| Contributor:
Mark R. Ishihara
Business Title: Manager, Safety and Environmental Systems Contact Information: |
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| Biography:
Mark Ishihara has over 17 years of environmental engineering and
management experience with government and industry. His varied
background includes work experience with the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources and 2 Fortune 200 companies. His responsibilities have
been in environmental management of all aspects of the environment in
the United States as well as at numerous international locations. In his present position at Rockwell Automation, he has responsibility for the environmental compliance and training of multiple facilities worldwide and for the implementation of both safety and environmental management systems. Mark is a graduate of Northwestern University with a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering. He is a Master Certified Hazardous Materials Manager and has successfully completed the ISO 14000 Lead Auditor Course. |
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of Presentation: Case Study: Implementation and Integration of a
Safety Management System within an ISO 14000 and ISO 9000 Certified
Facility
Author: Mark R. Ishihara Key Words: Safety Management, System, ISO 14000, ISO 9000, ISO Certification, Rockwell Automation Abstract: Rockwell Automation, a leader in Complete Industrial Automation Solutions, has well-established quality and environmental management systems that have been certified to the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards respectively. Management has embraced the system philosophy and so a logical extension was to extend management systems to the safety arena. Within the past year, a concerted effort has been made by the Rockwell Automation Headquarters Quality, Environmental and Safety to design, develop and implement a safety management system that could be certified to the BSI 18000 standard and would meet the requirements of the draft ISO 18000 standard. Several Rockwell Automation facilities are currently implementing a safety management system with plans to be certified to the BSI 18000 standard by the end of this calendar year. Leveraging existing management systems (ISO 9000 and ISO 14000) at the facilities is key to minimize the resource and financial impact and is the reason that Rockwell Automation has been able to transparently integrate a safety management system. Like many companies, safety coordinators at Rockwell Automation facilities often have too many problems to solve with too little resources. The question then becomes, "What should I do first?" Prioritizing safety resources based on risk within a management system is a different approach for many businesses. Typically, businesses have focused on safety issues with the primary objective of meeting a compliance standard. The Rockwell Automation Safety Management System addresses standards compliance but also assigns priorities based on significant risk to the facility. These significant risks then become the objectives and targets for the upcoming year. For Rockwell Automation, implementing a safety management system is an easier process this time because this is the third management system to be installed and management has already seen the benefits of management systems. Key elements of a continual improvement management system including policy, planning, implementation, corrective action and management review are included in the safety management system using many of the existing ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 elements already in place at the facilities. Although it is too early to measure the results of the implementation of the safety management system, data on key safety parameters such as lost workday rates and workman compensation costs are being tracked to measure quantitatively the success of the implementation of the system. |
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