To prepare a manual for safety at work in accordance with the rules of the Ministry Set management standards Management and the Safety, Health and Environment at Work May . Prof . 2549 is set to guide the main components in two parts.
- Safe operating procedures
- Safety regulations
In order for agencies to prepare the manual to understand And have clear guidelines This will bring benefits to establishments in the implementation of the safety manual in the practice of working effectively. Therefore, guidelines have been made as follows.
Elements in the guide
To provide safety guide It is complete in the said manual. It should contain the following main components
- Safety, Occupational Health and Work Environment Policy
- Rules and regulations regarding the safety of the company. Which may be in the form of orders , regulations, etc.
- Safety rules are separated into general safety rules and specific safety
- Operation steps (Step by step), with the above steps there will be a pin point Hazard identification at each step in detail. And set a method to prevent harm
- Company contingency plans such as fire plans, chemical spills plan, etc.
Guidelines for creating manuals
Manual preparation To be appropriate And corresponds to the working conditions of each establishment in the preparation of the following steps
- There should be a working group. Which consists of representatives of each department within the establishment Each agency representative must be knowledgeable personnel. Good understanding of the core work processes of the organization itself
- Make a job account (Task Inventory) in each unit by the work account that is prepared. To do it must be all tasks (All task), not just a dangerous task. At the stage with an important objective To want to compile various tasks of the establishment And make a job account
- Perform job assessments on each item. The criteria for assessing the severity (Severity) , which looked at criteria such that if there are shortcomings, failures will impact the severity level.
- From step 3, tasks that are moderate and high impact tasks will be classified into separate steps for each task (Break Task into Step) and the pin point hazard hidden in Each step
- Control measures Clearly prevent the danger that is analyzed in step 4 .
- After going through steps 1 – 5 , you will have complete steps of dangerous work in every job. The establishment will be compiled into a safe operating procedure.
- The working group is to determine which work should have additional specific rules by enacting only highly dangerous work. There is no need for job-specific rules for every job.
- For general work Will be defined as a general rule of safety (General rule) to be used as a rule of control.
- Make a compilation of general rules And all job-specific rules Through this process, establishments will meet safety regulations.
The 9 steps as mentioned above. After the establishment has prepared And compiled into a book form And add complete information according to the elements of the manual The establishment will have a complete safety manual.
Differences between the safety manual and the safety management system manual
In order for establishments to differentiate the safety manual and the safety management system manual. The author would like to analyze the differences as follows.
| Safety guide | Safety Management System Manual | ||
| 1) | Contains safety procedures | 1) | Will write in the format of Safety Manual, |
| And safety regulations | Safety Procedure, which shows the procedures for | ||
| Managed by telling who , what to do , | |||
| Where , how | |||
| 2) | The techniques used are job analysis. | 2) | Writing a handbook , a procedure will be written for it. |
| (Job / Task Analysis) by detailing each | Consistent with the requirements of the management system | ||
| Clearly work | Manage security at the establishment of choice | ||
| Such as TIS 18001, ILO -OSHMS 2001, etc. | |||
| 3) | Will be reviewed immediately When the job changes | 3) | Review of the Manual of the Risk Management System |
| So that the work process is always up to date | Safety will be reviewed according to the period | ||
| Specified such as every 6 months , every 1 year, etc. | |||
| 4) | It is used as a guideline for teaching the practitioners who must | 4) | Can be used as a guideline for those involved in the management level |
| Doing dangerous work, understand the dangers and methods | Use it as a practice in system administration. | ||
| prevent | |||
| 5) | Verification from actual operational checks | 5) | An audit is to audit the system |
| Of worker | Manage | ||
The authors hope The guidelines that have been written would be helpful to many establishments. To have to prepare a manual on safety regulations in accordance with the legal requirements that will result in the establishment of sustainable safety.
