Real Safety Solutions

Safety is more than just ensuring you have the correct signs in place and everyone is wearing their hard hats – it is an integral part to successful design, construction, commissioning, maintenance and management of any endeavour. Safety’s true aim is to control and reduce loss caused by damage to plant, machinery, interruption to production, damage to the environment and injuries and illness to employees. A businesses performance is the flip side of loss control. Sensible safety solutions inform you where things can go wrong, what the consequences may be and how best to invest funds to improve the situation. It identifies those things that are costing money and recommends cost effective solutions. Managers undertake these tasks in other areas of business everyday and a truly integrated safety system only adds additional considerations to decisions

SEMF are able to provide scientifically sound and field tested solutions to safety problems. The models and methods based in good science allow us to objectively tackle the issues of safety in your workplace and improve performance. We are able to offer a complete, end to end safety solution to help you manage your business more effectively to produce real, measurable results.

The services we provide include:

• Hazard identifications
• Risk assessments
• Risk evaluations
• Risk management
• Accident investigations
• Claims management
• Safety management procedures
• Safety management reviews and audits
• Standards compliance
• Professional training services

Fully Integrated Approach

SEMF has a comprehensive, structured and fully integrated approach to safety. The use of scientifically sound models allows us to effectively capture all hazards in your workplace, measure the probability and consequences of potential problems and suggest responsible solutions. The application of simple yet powerful concepts allows managers to effectively reduce risk and loss, which lowers costs while increasing reliability, production, performance and health.

The use of a good safety system not only reduces injuries and illness to workers, but also increases plant reliability and production while preventing damage to the environment. A common conceptual basis for these seemingly disparate aspects allows us to bring these elements together into a full integrated solution. At SEMF we make no distinction between occupational health and safety, plant and machinery damage, maintenance and damage to the environment. The same mechanisms that cause damage and interruption to any of these are identical, so require the same management systems.

Comprehensive Management

In order to capture all hazards and risks in any endeavour, management must start with a comprehensive list of hazards to search for and apply it in a systematic and systemic way. Only by identifying all the hazards, measuring the risks and evaluating the solutions can you truly prioritize your risk management actions. At SEMF we have the systems that enable companies to target their efforts where they will have the most impact. By continually improving and applying these strategies companies can see tremendous results.

SEMF are able to assist companies with:

• Comprehensive Hazard Identifications
• Sound Risk Assessments
• Logical Risk Evaluations
• Meaningful Risk Controls
• Useful Accident Investigations
• Safety Measurements and Reporting
• Safety Management Systems Auditing
• Project Management
• Loss Adjusting and Insurance Claims
• Workers Compensation and Liability Claims
• Expert Witnesses
• Compliance with statutory regulations and codes
• Mentoring and Training

Scientific Models & Robust Methods

Any system within a business has an impact on the bottom line and safety is no exception, especially if you try to include the human and environmental costs. The use of the correct models simplifies the process by allowing all aspects to be considered and leads to tangible, measurable results.

A safe working environment reduces loss and injury while increasing reliability and production. SEMF can help you develop the systems to protect workers, plant, machinery, process as well as the environment. In order to achieve these results we draw upon a number of industry tools:

• Energy Damage Model (EDM)
• Generalised Time Sequence Model (GTSM)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Systematic Tool for Assessing Risk (STAR)
• Total Cost of Risk (TCOR)
• Risk Matrix (exceeds Australian Standards)
• Hazard and Operability Studies (HazOP)
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
• Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

The selection of these depends on the scope of the project and the level of risks involved. Great safety performance does not mean greater expense; the trick is to select the right tool for the right job. At SEMF we are aware of the need to control loss and this extends to the expenses incurred through examining the loss processes themselves. However, through a continual process of identifying risks and ranking solutions we can prioritize and direct resources to measures that have the most effect. It’s about maximizing your return on investment.

Results Driven

Accidents are, by their very nature, random events and are subject to volatile movements during analysis. This is somewhat overcome if the sample size is large enough, but many ventures do not have this luxury. Even so, the measured employed in many safety systems do not have statistically proven relationships to their outcomes; they are actually ineffective. When easily modifiable measures are used the figures can be manipulated in order to achieve performance targets, without actually resulting increased safety. Compounding the problem is the perceived belief of effectiveness when things are going well – typically there are calls for another “safety drive” when the numbers spike beyond the comfort level.

At SEMF we look very careful at exactly what is being measured by a safety system and if those measurements equate to lower costs and fewer injuries. Those that do not are replaced with measures that are truly useful. SEMF can help you identify what you are truly measuring and suggest replacements.

SEMF are only interested in systems that produce real results.

Industry Experience

SEMF staff has over 50 years of experience in risk management and safety in the power generation, power distribution, coal mining, gold mining and communications in Australia, Thailand, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.