1.0 Purpose / Scope
This procedure defines the minimum requirements for Senior Management to demonstrate their commitment to the continual improvement of Environmental, Health & Safety Performance by conducting regular EH&S Walks at Visteon Facilities.
2.0 Activities Affected
All
3.0 Forms
Sample EH&S Walk Checklist
4.0 References
4.1 Legal and other requirements, including contractual or company specific requirements
4.2 VP-119 Manage Document Retention Policy
4.3 VP-116 Environment, Health & Safety Management System
5.0 Definitions
5.1 Internal audit – a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the EH&S Management System audit criteria set by the facility are fulfilled.
5.2 Nonconformity – a non-fulfillment of a requirement
5.3 Corrective Action – action to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity
5.4 Preventive Action – action to eliminate the cause of a potential nonconformity
6.0 Exclusions
None
7.0 Procedure
7.1 Facility Senior Management shall conduct EH&S Walks at periodic intervals, at least monthly.
7.2 The EH&S Walks shall particularly focus on:
7.2.1 Zero Tolerance for unsafe actions and conditions
7.2.2 General Housekeeping within Facility buildings and outside areas.
7.2.3 High hazard and impact areas and programs such as PMHV, ECPL, hot work permits, energy usage, and hazardous waste management
7.2.4 Full conformity with EH&S Legal and other requirements, procedures and work practices.
7.3 Records of EH&S Walks must be maintained and document the effectiveness of the Facility’s procedures and practices and the respective levels of conformity.
7.4 Documentation must be kept for a sufficient period to identify underlying causes of sub-standard conditions and acts and other non-conformities as well as to determine respective recurrences.
7.5 A review of the results of the EH&S Safety Walks shall be carried out by Senior Management and effective timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions shall be taken where necessary.
7.6 Issues that cannot be resolved within 24 hours or which present high risk should be entered and tracked in the DRS or equivalent CAR system.
8.0 General Rules None
9.0 Records
9.1 Records shall be retained consistent with EH&S Procedure VCEHS-4.4.4 EH&S Records & Documentation Management. Where record retention differing from that specified by VCEHS-4.4.4 is required for environmental, health and safety control purposes or specified by relevant legal / other requirements, records shall be retained as necessary for the effective operation of the EH&S Management System.