HSE Manager Responsibilities: -

Accountable for health and safety performance

Create and develop health and safety policies
Implement and monitor health and safety policies
Establish health and safety standards
Establish health and safety goals
Ensure risk assessments are carried out
Ensure safe working procedures are implemented
Develop a positive health and safety culture
Conduct regular proactive safety inspections
Provide guidance and advice to management
Prioritise health and safety requirements
Authorise health and safety expenses
Ensure health and safety equipment (e.g. PPE) is provided and used
Implement health and safety initiatives
Assess competence
Assess training requirements
Accident and incident investigation and reporting
Respond to health and safety related complaints or issues
Keep a focus on health and safety within the business
Include health and safety in business discussions
Provide feedback to directors

What is ISO 45001

ISO is a worldwide federation of international organization for standards bodies. The work of
preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. The
goal of ISO 45001 is the reduction of occupational injuries and diseases, including promoting
and protecting physical and mental health.
What is Safety Policy

The safety policy is a written statement of commitment by the top management of organization
to take care their employees from harm at workplace.
Three parts of Safety Policy
 1. Statement of intent (Goals and objectives)
2. Responsibilities (Management)
3. Arrangements

What is Safety Management System:-

A safety management system is defined as a series of policies and procedures organizations
use to reduce accidents and illnesses in the workplace. A sound SMS includes a systematic
approach to managing safety, including organizational structures, accountabilities, policies, and
procedures.

Four pillars of SMS

Objectives/importance of SMS (Safety Management System)

Having an SMS will provide numerous benefits. These are:
Lower operational costs
Reduced risk of injuries and illnesses at the manufacturing site
Reduced errors and elimination of associated costs
Improved compliance with laws related to workforce safety and security
Develop a clear roadmap to maintain all safety-related sections
Lower the chances of offense with enhanced awareness about legal requirements
Improve faith and trust in employees towards the business by implementing strict safety
regulations
Realize a competitive edge through enhanced brand reputation
Lower the amount of insurance premiums
Eliminate any unnecessary legal fees and other claims related to non-compliance

What is Risk Assessment

A safety risk assessment is a systematic procedure for identifying and managing hazards. It
includes thorough examination of the entire work environment, processes and equipment to
determine any hazard to the health of the employees in the short or long term and implementing
remedies.
What is Risk Assessment Matrix?
A safety risk matrix is used during risk assessment to define the level of risk by considering the
category of probability or likelihood against the category of consequence severity
 Risk Management Process: -
Safety Risk management is a step-by-step process for controlling health and safety risks
caused by hazards in the workplace.

 Identify the risk.

 Analyze the risk.
 Prioritize the risk.
 Treat the risk.
 Monitor the risk.
1. How to conduct RCA-Root Cause Analysis
A root cause analysis refers to the process of identifying the underlying cause of an issue or
incident.
Why Conduct an RCA
Conducting a root cause analysis prevents similar accidents, and their consequences, from
happening again. When you remove the root cause of a problem, your employees feel safer at
work and you’ll be protected from costly legal fees or reputation damage.
Steps of RCA.
1. Define the scope
2. Select a Team
3. Organize Data
4. Identify Contributing Factors
5. Determine Root Causes
6. Create a Corrective and prevention action Plan
7. Review Changes

How to develop training program

There are 07 steps to develop the training programs as followed.

1. Determine Training Needs.

2. Identify Training Needs.
3. Identify Goals and Objectives.
4. Develop Learning Activities.
5. Conduct the Training.
6. Evaluate the Program.
7. Program Improvement

What is the environmental Aspect & Impact?

An environmental aspect is defined in ISO 14001:2015 as an element of an
organization’s activities, products or services that may impact, or does impact, the environment.
An environmental impact is a result of an environmental aspect.
What is PDCA. ISO 45001/14001
Plan: determine and assess OH&S risks, OH&S opportunities and other risks and other
opportunities, establish OH&S objectives and processes necessary to deliver results in
accordance with the organization’s OH&S policy

b) Do: implement the processes as planned

c) Check: monitor and measure activities and processes regarding the OH&S policy and OH&S
objectives, and report the results

d) Act: take actions to continually improve the OH&S performance to achieve the intended
outcomes.

What is the contractor pre-evaluation program?

The objective of the Pre-Qualification process is to Pre-Qualify a Subcontractor for a particular
scope of Work and/or Services, which shall be clearly identified, review the subcon HSE
documents, leading and lagging indicators, does contractor has completed same nature of
project before qualifying the contractor. Subcon training program etc. Normally client shall
establish checklist for the qualification of the subcon/vendors named Contractor pre-mobilization
forms and Contactor pre-selection form consisting all previous projects and safety standard
information.

What is safety leading and lagging indicators

Safety leading indicators are proactive measures that measure prevention efforts and can be
observed and recorded prior to an injury. As opposed, safety lagging indicators are reactive
measures that track only negative outcomes, such as an injury, once it has already occurred

Example of leading and lagging indicators.

Lagging indicators Examples.
1. Injury frequency and severity
2. OSHA recordable injuries
3. Lost workdays
4. Worker’s compensation costs.
Leading Indicators
5. safety training
6. Ergonomic opportunities identified and corrected
7. Reduction of MSD risk factors
8. Employee perception surveys
9. Safety audits

What is safety KPI

Safety KPIs are performance indicators that serve as metrics for specific company efforts in
health and safety. Tracking health and safety KPIs allows a business to determine how safe the
work environment is for employees and whether the company is within regulatory compliance
from organizations such as ILO/OSHA.

What is management leadership in OSH?

Management provides the leadership, vision, and resources needed to implement an effective
safety and health program. Management leadership means that business owners, managers,
and supervisors.

Make worker safety and health a core organizational value.

Are fully committed to eliminating hazards, protecting workers, and continuously improving
workplace safety and health.
Provide sufficient resources to implement and maintain the safety and health program.
Visibly demonstrate and communicate their safety and health commitment to workers and
others.
Set an example through their own actions.

Conflict Management
o 5 strategies of Conflict Management
 Don’t ignore conflict
 Clarify what the issue is
 Bring involved parties together to talk
 Identify solutions
 Continue to monitor and follow up on the conflict
o Steps of Conflict Management
 Identify stakeholders
 Ignore, Manage or resolve
 Complete or collaborative
 Select Goals
 Listen, Empathize, validate
 Ask Questions
 Agree on a plan
o 5 strategies of Conflict Resolution
 Avoiding
 Someone who uses a strategy of "avoiding" mostly tries to ignore
or sidestep the conflict, hoping it will resolve itself or dissipate.
 Accommodating
 Using the strategy of "accommodating" to resolve conflict
essentially involves taking steps to satisfy the other party's
concerns or demands at the expense of your own needs or
desires.
 Compromising
 The strategy of "compromising" involves finding an acceptable
resolution that will partly, but not entirely, satisfy the concerns of
all parties involved.
 Competing
  Someone who uses the conflict resolution strategy of "competing"
tries to satisfy their own desires at the expense of the other parties
involved.
 Collaborating
 Using "collaborating" involves finding a solution that entirely
satisfies the concerns of all involved parties.