ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY

(I) EHS (meaning):

 Evaluate, develop and maintain the environmental, health safety standards of
organisations.
 Establish an EHS management system.
 To maintain “policy” and risk assessment records.
o prevent or mitigate both human and economic losses arising from accidents,
adverse occupational exposures, and environmental events;
o build EHS considerations into all phases of the operations, including
laboratory discovery and development environments;
o achieve and maintain compliance with laws and regulations; and
o Continually improve EHS performance.
 Share management commitment with al personnel.

(II) EHS Planning:

 Identify EHS concerns
 Asses risk and control capability
 Identify legal requirements applicable to the organization
 Develop processes to keep track of legal requirements and changes in the same.
 Establish targets to meet EHS standards.

(III) Implementation:
 Develop a process and organizational structure for communications
 Define a group tp make decisions regarding external communications
 Roles and Responsibilities
 Training
 Process for maintain documents
 Establish an organizational structure for responding to emergencies and accidents

(IV) Audit:
 Track key performance measurements
 Establish system to investigate incidents
 Control risk associated with change in operations

(V) Management review:

 Identification of objectives and targets of EHS
  Perform annual management review
 Document decision and recommendations.

EHS AUDIT covers the following areas:

Safety Audit: Safety is a major concern for all leading organization to make that industry is risk free
aiming to reduce accidents by providing better working environment at work place. Safety audit
plays an ever increasing role to make the industry more safe place. Safety Audits helps to identify &
control hazards and to satisfy various legal requirements of the industries and gives wide direction in
improvement on health, safety and environmental issues for industries.

Fire Audit: Fire is threat faced by an individual & organization. For improvement into the fire
system, Fire Audit is an effective tool which identified & assesses the fire risk during operation. The
Fire Safety Audit is conducted for improving organization’s fire protection programs and overall fire
safety facilities.

Construction Safety Audit: Managing the safety in construction sector is a biggest challenge for
Industries as there are lot of accidents taking place at the site. This Audit looks forward to provide
safer working conditions to the workmen and other concerned person at the workplace. Site
safety audit are necessary to check operations against established prospect. Construction Safety Audit
services are established to provide safety & regulatory requirements of construction industry as
managing the safety in construction sector is a biggest challenge for Industries.

Electrical Safety Audit: Due to the growing awareness of electrical safety in the industrial sector, the
need has always been felt for the formulation of Electrical Safety in the industrial and other units of
concern. This audit is conducted to reduce electrical risks and helps comply with applicable Electrical
Standards and Regulations through Electrical Safety audit.

And it also separately looks into the Legal field making sure that the organizations meet the
requirements of EHS within the prescribed laws set by the Legislation.

Legal Audit: Recognizing the global competition challenges, requirements of transparency,

increasing number of judicial interventions and certainly the deep pocket liabilities due to
noncompliance with the prevailing laws it would be in favour of the company to conduct a Legal
Audit to assess on proactive basis its legal compliance since a wide range and number of
environmental, health and safety legislations are applicable to the activities performed by
organization.

The applicable laws which would affect the EHS audit are wide:

 The Factory Act and the State Factory Rules

 The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and Rules
 The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and Rules
 The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act and Rules
  The Environment Protection Act and Rules including the standards framed there
under
 Environment Protection Second Amendment Rules for DG Sets
 The Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules
 The Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules
 The Public Liability Insurance Act and Rules
 The Ozone Depleting Substance (Regulation and Control) Rules
 Central Motor Vehicle Act and Rules
 National Building code of india,2015
 The Energy conservation Act
 The Batteries (Management and Handing) Rules
 Gas Cylinder Rules, including Amendment Rules
 Radiation Protection Rules
 Bio Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules
 Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules
 The Safety Officers Duties
 The Welfare Officers Duties
 The Petroleum Act and Rules
 The Indian Electricity Act and Rules
 Central Electric Authority Regulations
 EIA notifications
 Central Ground Water Authority directives on extraction of ground water
 Safety / Welfare officers duties as per the notification
 Building and other construction workers act
 The Explosives Act, 1884

Process to carry out EHS audit:

 Step 1: Preparing for an Audit

 Step 2: Conduct the Audit
 Step 3: Create an Audit Report and Recommended Actions
 Step 4: Set Corrective Action Priorities
 Step 5: Publish Audit Results

EHS audit can obtain certification under:

  IS 14489:1998
 ISO 14001:2015(latest)
 OHSAS 18001
 ISO 9001:2015

IS 14489:1998 – Code of Practice on occupational Safety and Health Audit

The audit is carried out as per IS 14489 :1998 on "Code of Practice on Occupational Safety & Health
Audit" to check the compliance with the Factories Act, 1948 and Rules for respective states, The
Environmental Protection Act & Rules, the CEA Regulations, the Explosives Act & Rules and other
important Indian Statutory requirements and Standards.

ISO 9001: Quality management system

It is a set of rules, processes and procedures required for planning and implementation in the core area
of an organization and also helps in developing QMS to enable organization meet customer
requirement, statutory & regulatory requirements in an auditable manner.

Services offered in ISO 9001

o Design of Quality Management System
o Implementation of Quality Management System
o Assessment of Quality Management System
o Internal Auditor ISO 9001 training program
o ISO 9001 Audit - Quality Management system

Why ISO 9001 is Important

o Improve communication, planning and administration processes in the core areas of
production/development/service.
o Helps in providing senior management well-organized management process by sets out area
of responsibility across the organization.
o Helps in improve the quality & services for customer deliver & satisfaction.

OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health & Safety

To achieve better occupational health and safety performance and economic objectives, organization
worldwide implement the Occupational Health & Safety management system (OHSMS) which helps
to reduce health and safety risks & improve overall performance.
Services Offered in OHSAS 18001
 o Design & Implementation for Obtaining ISO 18001: 2004 certification
o Internal Auditor program on OHSAS 18001 training
o OHSAS 18001 Audit

Benefits of OHSAS 18001

o To helps in reducing the work place accidents
o To meet the requirement of Aid legal compliance
o To improve overall performance & boost employees moral by providing better working conditions.
o To find out health & safety hazards and manage in a one place by controlling them.

ISO 14001 – Environment Management System

To improve the environment performance, organization follows to set up an effective Environment

Management System so that improve resource efficiency, reduce waste, and drive down costs. For this
ISO 14001 is comes into existence which is implement by all leading organization in continually
improving their environmental performance, while complying with any applicable legislation.

Benefits of ISO 14001

 To enhance its environment performance in an auditable manner on continual basis coupled

with economic gains as practicable.
 To assist in the Design, Implementation and Obtaining Third Party Certification for
Environment Management Systems as per ISO 14001:2004 - Environment Management
Systems Requirement.
 To obtain the above certifications and meet environment requirements more satisfyingly.

Responsible Care - RC 14001:2005

Responsible Care is a worldwide initiative developed by the Chemical Industry and is a voluntary
commitment to continuous improvement in all aspect of Safety, Health and Environment performance
and to have open & frank communication in relation to these activities. Responsible care is an ethic as
well as a commitment to build a trust in an industry that is essential to improving living standard and
quality of life.

Government bodies:
Ministry of Labour & Employment, GOI
Ministry of Family and Welfare, GOI