900 Oil and Gas Safety Management

Responding to Safety and Health Issues

Management in your company should take prompt consistent action when responding to safety and health issues. Doing so will demonstrate their commitment to addressing safety and health concerns and encourage employee participation.

• Management should respond to employees' reports of actual or potential hazards and any other safety concerns employees might have.
• There should be an effective process for employees to report such hazards.
• Management should notify the employee reporting a real or potential hazard of the outcome promptly in a timely manner.
• Management should respond to employee suggestions promptly as soon as possible. They should not be slow to respond.
• Reporting hazards should be made without fear of reprimand or any safety reporting process is doomed to failure.

Employee Participation

The employees in your company should be given an opportunity to provide input regarding recommendations on safety and health products, procedures, and training as it pertains to daily work operations.

For example, employees could be given some responsibility to test out products or conduct research to substantiate recommendations. Employee input is effectively provided through the suggestion system, the reporting of hazards, or through actions the safety and health committee initiate. Employees can also participate in a variety of ways such as; a trainer, inspector, or problem solver.

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