Improvement of the Safety Management Plan

Running head: PLAN FOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT
PLAN FOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT
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Plan to Assess Safety and Ensure Awareness
Integrate the Safety Policies: As a safety manager, one should decide the safety policy plan
in such a way that it aligns with the goals and missions of the company. The policy should
include an accident-free work environment that will mention the usage of robust equipment
and machineries (Yoon et al. 2018). The policy should hold the company responsible for
conducting systematic audits on safety measures taken by the company. The safety manager
should encourage reports of all kinds of safety hazards. It should guide the employees to be
responsible and careful, thus ensuring safety in their work activities.
Documentation and Distribution of the Policies: Once the policies are set, the organization
should responsibly document these policies and distribute it between all level of employees,
specially the ground level employees who work with the machineries and tools. The safety
manager should conduct audits and generate reports on safety measures to check whether
performance exists in all aspects in the work sphere. The organization should distribute safety
promotion manuals to the employees if any new activity is associated with the system.
Determine Types of Hazards: Identification of hazards and risks in an organization is of
utmost importance to develop a safety plan and integrate it in the risk management structure.
The pro-active process of risk management is to determine in advance the types of risks that
can occur and the causes of such risks (Olewski and Snakard 2017). The organization might
go through a change in its processes and can undergo associated risks. These risks if
identified in advance, the employees can mitigate them to avoid such adverse scenarios.
Provide Training to Employees: The safety manager should hold training sessions to make
the employees aware about the importance of safety. These training programs will guide the
employees on how to use the tools with safety measures (Reiman et al. 2019). It will also
help them to understand the risks associated with the machineries and how to handle them in

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a safe way such that no harm is caused to themselves as well as the other co-workers. The
requirements for safety tracking should also be included in the training period.
Quality Assurance Measures: The quality in the safety measures can be improved through
regular audits in the safety operations of the company. These audit sessions will detect the
safety performance mot only of the machineries but also of the employees. According to the
audit reports, the safety manager will improve the quality of the machineries to ensure safety
amongst the workers and guide the other employees to enhance their safety operations.
Furthermore, the safety manager should measure the safety activities of the employees and
manage them effectively.
Preparation of Emergency: In spite of all the safety actions taken by the safety manager and
the employees of an organization, still accidents occur due to some irresponsible actions or
lack of sufficient awareness. Hence, in these cases, the employees should determine the
immediate actions that will help them to overcome the accident and recover as soon as
possible (Li, Ning and Chen 2018). Moreover, the safety manager should later on detect the
cause of such accidents and take measures such that similar events do not happen in near
future.

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References
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Olewski, T. and Snakard, M., 2017. Challenges in applying process safety management at
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Reiman, A., Pedersen, L.M., Väyrynen, S., Sormunen, E., Airaksinen, O., Haapasalo, H. and
Räsänen, T., 2019. Safety training parks–cooperative contribution to safety and health
trainings. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 15(1), pp.19-41.
Yoon, Y.G., Lee, M.G. and Oh, T.K., 2018. A Study on the Improvement of the Safety
Management Plan under the Construction Technology Promotion Act by Field
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