Health & Safety, Environmental Management Systems

Building a Practical SHE Management System

A practical health, safety and environmental management system should bring together the arrangements a business uses to manage risk, legal duties, responsibilities, competence, monitoring and continual improvement.

Wooltown Safety Services can help develop, review and maintain management systems that reflect how the business actually operates, rather than creating paperwork that sits unused.

  • Health & safety policy
  • Environmental arrangements
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Risk assessments
  • Method statements and RAMS
  • COSHH arrangements
  • Contractor management
  • Training and competence
  • Inspections and audits
  • Accident and incident management
  • Monitoring and review
  • Document control
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What should a health and safety management system include?

A health and safety management system should bring together the organisation’s policy, responsibilities, risk assessments, safe systems of work, training, contractor arrangements, inspections, audits, incident management and review processes. The system should be proportionate to the size and risks of the business and should provide a clear framework for planning, monitoring and continual improvement.

Core Elements of the Management System

Method Statements should be prepared by a competent person with sufficient knowledge of the activity, often in consultation with site management and supervisors. They should take account of factors such as plant and equipment, site and environmental conditions, worker competence, emergency arrangements, collective protection measures and PPE.

Wooltown Safety Services provides bespoke Method Statements tailored to the specific activity, site conditions and operational requirements.

Management System Reviews

Method Statements should be prepared by a competent person with sufficient knowledge of the activity, often in consultation with site management and supervisors. They should take account of factors such as plant and equipment, site and environmental conditions, worker competence, emergency arrangements, collective protection measures and PPE.

Wooltown Safety Services provides bespoke Method Statements tailored to the specific activity, site conditions and operational requirements.

Need help developing, improving or reviewing your SHE management system?