feel appreciated and recognize that the organization cares about their safety, they will be more willing to engage in programs that keep them safe.
Increase productivity and enhance company culture
Workers who are safe have less lost time, which keeps them on the job. When employees are safe and feel empowered, improved respect for the company will occur. With an SMS, there are defined processes in place if an accident occurs, and employees are assured that they know how the company will respond.
intRAtrain™ SMS (AKA Keys of Safety) is the approach to managing and developing a Safety culture by focusing efforts and resources on factors that count most towards preventing injuries and illnesses. It also provides a tool for measuring performance in areas where the only data is “after-the-fact”! The keys to safety are a process with a definite planned and organized effort, the purpose of which is to support all personnel in working in a cooperative effort to prevent accidents.
The system includes tools that help with:
- Strategic Planning
- Compliance
- Safe Practices
- Hazard Identification
- Safety Training
- Behavioral Safety
- Risk Mitigation
Safety and Risk Management
intRAtrain believes that people are the heart of an organization. We help organizations improve employee skills and knowledge to help minimize risk. Safety training should be used to address the safety responsibility as well as applicable operational and safety procedures specific to the organization. Training is designed to ensure employees have the skills and knowledge to work safely.
intRAtrain Safety: intRAtrain Safety Essentials Course library contains content made for Agriculture, Food, and supporting industries. Courses are designed with the industry in mind while also including specific targeted features designed to meet the needs of today’s adult learners.
All intRAtrain Safety Essentials catalog courses are customizable and can be used in individual and group training. Depending on the organization’s needs, courses can be hosted on an LMS, hosting site, or website. Each segment of courses includes awareness-level safety training designed for employee training, refreshers, and toolbox talk sessions.
intRAtrain Safety Essential courses are divided into two general segments:
- Core / Essential Safety
- Agriculture and Food Specific Hazard and Issues
Data and Document Management
Regulatory management, policy administration and training all require documentation.
intRAtrain Learning Management System– intRAtrain LMS is designed to help you adjust to the different training needs of your team members while making it easy to manage. The LMS is flexible enough to help you manage online, classroom, small groups, coaching, job observations, offsite and paper-based training. It can manage different plans and skill paths while helping admins track skill transfer.
intRAtrain Digital Asset Management – the system is designed to help you manage and control access to documents, resources, procedures, policies, SOPs, etc. Version management and user access are tracked to help ensure that users are viewing up-to-date information. The system is flexible and customizable to different user types, locations, and job roles. All resources are searchable and filterable for easy access and management.
Other products available to assist include document management and custom hosting solutions.
Safety Inspection and Audit Management
inspectiTRAC– Safety Hazard Inspection and Audit Management Software is used for data collection, tracking, and management. The Corrective Action Management Tool assigns responsibility for resolving failures discovered during observations, inspections, and audits.
Safety Assessment and Safety Audit
- Assessment and Audit will review the current safety program components to determine areas for improvement.
Behavior-Based Safety Observation Program
- Behavior observations help engage the employee in the process and provide a level of ownership in the safety program to ensure a safe final product for the consumer
Safety Hazard Inspection and Audit Management
- Software manages and tracks the completion of audits and inspections designed to verify a safe environment
Corrective Action Management Tool
- Response and resolutions of failures discovered during observations, inspections, and audits are critical.
- Allows for easy monitoring and assignment of corrective actions resulting
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