title: Health, safety, and environmental management system operation in contracting companies: A case study.
abstract: Systematic and cooperative interactions among parent industry and contractors are necessary for a successful health, safety, and environmental management system (HSE-MS). This study was conducted to evaluate the HSE-MS performance in contracting companies in one of the petrochemical industries in Iran during 2013. Managers of parent and contracting companies participated in this study. The data collection forms included 7 elements of an integrated HSE-MS (leadership and commitment; policy and strategic objectives; organization, resources, and documentation; evaluation and risk management; planning; implementation and monitoring; auditing and reviewing). The results showed that mean percentage of the total scores in seven elements of HSE-MS was 85.7% and 87.0% based on self-report and report of parent company, respectively. In conclusion, this study showed that HSE-MS was desirably functioning; however, improvement to ensure health and safety of workers is still required.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Occupational Health , School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Parvin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nassiri
authors.affiliation: b Occupational Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Rasoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yarahmadi
authors.affiliation: b Occupational Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Pari Shafaei
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Gholami
authors.affiliation: c Kharazmi Company, Bandar Imam Petrochemical , Mahshar , Iran.
authors.forename: Abdolamir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamidi
authors.affiliation: d Hooman Research Collaborators Institute , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Roksana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mirkazemi
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D032982:Contracts; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007492:Iran; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000592:standards*; D000066388:Oil and Gas Industry; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012308:Risk Management
keywords: Contractors; Iran; environmental management system (HSE-MS); evaluation; health; petrochemistry; safety