August 2016 - The EF Network

Implementing Safety Management Systems

Systems Safety management systems (SMSs) are becoming increasingly standardized across diverse industrial settings. As such, it has been attributed to health and environmental safety concerns facing different individuals in diverse workplaces. Application of Workplace Safety Management Software Systems was first implemented in the 1980’s.

Currently, developing your safety system presents a series of bottlenecks particularly when juggling safety with daily business operations. In this situation, it is easy to lose focus only to realize that you have sidelined your staff.

Implementation Tips

This guide presents a few tips that will help your create a safety management system that workers will be free and willing to implement, help you manage workplace risks efficiently and most importantly one that complies with safety laws and operations safety and health.

Understand the law

To many business owners, Work Health, and Safety (WHS) regulations are quite demanding. However, safety management involves protection of employees from workplace hazards and offer clear communication channels. As such, the software chosen in safety management should tackle these two requirements comprehensively.

Identify Your Risks

Before implementing any WHS system, you should start by assessing the risks in the workplace. Ideally, this is achieved by identifying the tasks that the business undertakes, risks presented by this activities and most importantly rank hazards based on the nature of risks thy present. A good risk management system lets you achieve this feat easily.

Continuous Improvement

Continuous improvement offers room for making mistakes in early stages of implementation. However, mistakes done during the early stages should not be repeated as you progress. As such, the safety policy or systems identifies your objectives, provides a workable plan in the set period, and allows for implement station of the WHS system. Moreover, the chosen system should enable you to evaluate your progress.

Use Your Knowledge

In safety, all stakeholders involved should engage with each other. As such, top managers are expected to engage their employees positively, allocate responsibilities, create ownership, and most importantly, keep them positively engaged. In this regard, comprehensively addressing implies that you have a solid base for your safety plan.

Embrace Your Limitations

Every business is limited in certain areas. These restrictions are present in the form of finances, personnel, or capital. With your limitations at hand, it is imperative to incorporate WHS plans into the budget, identify all inputs needed in the implementation of this plan, and consider the need to outsource a safety consultant besides implementing the program by yourself.

What can you do with this machine?

Air compressors are very helpful if you

want to carry out many tasks. They can be used for spray painting, inflating various things, high-pressure washing and powering pneumatic tools. When you want to buy one, you must decide first what you will use it for as there are many models and getting the right one can save you money.

How to select the right model

When you want to buy one of these machines, there are a few deciding factors. Once you know what you will use it for, consider the following.

The Capacity

These machines come with a motor and a tank. The motor forces air into the tank which will hold it under pressure and release when you use. The tank takes a lot of space, and the motor is usually mounted on top of it. There are portable ones that range from small to big and if you want only to use it at home, a smaller one-gallon tank may suit you. But if you need to use it at a workshop like a garage or a carwash, you will need a much bigger capacity tank.

The Type of fuel

There are two types available, and one operates on electricity and the other on gasoline. The ones that run on diesel or petrol are often portable and can be moved around to be used in locations without electricity. The electrical ones are often seen in places where they do not need to move it around too much.

The size

Always take note of the space you will have available when you want to buy an air compressor. They do require adequate space and a bit more, as they are large machines. You could get ones with horizontal and vertical tanks, and that can help you if you do not have much space available.

The price

Prices can vary quite a bit, and it is mostly based on the motor’s capacity and the quality of the product. If you want to use the air compressor for a long time, go for a quality product.