Topic: Measurement of Safety Performance and its impact on Safety Standards
As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the new status quo for the global market operations, the world rises from the crisis through the lens of Safety.
EHS is critical to each Value Chain of Business from Supply Chain and warehousing to the End product logistics- material handling and disposal. The array of risks and health hazard makes it vital to shift the health and safety thought leadership upstream to build safety and protection throughout.
The real challenge is within the constraints of budgets with shrinking of economies, to upgrade and uphaul the current safety infrastructure to more effective and efficient delivery to the workforce. As the famous saying goes Necessity is the mother of invention, we need to find an inventive approach to address the tactical, operational and strategic functions through OHS controls.
Taking the bottom up approach, PPE form the basic line of defense. With PPEs, respirators, IR thermometers and health updates being in the frontline for both shopfloor and corporate workforce, there is a lag in its supply Vs demand. The need of the hour being its proper usage, reuse and handling to be effective not just health-wise but operational safety as well. With Administrative and engineering controls comes the role of automation and digitization augmenting the in- plant safety infrastructure with minimizing hazards and mitigating risk through a predictive approach. Substituting the old way to the new way of Manufacturing and processing, the HSE Leaders have to work in tandem to ensure the smooth MoC.
Lastly, build resilience in your safety management- Building operational target, Performance and Productivity defined in Safety Culture