Health, Safety & Environment Management System
Manual
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EXPECTATIONS FOR MANAGING HEALTH & SAFETY
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ISSUE 2, AUGUST 2009
LEAD
REVIEW
ZERO HARM 2012 VISION
CREATE POLICY
2012VISION Sets out what we want to achieve, and why.
HEALTH & SAFETYPOLICY States our commitment and approach to health and safety. Defines responsibilities and requirements.
EXPECTATIONS FOR MANAGING HEALTH & SAFETY Provides framework and requirements for managing health and safety.
STANDARDS Define the mandatory Group minimum standards to be achieved worldwide. Compliance with all national legal and regulatory requirements is also mandatory.
GUIDANCE Shares excellent practice to encourage consistency of approach and continual improvement across the Group.
Y N HEALTH & SAFETYPOLICY A P M O H&SMANAGEMENT SYSTEM, C G PROCESSES& PROCEDURES N I T
B A L F O U R B E A T T Y P L C
MONITOR & AUDIT ORGANISE FOR HEALTH & SAFETY
PLAN &
BALFOUR BEATTY: EXPECTATIONSFOR MANAGINGHEALTH& SAFETY ISSUE2, AUGUST2009
BALFOUR BEATTY: EXPECTATIONSFORMANAGING HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUE2, AUGUST2009
At Balfour Beatty we share a set of values and principles that apply to all our businesses and people across the world. These set the context for our approach to health and safety. Now we have set ourselves a major new challenge: to achieve Zero Harm across all our businesses by 2012. What does this mean, and where will we begin to see differences in our expectations and requirements?
MOVINGTOWARDS
While Operating Companies will continue to work in a devolved manner, from now on they will increasingly be expected to account for, and measure, their progress towards the achievement of Zero Harm.
ZERO HARM
This document sets out the Balfour Beatty framework for managing health and safety, and the minimum requirements that every part of Balfour Beatty must meet. But achieving Zero Harm will require more than this: at the heart of Zero Harm is the commitment to eliminate the risk of serious harm.
As we move closer to our goal and learn more about what it will take for each business to deliver Zero Harm, we shall also need to raise the bar on the Expectations for Managing Health and Safety that we must all meet. These Expectations form part of a common set of standards against which we can measure our progress. They will therefore be reviewed, updated and re-issued when appropriate. The overarching expectation here is that from the moment of their issue we will all look to exceed the published minimum requirements. From now on, the only way is towards zero!
ZERO HARM by 2012 Zero Harm is defined as: • Zero fatalities • Zero permanently disabling injuries • Zero injuries to members of the public • Zero long term harm to health • AFR
