Are your company’s safety risks under control? If you think they are, it might be time to think again. Consider the example of Chevron. Several years ago, the failure of a routine gas test led to a refinery explosion. Inadequate control of flammable vapors resulted in deaths and injuries. Ultimately, Chevron was fined over £5M for this tragic and preventable incident.
Sometimes, safety is seen as separate from other business activities. Clearly, it’s not. That’s why smart business leaders don’t treat safety as a matter of compliance. Instead, they build safety into the culture of the organization. The first step is a professional safety assessment. This isn’t a checkbox exercise. It’s a strategic initiative.
Identify, Manage and Mitigate Your Risks
What is a safety assessment? It’s a comprehensive review of your operations, equipment, processes, and behaviors. The goal is to identify your risks so that you can manage and mitigate them. Typically, a safety assessment includes a review of physical conditions in the workplace, employee behaviors, adherence to safety procedures, and emergency response planning.
After your safety assessment is complete, you can implement a professional safety management system (SMS) that supports the continuous identification and control of risks. When business leaders invest in safety like this, they help build a proactive safety culture. With a professional SMS, you can also reduce the risk of incidents, downtime, fines, legal action, and reputational damage.
Ask Examinetics EHS Risk Management for a Safety Assessment
Examinetics EHS Risk Management performs safety assessments and builds safety management systems that are tailored to an organization’s specific needs. Using today’s technology, we offer an outsourced service that costs less than hiring a full-time safety manager. You’ll also get access to safety experts who have the knowledge you need.
The first step is a professional safety assessment. Examinetics EHS Risk Management will visit your facility, identify your risks, and explain what it will take to manage and mitigate them. Then, if you ask us to build your SMS, we can apply what we learned during the assessment to customize the SMS specific to your organization. Once the SMS is implemented, we help you manage the system with your existing staff.
Ready to get started? Contact Examinetics EHS Risk Management for a safety assessment.
