The client this week had such an eye-opening experience with the risk assessment yesterday; they were all early this morning and had written out their homework assignment for the night! We took their loading docks and did the OSH version of LOPA called a Hierarchal Analysis around workers being crushed by a trailer at the docks and forklifts falling off a dock or out of a truck as it pulls away. We then examined the formal controls/barriers/safeguards that are in place and verified to manage these risks. The only thing they could come up with was PIT training, but when we got deep into the training, we found it to be very weak around these risks. So they came with some great answers this morning as we learned how to develop and manage a Corrective Action Plan.
SIF will help shift the OHS approach from one of “compliance” and “injury rates” to one of RISK MANAGEMENT with a focus on “Sh_t That Kills You” (STKY). It is very much how PSM/RMP is managed using the Process Safety Management System with its 14 elements.
SIF will transform your traditional OSH SMS into one that focuses on real RISKS and not so much on the limitations of OSHA compliance and injury rates. We actually seek out the LOW frequency – HIGH severity risks, which are often time overlooked or ignored for many reasons under the traditional OHS approach.
