Safety Program Planning

Definition

Safety Program Planning

the safety engineering task during which the safety program is planned

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Safety Program Planning is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Safety Task
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of Safety Program Planning are to:

• Develop the safety program for an endeavor or work product:
  • Identify safety work units including tasks and techniques
  • Identify safety work work products (documents) including plans and reports
  • Identify safety producers including roles and teams
• Produce the safety program plan.

Preconditions

Safety Program Planning typically may begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The safety team is adequately staffed and trained in safety program planning.

Completion Criteria

Safety Program Planning is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• The safety program plan is complete and approved.
• Associated records have been added to the safety compliance repository.

Steps

Safety Program Planning typically involves the safety team performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Safety Program Scope:
  • Determine the scope of the safety program.
  • Determine the safety goals of the program.
  • Determine the safety milestones.
• Safety Program Development:
  • Identify safety work units including tasks, techniques, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Identify safety work work products (e.g., documents) including plans and reports.
  • Identify safety producers:
    • Determine the responsiblities for safety-related roles (e.g., Safety Engineer, Safety Auditor).
    • Determine the composition and responsibilities of the Safety Team.
    • Determine the responsibilities of the Safety Tools.
  • Allocate work units and work products to responsible roles and teams.
  • Allocate work units and work products to stages (e.g., phases and milestones).
• Safety Terms and Categories:
  • Standardize the definitions of key safety terms.
  • Develop the accident frequency categorization.
  • Develop the accident severity categorization.
  • Develop the safety risk categorization.
• Safety Program Documentation:
  • Locate, obtain, and read the appropriate conventions:
    • Content and Format Standard.
    • Inspection Checklist.
    • Documentation Template.
  • Use the template to create a blank document.
  • Fill in the front matter.
  • Fill in the introduction section.
  • Enter the Scope and milestone information.
  • Enter the work units, work products and producer information.
  • Fill in the appendices including all major issues, TBDs, and assumptions.
  • Generate the associated table of contents and table of figures.
  • Informally evaluate the plan against its:
    • Content and format standards.
    • Inspection checklists.
  • Iterate the plan as necessary.
  • Notify the safety inspection team that [cohesive parts of] of the plan are ready for inspection.
  • Maintain the plan.
• Update the safety compliance repository.

Techniques

Safety Program Planning is typically performed using the following techniques:

• Documentation content and format standards
• Document templates
• Document inspection checklists
• Logging

Work Products

Safety Program Planning typically results in the production of the following work products:

• Safety Program Plan:
  • Accident Frequency Categorization
  • Accident Severity Categorization
  • Safety Risk Categorization
• Safety Compliance Repository record

Guidelines

• The safety program plan must balance the needs for safety with the needs for productivity.