These important and vital documents for all safety conscious organizations are derived from carrying out risk assessments which includes communicating with employees. They ultimately provide a 'set of instructions' to follow to complete a task safely.
A particular Safe System of Work could be linked with another Safe System/s of Work or Method Statement/s and Permit/s to Work if required for the particular task they are being written for.
In simple terms a Safe System of Work is a defined method of doing a job in a safe way.
The aim is to identify all foreseeable hazards to the health and safety of employees from the whole task by looking at:-
➤ plant and equipment
➤ employee capabilities
➤ working environment
➤ substances to be used
➤ training
➤ supervision
and then develop a safe workable method, control measures, to either eliminate or minimise the hazards.
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