Leadership
and Accountability
Component One defines the
HOC commitments to health, safety and the
environment at both a Company and personal
level. Our employees are the Company's most
important asset. Preventing occupational
injuries and illnesses and protection of
the environment are of such consequence
that management will provide all the facilities
and support reasonably required to ensure
success. HOC Management accepts the responsibility
for leadership of the health, safety and
environmental program, for its effectiveness
and improvement and for providing for the
safeguards required to ensure safe, environmentally
responsible working conditions. The Company's
ultimate goal is to eliminate all injuries
and environmental incidents from the work
place.
Policies
and Objectives
The
second component consists of policies
and objectives. The policies are HOC global
statements of intent for health, safety
and environmental protection. They are
the standards HOC has set and will meet.
Guided by the policies, employees will
set objectives for all functions, departments
and locations within the company. As a
Company and on an individual employee
level, we will monitor and measure our
HSE performance to ensure that we are
continually meeting objectives and improving
the system.
Organization
and Responsibilities
Under the
HOC HSE Management System, every individual
employee is individually responsible for
working safely, in an environmentally
responsible manner and ensuring that fellow
employees do the same. HSE responsibilities
have the same priority as operational
decisions and they must be treated with
equal importance.
Management accepts the responsibility
for leadership of the health, safety and
environmental program, for its effectiveness
and improvement, and for providing for
the safeguards required to ensure safe,
environmentally responsible conditions.
Supervisors are responsible for developing
the proper attitudes towards health, safety
and environment in themselves as well
as directing those whom they supervise
toward this goal. Supervisors are responsible
locally for ensuring that all operations
are performed with the utmost regard for
the health and safety of personnel and
protection of the environment.
All employees are responsible for wholehearted,
genuine cooperation with every aspect
of the health, safety and environmental
program. This includes compliance with
all rules and regulations and continuous,
safe, environmentally responsible job
performance.
Design
and Planning
Good HSE practices
do not just happen. They have to be properly
planned and executed. They should never
be treated as afterthoughts. HOC employees
and management must consider HSE implications
at each stage of the planning process
in everything they do. No job is so urgent
or so important that it is worth the risk
of injury to any individual or damage
to the environment. The Company's goal
is to eliminate significant risk during
the planning process.
Risk
Assessment and Management
Risk assessment
and risk management are a pro-active,
aggressive approach to HSE issues. Rather
than focusing on accident statistics,
the Company focuses primarily on the identification
of hazards, the assessment of risks and
the control of those risks to prevent
accidents from happening. The difference
between an accident and a near miss is
often just plain luck. HOC cannot have
a safe, successful environmentally responsible
operation based on luck. The Company must
ensure that all HSE incidents are reported
and thoroughly investigated. We all must
use what we learn from these incidents
to prevent them from ever occurring.
Supplier
Integrity
Whenever HOC
uses third-parties to supply materials,
equipment or services, the Company must
ensure that these third parties meet the
standards of excellence HOC and our customers
require. In evaluating potential suppliers
we must ask, “How well do they demonstrate
and adhere to effective HSE practices?
Can they conduct their services in a manner
that is consistent with HOC HSE policies
and with the requirements of the work
they are performing?" We are judged
not only on the performance of our employees
but also on the overall performance of
our suppliers.
Safe
Systems of Work
Safe systems
of work include both safety and occupational
health issues. This system provides information
and guidance on safety issues related
to the purchase and use of work equipment,
work permits, confined-space entry, transport
of hazardous materials, driver safety
and other key safety issues. An effective
management-of-change process is also an
integral part of employee safety. We provide
information and guidance on medical services,
personnel exposure to physical, chemical
and biological hazards and more specific
issues such as the safe handling of drilling
and completion fluids. HOC promotes these
procedures to eliminate or minimize the
HSE risks associated with our operational
processes.
Documentation
and Performance Reviews
This component
details a complete system for incident
reporting, documentation and investigation.
It also covers information management
and records. The past is prologue. Only
by learning from their mistakes and communicating
what they learn can employees prevent
reoccurrence of injuries and environmental
incidents. By maintaining detailed, accurate
records HOC will target, measure and report
on specific operations so we can benchmark
our performance and make sure that HOC
is always improving. Finally, this component
details safety incentive programs.
Monitoring
and Continual Improvement
This component
provides a system of assessment, monitoring
and continuous improvement of the HSE
Management System itself. The information
obtained during assessments (both comprehensive
inspections and audits) is used to improve
performance. Following assessments, we
develop action plans. The effectiveness
of the action plans is documented in subsequent
management reports and regular management
reviews. Key HSE lessons learned are shared
throughout HOC’s global network.
