One of the most important responsibilities of an employer is to assure the safety and health of their workers by setting and enforcing standards and procedures; providing training/education; and encouraging continual improvement in the environment and workplace safety and health.
The appropriate level of environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) measures within a thermal spray facility can only be assured when certain minimum technical and structural measures are present, when the organizational measures are effective, and when all co-workers are appropriately aware, trained, and competent in their execution.
The purpose of a Management System is to establish policy and define the basic measures and requirements that must be implemented and maintained at a facility.  The Management System described in this paper deals with the most relevant operations of a thermal spray business and the respective laws and industrial standards to which the facility must comply.