Effectively Manage Contractor Safety Using Process Safety Enterprise®

Process Safety Enterprise^® (PSE), a cloud-based platform, helps manage contractor safety, ensuring compliance with OSHA's PSM standard. This white paper details the key features of PSE, including:

• Document Control System: Easily stores and retrieves documents
• Intelligent Form Builder: Creates customizable forms
• Action Tracking System: Manages all tasks related to managing contractors
• Reporting and Dashboard/KPI: Provides real-time insights into activities
• Contractor Safety Workflow: Guides users through contractor tasks, such as approving new contractors, training, tracking assigned and approved job tasks, learning about any hazards they may introduce to the site, and evaluating them onsite.

A case study highlights the consequences of inadequate contractor management. It emphasizes how a process to ensure consistent contractor management could have helped to prevent this disaster.

Introduction

Contractor safety management is vital to OSHA's PSM 29 CFR 1910.119 standard. It ensures that contractors are preapproved and aware of the required site information, such as hazards and emergency response. It also ensures the work is managed and contractors are routinely evaluated onsite.

Businesses often encounter challenges overseeing these activities since new contractor companies and individuals constantly come onsite. All contractors must also be trained, directed, and evaluated. Managing contractors is essential to ensure they do not cause a catastrophic event or fail to respond properly to one. Overlooking these activities risks the safety of employees, plant assets, the community, and the environment. Production could also be interrupted if an accident occurs.

An effective contractor safety management process should include the activities above and track them to completion. Training should also be tracked for the contractors to ensure they are qualified to work on the site. To help you better understand the requirements of the PSM standard, we recommend a PSM Essentials eLearning course like the one offered by Process Safety Learning^®.

A document management system is needed to store and access the required procedures, PSI, safe work permits, maintenance records, and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs). An effective contractor safety management process tied to related PSM elements can help companies document, plan, execute, and store required procedures, reports, and permits. The workflows can help companies comply with the PSM requirements of the 29 CFR 1910.119 standard.

For businesses serious about implementing a comprehensive PSM compliance system, ioMosaic offers the Process Safety Enterprise^® (PSE) (Figure 1). PSE is a cloud-based platform enabling easy ongoing management of process safety data, helping businesses achieve compliance, manage risk, and remain competitive. Unlike any other system available today, PSE is a centralized cloud-based application that integrates all PSM elements and workflows, making it THE ultimate solution for managing contractors effectively. This white paper will delve into the key features of the Contractor Safety workflow and how it benefits companies seeking to improve and elevate their systems while complying with PSM.