04) Context

If further information of Ballard UK's HSM Context is required, this can be found in HSM114_BMS Health and Safety Management Scope & Context and in HSM159_BMS Interested Parties.

Otherwise there is HSM056_BSM Health and Safety Management System which forms part of BMS's Occupational Health & Safety Training day.

Note: work is underway in 2022 to integrate Ballard UK's HSM in to the global Ballard HSM.

The Purpose of the Health & Safety Management System (HSM) is to:

• • actively eliminate hazards and minimise health & safety risks

  • implement levels of control that match the risk level

  • satisfy legal and other requirements

  • build an engaged and participating workforce actively contributing to health & safety performance

  • ensure continual improvement

The general context of the organisation is described in Integrated Management System (IMS) - Context

The H&S Management System has been certified by British Standards Institute to ISO45001.

Ballard UK

The total scope of Ballard UK's Health & Safety Management System covers all of its activities: "The provision of systems engineering specialising in fuel cells, hydrogen and other clean energy technologies’" 

• • Engineering - design, build & test, product development

  • Production - manufacture

  • Fleet - product support, maintenance

  • Market Creation - Education workshops, demonstrations

Ballard UK HSM processes