Chemicals and Environmental

Management Systems
Management Systems
• Structure
• Focus
• Integration
Act Plan
• Formality
• Discipline
Check/
Do
Study
THE TEAM
• Top Management
• EHS/Chemicals Manager
• Technical Staff - Specific EHS/chemical knowledge (Certified
Safety Professional, Industrial Hygienist, Environmental
Engineer)*Critical for Risk Assessment activities
• Production Managers
• Workers
• Administrative Support (e.g. Chemical purchasing department)
Chemical and Environmental
Management Systems

Natural Resources &

Raw Materials incl.
Chemicals
Factory and Processes
 Purchasing &
Receiving

Treatment &
Storage
Disposal

Collection Distribution

Application
Plan

• Policies
• Identify legal and other requirements
• Develop objectives, targets, and programs
• Hazard Identification / Risk Assessment
 Example Legal Register
Ref Aspect Legislation/Enforcement Key Requirements Relevance/Controls Compliance

GBZ 2.1: 2007 Occupational

Exposure Limits for Factory must assure
Provides concentrations
Hazardous Agents in the that workers are not Workplace
of chemicals that is
Workplace: Chemical exposed to sampling for
Occupational permitted in the
H1 Hazardous Agents concentrations of chemical
Exposure workplace.
chemicals that exceed exposures
Provides standard these limits.
Enforced by Ministry of methods for monitoring.
Health
Do
• Training, Consultation and Communication
• Structure and Responsibility
• Operational Control
• Documentation and Document Control
• Emergency Planning and Responsibility
Document Hierarchy
Policy
Manual

Procedures

Work Instructions
Records & Forms (e.g.
checklists)
Check
• Record Keeping
• Monitoring & Measurement Records
• Auditing
Monitoring & Corrective
Measurement Action

System
Audit
Monitoring and Measurement Plan
Activity Risk Monitoring Frequency Responsible Record
Activity Person

Chemical Spill, Worker Inspection Daily Chemical Safety Inspection Form

Storage Exposure, Fire Officer
Internal Auditing
• Determines if system:

• conforms to all planned arrangements

• has been properly implemented and maintained

• is effective in meeting organizations policy and objectives

Act
• Incident/accident investigation &
trending
Records
• Preventative/ Corrective action
plans Monitoring & Corrective
• Management Review Measurement Action

• Setting/revision of objectives and

targets System
Audit
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