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How Environmental Management System
Development Can Enhance Your Company’s Environmental
Health and Safety
Michele FitzpatrickWright-Hamilton Associates
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TOPICS
• What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?
• How EMS relates to ISO 14001
• How EMS relates to Health & Safety
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(EMS)
The organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes
and resources for developing, implementing, maintaining, reviewing, and correcting/improving
an organization’s approach to environmental management.
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ISO 14001
International specification standard
against which an
Environmental Management System
is prepared and audited.
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MISSION(Code of Ethics for the
Practice of Industrial Hygiene)
Protect the health and well-being of working people and the public from
chemical, microbiological and physical health hazards present at, or
emanating from, the workplace.
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PREMISE #1
How you manage the environmental aspects identified by your
Environmental Management System will determine the level of exposure of your workers and the public to health
and safety hazards.
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PREMISE #2
The development of an Environmental Management System will prepare you for the development
of a Health and Safety Management System.
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MAJOR EMS ELEMENTS
Policy Development
Identification of Environmental Aspects and Impacts
Documentation and Document Control [EMS Manual]
Corrective and Preventive Action
EMS Audit
Management Review
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ENVIRONMENTALASPECTS AND IMPACTS
Identify all processes that affect the environment (and/or health and safety)
Identify relevant rules and regulations and procedure for compliance
Develop program for reducing detrimental effects (pollution prevention)
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HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
BS 8800 - health and safety standard developed by the British Standards Institute in 1996
OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series developed by the British Standards Institute in 1999
ISO ? - AIHA may seek chairmanship of ISO H&S Committee for the U.S.
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CONCLUSION
EMS Pollution Prevention Program Source Reduction Reduced Exposure
Prepare for future Health and Safety Standard
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Michele Fitzpatrick
Wright-Hamilton Associates214 Thames StreetGroton, CT 06340
phone: 860-446-8087fax: 860-446-8907