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1. Top Level Support: Any effective health, safety and environment (HSE) program has to start at the very top of the company. The senior leadership has to put their full force and influence behind the program to ensure that it is driven throughout the organization. Without top level support any HSE program is doomed to mediocrity or failure.
2. Effective Leadership: Once you have top level support, you need to have dynamic and consistent leadership. This leadership can be driven by the HSE department but must be championed by other leaders within the organization and fully supported by the executive management.
3. Front Line Accountability: Every employee needs to be responsible for their own health and safety, as well as the safety of those around them. An effective program enforces accountability at the grass roots level where the rubber meets the road. This means reaching out to the employees, foremen, supervisors and managers that make things happen on a day to day basis within a company.
4. Good Workplace Risk Assessment: There are hazards lurking everywhere. From the office to the shop floor to operations in the field and so on, workplace risk assessments will help identify dangers, alert workers to those risks and allow employees to eliminate or mitigate them. Each job, task or project needs to be assessed with a formalized program that can guide employees through the steps necessary to ensure they have identified all the potential risks.
5. Effective Training Program: Since front line employees are going to be responsible and held accountable for their own HSE and the HSE of those around them, it’s only fair that we ensure they have the training, skills and tools necessary to meet those responsibilities. It is important to have an effective training program that meets the employee’s needs, is tailored to the different skill sets within the company and provides the information to learn how to work safely—all while promoting and supporting the accepted company culture.

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