HSSE Practices and Management-Drawing Up a National Curriculum

Adebiyi Adeleke Adeosun

HSE Practices and Mgt.- In the past• Production vs. Security vs. Safety• HSE was seen as supporting the business • Most HSE issues were merely welfarism• HSE Officers started as Fire/Safety Wardens• Socio-Cultural and Religious conflict with safety• Poor National Safety Culture- values, attitudes• Laws were generally inadequate nor enforceable • Regulators had no enough teeth and competence

for enforcement• Most employees depended on trade unions to get

HSE implemented

Background - Statistics

The following is true of the Nigerian populace today:

• About 80% of Nigerians are Safety illiterates.

• Safety education is conspicuously absent in our school curriculums

• Our road accident statistics shows that more lives would be saved if most people at accident scenes

had some basic First aid skills

• Most people are ignorant of the effects of their actions on the environment e.g. Deforestation, Desertification, Water Pollution, Waste disposal etc

The Result-Safety Incidents in Nigeria

• Cocoa House Ibadan• Net Building, Lagos• Nov. 2002: Skypower Aviation Handling Co. - 4 died,

billions lost.• Dec. 2002: NNPC Lagos office Fire – millions lost.• Sept. 2002: West African Rubber Product Co. - 20

locked up and died in factory fire• Feb. 2003: Golden Guinea Breweries – 2 died in

factory explosion.• May 2004 – Emzor Pharm – Lost whole production

line in factory fire

Safety Incidents in Nigeria• Feb 2005 – Maryland Lagos – Petrol Tanker ran into

commuter, killing 17 • Feb 2005 – Mega Plaza Shopping Centre – Whole floor

burnt in night fire, millions lost• Feb 2005 – Ikeja Lagos – Wahum Battery Fire, spilling

chemicals and heat which affected neighbours• March 2006 – Stallion House, Lagos – Lost top 2 floors• Super Plastic Factory in Ikorodu – Loss of an estimated

100 lives as a result of factory fire• Jesse Petroleum Product fire• Atlas Cove Petroleum Product Fire• Abule Egba Fire Accidents

Regulation – In the past

• Failure of self regulation by industry- Multinational double standards

• Consultative rather that adversarial regulation• Multiple regulatory regime• Lack of required competence to drive regulation• Lack of Political will by government• Government ownership of business• Whistle swallowing rather than whistle blowing by

regulators

Now............

The Paradigm Shift..........

• HSE is the business• Proactive HSE culture especially in oil and gas• 90% of key competence still in oil and gas -

Why– Nature– Reputation– Multinational outlook– “NIMBY”-Commercial Greenhouse

The Commercial Greenhouse

Business

Commercial Environment

Natural/Social Environment

The commercial environment is leaky to environmental cost, however the natural/social environment is reflecting the environmental cost of doing business back to business

New National OH and S Legislation

• Change of title from Factories Act to Occupational Safety & Health Laws modeled after the European Six packs.

• Scope: all workplaces are included, and not just Factories alone.

• Establishment of a Council to be headed by an Executive Secretary and a Governing Board of the Council headed by a part time chairman.

The Road Map – From Laggers to Leaders

Reactive Culture- Hit or Miss/Adhoc Fire Brigade- Blame

Intermediate Culture- Personal responsibility- No structure/program

Proactive Culture-Systemic and Integrated

Regenerative Culture- Continual Improvement- Continuous Improvement

Current Competence/Skills

• Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals• NEBOSH• British Safety Council• World Safety Organisation (WSO)• ISO Programmes

Curriculum Content-Complete Safety Programs• On the Job Safety Program

– Workplace Safety– Occupational and Industrial Health and Hygiene– Fire Safety– Environmental Health– Emergency Response– First Aid– Ergonomics

• Off the Job Safety Program– Domestic Safety

Industrial/Private Sector HSE Competence Requirement

• Management- HSE MS (Planning, Implementation and Review)

• Operations- HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, Risk Assessment, JSA, PTW, Risk

Awareness,

• Logistics– Logistic Safety, Manual Handling, HAZMAT......

• General Administration– Basic Office Safety,

The National HSE Competence Program-Elements of the Curriculum

• National Policy on HSE Competence – West African Regional HSE Competence Hub

• The creation of a National Standard with the NISP and NES

• The Implementation of the New National Occupational Health and Safety Regulation

• The Introduction of HSE into school curriculum at all levels

• Implementation of a National HSE Mgt Competence Programs for Emergencies- NOSDRA and NESREA

• Implementation of the Local Agenda 21 for HSE MS at the public sector and its competence requirement

• The

The National HSE Competence Program-Elements of the Curriculum

Awareness Raising

Training to support the process

Different competency may be required at different point in the process

• design and development

• implementation

• operation

Competence Stages

Unconscious Incompetence

Conscious Incompetence

Conscious Competence

Training/Awareness Raising

Regular Reinforcement

Reactive Culture- Hit or Miss/Adhoc Fire Brigade- Blame

Regenerative Culture- Continual Improvement- Continuous Improvement

Competence Development through curriculum

Thank you !