Every written safety program current, and in the hands of the people it protects.
For EHS and safety teams who own the written programs, plans and procedures. Each one approved, sent to the sites and crews it covers, and on record by person and by version.
Lockout/Tagout ProgramVersion 3.2Owned by Health & Safety
Drafted
Safety team
Baruch Spinoza, EHS manager
A new procedure for Press 4, updated isolation steps
29 Sep 2026
Step 1 · Operations
David Hume
Operations director
Approved1 Oct 2026
Step 2 · Maintenance
Iris Murdoch
Maintenance lead
Approved2 Oct 2026
Sent to everyone
Maintenance and press shop, 38 people
38 of 38
acknowledged version 3.2
The programs you own
Each hazard brings its own written program, and each program reaches a different crew, site or shift.
Health and safety policy
The statement of intent and arrangements, signed by leadership and known to everyone.
Emergency action
Evacuation, alarms and roles, reviewed with each person when they start and when the plan changes.
Hazard communication
Labels, safety data sheets and the chemical list, current at every site.
Lockout/tagout
Machine-specific procedures for the people who service the equipment.
Contractor safety
The rules contractors and visitors follow on your sites, acknowledged before they start.
Site and seasonal plans
Heat, cold, confined spaces and site-specific plans, each sent to the crews who need them.
Who asks to see them
Wherever you operate, inspectors, auditors and insurers ask the same question: is the written program current, and does every worker know it.
29 CFR 1910.38, 1910.147, 1910.1200
OSHA written programs
Emergency action, lockout/tagout and hazard communication each call for a written program, and inspectors ask for it first.
One program per hazard, sent to the crews it covers
Reviews on review dates
Training records attached as evidence
ISO 45001, clauses 5.2, 7.4
Occupational health and safety policy
The policy is documented, communicated within the organization and available to interested parties, with communication planned and on record.
The policy approved by top management
Communicated to every worker it covers
Available to contractors as external users
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 2(3)
Written health and safety policy, UK
Employers with five or more employees write the policy down, and share it, and every change to it, with their employees.
The written policy, approved and current
Every revision sent to all employees
Each acknowledgment by person and version
Wherever people work
Local safety rules
Countries, states and sites add their own rules, from heat plans to language requirements. Each gets its own plan beside the company program.
A plan for each site, state or country
Sent only to the people who work there
Each change goes out again
Bring your own rules
Your region’s laws, the standards your customers ask for, and your own house rules. Write each one as a policy, approve it, and send it to the people it covers.