At [Company/Organization Name], Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) responsibilities are integral to the way we do business. Successfully managing HSE issues is an essential component of our business strategy. Through observance and encouragement of this Policy, we assist in protecting the environment and the overall well-being of all of our stakeholders, specifically, our employees, clients, shareholders, subcontractors, and communities.
In order to achieve these objectives, we will identify HSE risks arising from our activities and reduce them to the lowest practical levels. Our goal is to minimize impact to the environment and to prevent harm to our employees, our clients, our communities, and all others who could be affected by those activities.
[Company/Organization Name] management will continue to take a proactive approach toward creating safe work environments for all employees and will be accountable for promoting continued health, safety, and environmental education and training for all employees, assigning responsibility for all aspects of the program, continuously reviewing the program to identify potential areas of improvement, and ensuring thorough evaluations of all incidents.
We will continue to address the environmental and health impact of our operations by reducing waste, emissions, and discharges and by using energy efficiently. We strive to be good citizens in every community in which we operate.
We will maintain awareness of HSE matters, so as to be proactive in providing a value-added service to our clients. This awareness is achieved through education, communication, and definition of the goals and standards appropriate to our operations and those undertaken on behalf of our clients.
To emphasize our continuing commitment to HSE issues, we will adhere to [Company/Organization Name]’s HSE Principles. These Principles are the cornerstone of [Company/Organization Name]’s HSE culture and address issues such as accountability, training, communication, resources, engineering design, performance measurement, and sustainable development.
We seek continual improvement in the performance of all of our activities.
To be a preeminent health, safety, and environmental (HSE) leader through attainment of a world-class HSE culture…consistently delivering distinctive solutions to improve the life cycle of our projects and promote the wellbeing of our employees, clients, and the communities in which we work and live
HSE Management System Implementation
Implement an integrated HSE Management System across all areas of [Company/Organization Name]’s business to enable Fluor to continually improve its excellent HSE performance.
Health
Provide a working environment that minimizes risk to the health of employees and the general public, while encouraging and assisting employees to enhance their own health through education and wellness programs.
Safety
Maintain a culture where safety is considered by all employees to be of primary importance in all activities inside and outside the workplace, and excel in safety performance to consistently achieve higher results than industry averages.
Environment
Contribute to the implementation of sustainable development by adopting high standards of environmental management and protection, and participate in efforts to improve industry environmental performance on a continuing basis in all areas of our operation, including adoption of and contribution to industry codes of environmental practice.
Employee Participation
Foster a workforce that has high standards of HSE performance and participates in a positive [Company/Organization Name] culture that embraces the HSE Policy and Principles.
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES
Principle 1–Health, Safety, and Environmental Commitment
[Company/Organization Name]’s Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Policy applies throughout the company.
All offices and projects shall establish HSE policies and standards consistent with [Company/Organization Name]’s HSE Policy and as necessary to comply with and where possible exceed local statutory requirements.
Appropriate organization and accountabilities to implement [Company/Organization Name]’s HSE Policy shall be established.
Principle 2–Management and Resources
Management shall implement [Company/Organization Name]’s HSE Policy and shall establish and monitor programs aimed at the continual improvement of performance.
Responsibilities and authorities of those employees charged with the execution of these programs shall be defined.
Appropriate HSE and engineering support resources and facilities shall be made available to assist line management.
Principle 3–Communication and Consultation
Systems shall be established to make relevant information available to employees, contractors, clients, and the public concerning the effects of [Company/Organization Name]’s activities on the health and safety of people and of the environment.
Relevant information shall be made available to facilitate continual improvement in performance.
There shall be consultation and communication with staff to promote involvement in improvement programs.
Principle 4–Training
Training needs shall be identified and implemented to allow managers and employees to work with proper regard for the health and safety of themselves and others and for environmental protection.
Training and validation arrangements shall be reviewed regularly.
Principle 5–Hazardous Materials
A complete and current inventory of all products, wastes, and other materials present in the workplace shall be maintained for the identification and assessment of such hazards.
Appropriate information shall be maintained to enable all materials used in the office and/or on site to be properly handled, stored, transported, used, and disposed.
Appropriate limits for workplace exposure to relevant materials and physical agents shall be established and disseminated.
Principle 6–Design and Engineering
Systems shall be maintained for the management of projects and the design of facilities, plants, equipment, and processes.
Design and engineering shall be performed in accordance with relevant [Company/Organization Name] engineering practices and guidelines and local codes and regulations.
Relevant studies shall be conducted in order to eliminate hazards where possible and reduce risk to “as low as reasonably practicable.”
Risk-reducing measures and residual/risks shall be communicated to all interested parties.
Principle 7–Management of Change
Changes shall not be implemented that compromise HSE performance.
Proposals for change shall be registered and assessed, and changes shall be authorized.
Appropriate hazard studies shall be conducted and necessary design considerations made, and all changes shall be properly engineered and recorded.
Principle 8–Procurement and Contracts
Health, safety, and environmental considerations shall be taken into account prior to selection/order/purchase of materials, equipment, products, and contractors.
The health, safety, and environmental factors associated with any order/purchase or contract from conception through to ultimate use shall be managed responsibly and ethically.
Principle 9–Field Execution
Systems of work shall be developed and maintained to promote the health and safety of people and the protection of the environment.
Hazards shall be eliminated where possible and consequent risk reduced as low as reasonably practicable.
Control measures shall be implemented and monitoring programs shall be arranged to promote safe working conditions and effective control.
Principle 10–Emergency Situations
The nature and scale of all reasonably foreseeable emergencies, including transport emergencies, shall be identified.
A contingency plan(s) shall be developed to address identified hazards and risks.
The contingency plan(s) shall be developed in association with the public emergency services and appropriate voluntary cooperative schemes.
Plans shall be communicated and regularly rehearsed and reviewed.
Principle 11–Contractors and Suppliers
HSE implications of work performed by third parties shall be considered.
Procedures for the selection and monitoring of contractors and suppliers and for the supply of information to those parties shall be developed to allow those parties to implement applicable HSE principles to promote the health and safety of their employees.
The contractor/supplier shall be required to provide sufficient information and to take all reasonable and necessary measurements so that the health and safety of all employees and protection of the environment are both taken into consideration.
The purchase and supply of materials, equipment, and services shall be specified and monitored so that HSE requirements are implemented.
Principle 12–Environmental Impacts
Each [Company/Organization Name] location shall prepare and maintain a location-specific HSE management plan with an environmental section, including an up-to-date assessment of the environmental impact of its activities.
This assessment shall take into account, but not be limited to, waste produced and the measures for its disposal, as well as any soil contamination issues and/or any releases of products, materials, or energy.
Procedures shall be developed and executed at each [Company/Organization Name] location for the proper management and disposal of wastes and for the maintenance of records of any wastes generated.
Principle 13–HSE Performance Reporting
All locations shall have procedures for reporting HSE performance and for investigating and recording all incidents/complaints and for taking appropriate corrective action to avoid recurrence.
Records shall be maintained and information and statistics shall be reported to [Company/Organization Name] Corporate and regional HSE Management.
Principle 14–Auditing
Formal auditing procedures shall be defined and implemented.
Deficiencies identified during audits shall be recorded formally, their implications shall be assessed, and corrective actions shall be prioritized.
Principle 15–Sustainable Development
Three systems (ecological, social, and economic) shall be considered in all phases of projects.
Procurement activities shall address “green” processes.
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