Enhancing health and safety management systems

Risk Management Maturity Model

A H&S management system provides the framework to enable consistent and predictable H&S performance. It includes defined methods to keep people safe and a means for managing significant risks.

CRL Ltd uses the Risk Management Maturity Model (RM3) to assess its H&S management systems. RM3 has built-in mechanisms to continue pushing the envelope, using 26 individual H&S indicators to identify opportunities to learn and improve how H&S outcomes are delivered. This provides a common platform to identify safety improvements, and to drive excellent H&S outcomes with our suppliers.

Assessment is made against five maturity levels for each H&S indicator. They range from 'adhoc' through to 'excellent'. The results can be used to objectively identify management strengths and weaknesses and to support focused improvements.

Under RM3 the project will continue to review and improve its H&S systems while delivering welldefined, consistent and replicable outcomes that can be externally verified. We want our people to know what the expected outcomes are, what they are responsible for, and to work together to continue achieving H&S excellence with no gaps, overlap, or duplication.

CRL Ltd and its construction partner Link Alliance completed the project's third annual independent RM3 assessment in 2022. The assessment included interviews, reviews of safety plans and procedures, and on-site observations.

The project achieved a level 3/5 (Standardised) in all areas, with level 4/5 (Predictable) achieved in 11 areas. This means that 'good practice has been synthesised into standard processes'. The RM3 assessment identified areas of strength, for example governance, organisational structure and control of contractors and where further improvements can be made for the maturity of safety management systems. These include emergency planning, competence management and incident investigation.

CRL Ltd and its construction partners developed a targeted 12-month improvement programme based on the assessment's findings. The next assessment will be in June 2023 and will review progress.

Weighted average of CRL Ltd and its construction partners' RM3 results