One of the difficult questions that OH&S managers face is – “Do we need a written procedure for [some process]?” The dilemma is that although written procedures are a necessary part of an occupational safety and health management system – if you create too many formal procedures your OHSMS becomes complex, cumbersome and unwieldy. I just got done reading an article in [...]
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One of the signfiicant tasks associated with implementing any management system is managing information – typically lots of information. Usually, way too much information. As I discussed in a previous post – Data Sprawl – Not Just an IT Problem, the fact that we are now managing “virtual information” leads us to believe that the [...]
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A reader recently asked – Why is that OH&S management system manuals so often repeat the language of the OHSAS 18001 standard – isn’t that redundant? Yes and No.
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