Increasingly, organisations are taking a holistic approach to managing risk and this represents both a challenge and an opportunity for health and safety professionals. If you’re unfamiliar with the principles and language of business risk management (BRM), you may be marginalised and left behind. If you understand and apply its principles – and can communicate with other business disciplin…
The President of The University of Memphis (UofM) has primary responsibility for effectively managing any crisis that might occur on or affect the UofM campus. Disasters or emergencies can happen suddenly, creating a situation in which normal operational and support services for the University may become overwhelmed. During crises, the University requires processes that address the needs of eme…
It was towards the end of Act II during a production of The Sound of Music. The lights grew dim upstage of the scrim, as the scenery began to move. Franz, the butler, was coming off stage with a café table on casters, and he was almost into the wing, when the porch floor beneath him began to move - a second too soon. Suddenly the table was tipped onto it’s side, and a silver tray of food, a …
This third edition of the ICAO Safety Management Manual (SMM) (Doc 9859) supersedes the second edition, published in 2009, in its entirety. It also supersedes the ICAO Accident Prevention Manual (Doc 9422), which is obsolete. 1.1.2 This manual is intended to provide States with guidance on the development and implementation of a State safety programme (SSP), in accordance with the Internatio…
The goal of Florida’s Records Management Program is to provide professional assistance to state and local government agencies in managing the records and information required to take care of the business of government in an effective and cost-efficient manner. This is a particularly challenging goal in the 21st century. Florida public agencies generate and process information on an unpreceden…
Risk is a quantitative evaluation of the potential damage caused by an attack, a vulnerability, or an event impacting the set of company IT assets. A vulnerability (or weakness) is a lack of a safeguard, which may be exploited by a threat, causing harm to the information systems; specifically it can be a software flaw that permits an exogenous agent to use a computer system without authorizat…
The clinician’s skills in integrating sources of information, contemplating the meanings of discrepant cues, formulating opinions, and persuading others to listen constitute the focus of this book. This process involves four steps: (1) identifying the problem, (2) selecting measurement instruments, (3) integrating sources of information about the problem, and (4) deriving and reporting conclu…
Any incident, potential or actual emergency that will not seriously impact the overall operation and functionality of the College is considered a minor emergency. Emergencies at this level should be reported immediately to the Facilities and Operations Department at 253.680.7140. Major Emergency Any incident, potential or actual emergency that affects a large portion of the College and will …
Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management is an integral and essential part of the way we do our business and is considered an equal part of the wider system for the management of our business. Through effective management, Ensign aims to be the preferred contractor and the favoured employer. The requirements set out in this document constitute the expectations for divisional comp…
Protecting the safety of our employees and the environment is a core value within Facilities Management. We will not be satisfied until our workplaces are safe from hazards, our employees are injury-free, our services are safe, and our commitment and record of protecting the environment are unmatched. Specifically, this handbook requires the following of every Facilities Management employee…
Sleepiness is the major contributor to at least 20% of all road crashes. Sleepiness-related crashes are likely to be more severe, more often fatal, and more often involve young drivers, than other types of crash. Safe driving is a complex task, in which drivers require higher-order perceptual and cognitive skills to interact safely with the traffic environment. Hazard perception (HzP) is a cri…
During the month of July 2007, unrelenting rains dumped over 120 millimetres of rain over a period of five days on the City of Cape Town, leading to flooding that impacted 8 000 households (38 000 residents) located primarily in the informal settlements outside of the City, such as the Bongani TR Section of Khayelitsha (Figure 1) and Phola Park Philippi. Such flooding is increasingly common an…