Emergency Plans…Why Are They Important?
The emergency plan is your method of controlling a situation that has deteriorated due to the failure of other risk controls to prevent an emergency (prevent is better than cure).
The emergency plan is your method of controlling a situation that has deteriorated due to the failure of other risk controls to prevent an emergency (prevent is better than cure).
Safety audits and inspections have been shown to reduce the number of accidents, which benefits business and their workers. It is better to be proactive with safety rather than waiting for an accident to happen.
It must be clearly understood that all workers have the authority, as well as duty, to take immediate action in the interest of safety.
This is a fundamental part of the safe person concept.
Being in a burning house, or attempting to escape one, you will be breathing in several toxic gases…with devastating long and short-term effects.
A robust safety management system should represent a balance of the three approaches, as each by itself will yield poor safety results, used together they provide a potent tool to assure workplace safety.
A foundation of good risk management is good decision making. Many, if not all, accident investigations reveal safety failures due to poor decisions making around risk
To work safely and efficiently in dangerous atmospheres, breathing apparatus users must be aware of their breathing apparatus limitations.
We must recognise we are all prone to complacency, the next step is to recognise when you are on the path to complacency and re-establish mindfulness to the task at hand.
All businesses in all industries need an Emergency Management Plan (including small business). If not expect to face severe penalties from the regulator.
Emergency response actions should be based on a sound foundation of knowledge and experience, effective training and assertive control.