Responsibilities of a full-time safety officer
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Dear experts, I hope someone can help clarify this! The first responsibility of safety management personnel under the Work Safety Law is to \"organize or participate in the formulation of the unit’s work safety regulations, operating procedures, and emergency rescue plans for work safety accidents\"” ； This requires our safety managers to be familiar with the operating procedures on site, so that they can participate in their formulation and oversee whether any violations are occurring ； But what should we do if the company refuses to allow safety officers access to the operating procedures on the grounds that they are confidential? On one hand, there are legal obligations; in the event of a serious accident resulting from violations of these procedures during production, the safety officers will surely be held accountable ； On the other hand, it is not possible to fulfill this responsibility due to the company’s confidentiality policies ； I hope everyone can offer some good suggestions and help! !
There are overlaps between safety regulations and job responsibility systems, but they are not exactly the same; one focuses on safety aspects while the other deals with the details of production operations. Therefore, the responsibilities of safety officers and the operating procedures must differ. Looking at these systems in different companies, there are also obvious differences
Safety managers can develop safety operation procedures. On-site operation procedures specify the sequence and standards for carrying out tasks, while safety operation procedures outline how personnel should carry out their work safely as well as the precautions to take. These two types of procedures can be developed separately or combined, depending on the management requirements of your company
Generally, such situations are relatively rare. Some companies keep key technologies confidential, but for employees who need access to them, confidentiality agreements and similar measures should be put in place. If contact is truly not permitted, you can also use the company’s relevant regulatory documents to be exempted from some of your responsibilities as a safety manager