Improvement of OSH Management through the holistic approach of incident controlling

¹ IU, Faculty of Business Management, Berg-am-Laim-Str. 47, 81672 MÜNCHEN, Germany
² EUBA, Faculty of Business Management, Dolnozemská cesta 1/b, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

^* Corresponding author: elenora.fendekova@euba.sk

Abstract

This paper deals with the performance optimization of occupational safety and health management (OSHM) with the help of the integration of near miss management into existing KPIs of the company. In this context, two independent processes are carried out: risk assessment and near miss management. In this work, the holistic view of these two processes is investigated as an optimization potential OSHM. Based on a literature review, the framework of the qualitative method applied here is established. After definitions and general information concerning OSHM, the processes of risk assessment and near miss management in different organisations (23 international plants for risk assessment and 6 German plants for near miss management) with established processes according to BPM are examined. The chosen approach is combined with the method of the PDCA cycle to relate the results of the investigation to the CIP existing in the OSHM. The result was elaborated in the form of a recommendation for action: optimization of existing processes, integrated hazard and near miss management as a more sustainable solution and proposal for the implementation of a KPI for better control of incidents based on predictive risk assessment.