How do you successfully set up a safe work procedure?

By following the steps below:

  1. Before commencing with setting up a safe work procedure, you need to choose the right team, for example, a person that works in the environment, a safety representative, a supervisor etc.
  2. Train your team in health and safety due to the fact that training is required to set up a safe work procedure. (training can be risk assessments or job hazard analysis etc.)
  3. Go to the area where the work is carried out to see the steps involved in doing the work, as you need to be aware of what is being done and how.
  4. Consider all the steps involved in the task at hand and identify all possible hazards involved in the work being done.
  5. If there is a hazard, there must be a risk. Identify all possible risks in the task that is carried out.
  6. By identifying risks, we can put control measures in place to try and reduce the risk as far as reasonably possible.
  7. By identifying all the above mentioned, you can start writing the safe work procedure.
  8. If the safe work procedure is complete, it must be implemented. All the staff must be trained with regards to the safe work procedure to make them aware of how to carry out their work in a safe manner. (Remember to keep record by means of an attendance register.)
  9. Remember to review the safe work procedure on a regular basis to ensure that it is always updated as the working environment might change.

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