Safety Program Health Assessment

A weighted assessment of leadership, risk, training, investigations, contractors, emergency preparedness, security interface, metrics and continuous improvement.

Safety management-system questions

1. Leaders routinely discuss serious-risk exposures and action status.

2. Supervisors are held accountable for safety execution, not only injury numbers.

3. High-risk tasks have usable JSAs/JHAs or equivalent hazard controls.

4. Inspection findings are risk-ranked, assigned and verified closed.

5. Overdue and high-risk actions are escalated to management.

6. Investigations address system causes and similar exposures.

7. Training requirements are role-based, current and visible.

8. Employees can report hazards and near misses without unnecessary barriers.

9. Contractor risk is managed before and during work.

10. Energy control is field-verified and periodically reviewed.

11. Emergency roles, alarms, accountability and drills are practiced.

12. Occupational health and IH issues have defined ownership and follow-up.

13. Environmental responsibilities, inspections and corrective actions are integrated.

14. Security operations and emergency interfaces are aligned with EHS where appropriate.

15. Leading indicators are used alongside TRIR/DART and case counts.

16. Leadership receives a clear dashboard of risk, actions, training and incidents.

17. New equipment/process changes receive EHS review before startup.

18. Safety-critical maintenance issues receive appropriate priority.

19. Lessons learned are shared beyond the immediate incident area.

20. The program has a defined annual improvement plan with owners and milestones.

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Use responsibly: This tool is educational and decision-support only. Verify definitions, regulatory requirements, exposure data and organization-specific assumptions before relying on results.