ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational Health & Safety Management System Consultancy
ISO 45001 is the internationally recognized assessment specification for occupational health and safety management systems.
Corporate ISO 45001 consultants have specialist experience in many health, safety, and environmental subjects and will provide an independent assessment and evaluation of your particular risks. The consultant will examine existing arrangements to include organizational policies and procedures, existing risk control measures, and their effectiveness and observe working conditions and practices.
A baseline organizational position can be established to understand the health and safety culture within the business, evidence the working environment, and understand how health and safety are currently demonstrated.
Review any existing health and safety systems, manuals, policies, processes, and procedures. Review and assess the property portfolio to establish areas of high priority and review and assess the current employee job roles to establish areas of high priority.
Topics covered for audit can include; manual handling, working at height, display screen equipment, workplace transport, COSHH, machinery arrangements, environmental assessments, precautions against slips, trips, and falls, electrical equipment safety, first aid arrangements, welfare facilities, and general cleanliness and tidiness.
Staff competence can also be assessed based on interview and qualifications
ISO 45001 was elaborated in response to the widespread requirement for a documented standard against which to be certified and determined. Essentially, ISO 45001 helps in a variety of respects. It helps minimize risk to employees, improve an existing OH&S management system, demonstrate diligence and gain assurance. The benefits can be substantial
QRBC can lend a hand to clients in developing, implementing, and maintaining an ISO 45001:2018 system. With this, you can
• Establish an ISO 45001 management system to purge or diminish risk to employees and other interested parties who may be uncovered to ISO 45001 risks associated with its actions
• Assure itself of its conformance with its stated ISO 45001 policy
• Demonstrate such conformance to others
• Execute, preserve and persistently progress an ISO 45001 management system
• Formulating a self-determination and statement of coherence with this ISO 45001 requirement.
• Try to find certification/registration of its ISO 45001 management system by an external party.
Construction sites are constantly changing and evolving. From one day to the next as they are completed and the site moves into a different phase of its lifecycle. This continual change makes the management of risk a challenge.
This is what makes a construction site one the most dangerous places to work. The simultaneous involvement of many contractors and sub-contractors and with many different trades and companies performing different types of work within close proximity of each other simply adds another layer to the complexity.
Corporate ISO 45001 understand this challenge and have considerable expertise and well experienced HSE Managers and Consultants able to assist clients manage construction based health and safety. We offer a wide range of specialist support with a strong emphasis on practical solutions and risk control strategies.
Health and safety oversight
We can provide experienced HSE Managers who will undertake various functions including:
- Make sure that all aspects of the client project Health & Safety plan are followed and managed throughout
- Ensure that HSE procedures are implemented; review project methodology such as method statements, risk assessments, permits to work, etc.
- Manage a team of Safety Officers of both the clients and oversee other Contractors
- Management of onsite activities and ensuring that processes are in line with legal requirements and best practice techniques
- Ensure that subcontractors follow onsite safety plans and procedures
Lifting Operations – Lifting operations to include a review of lifting plans and current procedures for lifting, overseeing lifting operations to measure compliance with those procedures, monitoring competence of lift supervisors.
Permit to Work – Current Permit To Work systems in place, suitability and compliance to procedures, competency of individuals issuing and receiving PTW on-site, and communication methods of the PTW system.
Electrical Safety – Procedures and work are undertaken relating to Electrical Distribution, Portable Power tools, Cable management, working practices in relation to working with electricity and electrical equipment and tools. Including but not limited to the storage, inspection, and maintenance of such equipment/tools.
Safety in Design – Method Statement, safe systems & design review, to ensure safety is built-in and not bolted onto the project so that HSE is intrinsically involved throughout.
Emergency Response – Emergency Response Plans, roles, and responsibilities, records of drills, etc. Taking a holistic approach, ensuring all emergency response plans are relevant and communicated across the project site, and reviewing practically how these response plans are practiced. All this with a view to recommend improvements and improve preparedness.
Internal Inspection & Close Out Process – Records of past inspections and audits will be reviewed, this will allow the Senior Field Safety Specialist to identify trends and gauge the effectiveness of current inspection methods. The outcome of this may include the need for additional training and or updating of the procedures with on-the-job instruction. Closeout of identified actions will be considered, our team will help the HSE team in developing or improving methods of closing out actions if needed.
Plant & Equipment – This will include maintenance and inspection records, consideration of suppliers and the supply chain, storage areas, and sub-contractor control. The competency of users will be reviewed and how this competency is gauged for different plants and pieces of equipment.
Risk Management & Information Transfer – Risk management including risk assessment procedures will be subject to monitoring, this will include consideration of the competence of risk assessors, suitability of risk assessment, and if the risk assessments currently in place are sufficient. A review of operational control measures will take place to ascertain whether risk control strategies are in use and implemented effectively across the site. How the findings of Risk Assessment and other risk management methods are communicated will be considered as part of the review.
Sub-Contractor Management – It is imperative that a systematic approach is applied to ensure the management of Sub-Contractors and associated risks to the health and safety of all on-site. Therefore, all aspects of contractor management including evaluation of contractor’s pre-engagement and sub-contractor activity during construction will be monitored.
Traffic Management – Traffic Management Plans will be assessed along with current Risk Assessments and Safe Operating Procedures associated with traffic management and vehicle movement will be taken into account to ensure all systems in place are suitable and sufficient.
Work At Height, Temporary Works, Scaffolding & Edge Protection – All aspects of work associated with working at height including collective and personal safety measures such as scaffolds, access and egress, edge protection, falling object protection, and fall arrest systems, etc. This will include examining inspection and maintenance records, suppliers, and information given to the workers who will be required to work at height. Worker activities whilst undertaking this type of work and storage of equipment and emergency arrangements to be monitored also.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) – Consideration of specific risk assessment and control measures in relation to the Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH), storage facilities on-site and in work areas, and the use of chemicals on-site and conformance to written procedures. Emergency arrangements specific for incidents associated with chemicals will be reviewed. Review material sample submittals including their associated MSDS’s, ensuring that all materials are stored and used on-site as per all local and international laws and codes of practice.
Worker Welfare – Worker welfare arrangements will be reviewed by the Senior Field Safety Specialist, this will include:
Construction Design and Management (CDM) coordination
Corporate ISO 45001 can work with clients during the construction design phase and advise the designers’ on health and safety risk information, produce pre-construction information packs, and review and advise on construction phase health and safety plans