Transcript Managing Safety

Harold Gribow, MS, CSP, ARM
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Introduction
• We've been managing safety according
to OSHA regulations for about 40 years
• In the late 1960's - estimates showed
over 14,000 occupational fatalities
• So how are we doing now?
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US Occupational Fatalities – 2010P
Number of Fatalities – 4,547 (4,551)
Transportation – 1,766 (1,795)
Violence – 808 (837)
Contact with objects or equipment – 732 (741) (struck by or caught in/between)
Falls – 635 (645)
Fires/Explosions – 187 (113)
Electrical – 163 (170)
Arizona Occupational Fatalities – 2010P
Number of Fatalities – 75 (76)
Transportation – 27 (32)
Violence – 24 (10)
Falls – 9 (11)
Contact with objects or equipment – 8 (12)
Harmful substances or environment - 7 (5)
(Electrical – at least 3)
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What else do we need to do?
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Introduction
• Research indicates benefits to
companies who establish effective
worker safety and health programs:
– Reduction in fatalities
– Reduction in the extent and severity of
work-related injuries and illnesses
– Improved employee morale
– Higher productivity
– Reduced workers’ compensation costs
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Exemplary Workplaces
• Common characteristics of effective safety and
health programs:
– Assignment of responsibility to managers,
supervisors, and workers
– Regular inspections to control hazards
– Employee training and orientation for the
recognition and avoidance of hazards
– Rewards that make safe behavior desirable
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Safety and Health
Program Guidelines
• As the size of the workplace increases so does
the need for a formalized written program
• But, the program effectiveness is more
important than “In Writing”
• OSHA published "Voluntary Safety and Health
Management Guidelines"
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Safety and Health
Program Guidelines
• The Guidelines go beyond specific requirements of
the law to focus on all hazards including behavioral
hazards of people
• The following elements are taken from the ‘Safety
and Health Voluntary Guidelines - 1989’
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Elements of an Effective
Safety and Health Program
1. Management Leadership and
Employee Involvement
2. Worksite Analysis
3. Hazard Prevention and Control
4. Safety and Health Training
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Element #1
Management Commitment
and Employee Involvement
Management Commitment
• Motivating force and resources
• Safety and health is a fundamental value
Employee Involvement
• Workers develop and express their own
commitment to safety and health, for
themselves and fellow workers
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Management Commitment
• Safety and health policy statement
• Clear program goals and objectives,
and reinforcement of success
• Visible involvement from management
• Leadership
• Motivation
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Management Commitment
• Assigns safety and health responsibilities
• Provides adequate authority to responsible
personnel
• Holds managers, supervisors and employees
accountable for meeting their responsibilities
“What gets measured is what gets done”
-Dan Petersen, Ed.D., P.E., CSP
-Safety Management – A Human Approach
• Provides reinforcement for safe behavior
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Employee Involvement
• Management commitment and employee involvement
complement one another
• Management provides the motivating force and resources
for safety and health programs
• Employee involvement provides workers opportunities to
develop and express their own commitment to the safety
and health program
• Employees will work toward a goal that satisfies their needs
(Abraham Maslow - Motivation and Personality, 1954)
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Employee Involvement
• Active role for employees:
– Workplace inspections
– Hazard analysis
– Development of safe work rules
– Training of co-workers & new
hires
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Element #2
Worksite Analysis
Involves 5 major actions:
• Comprehensive survey of facility
• Analyses of planned changes
• Routine job hazard analyses (JHA)
• Regular site safety inspections
• Accident and "near hit" investigations
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Element #3
Hazard Prevention and Control
• Systems used to eliminate or control
hazards include:
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Engineering controls
Administrative controls
Work practice controls
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Personal protective equipment
• Emergency planning
• Medical programs including first aid and
emergency care
• Early Return to Work programs
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Element #4
Safety and Health Training
Types of training include:
• Orientation training
• Hazard recognition training
• Training required by OSHA standards
• Emergency response training
• Accident investigation training
see OSHA 2254 - Training Requirements in
OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines
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Safety and Health Training
• Orientation training
• Training required by OSHA Standards
before an employee is assigned to work
• Hazard Communication
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Employee emergency or fire plans
Personal Protective Equipment
Control of Hazardous Energy
Powered Industrial Trucks
• Electrical Safe Work Practices
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Safety and Health Training
• Hazard recognition training
• All employees must be trained to work
safely in all hazardous work areas
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Safety and Health Training
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Training required by OSHA standards
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Occupational health
Fall protection
Excavations
Work-zone safety
• Machine guarding
• Flammable and combustible liquids
• Fire extinguishers
• Bloodborne pathogens
• Etc., etc., etc….
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Safety and Health Training
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Emergency response training
• Alarm systems
• Evacuation vs. shelter-in-place
• Fighting fires
• Spills and releases
• Emergency services
• Medical
• Fire
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Safety and Health Training
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Accident investigation training
• What incidents to report
• When to report injuries or illnesses
• How to report
• Who will take the report
• The accident investigation process
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Safety and Health Training
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Emergency drill training
• Fire drills
• Other disaster drills
• Security breaches
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Regulatory Concerns
 OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited
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Hazard Communication
Fall protection
Machine guarding
Excavations
Scaffolds
Powered Industrial Trucks
Ladders
Personal Protective Equipment
Recordkeeping (OSHA 300)
Training documentation
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The Benefits of a Successful
Safety & Health Program
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Employee morale is improved
Trained workers remain on the job
The business remains as efficient as ever
Business profitability is unaffected by injury
costs and the impact of uninsured costs of
accidents
• OSHA citation costs are minimized
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Beyond all the Regulations...
• We all need to actively care...
• Actively caring behavior in an organization
increases directly with the number of employees
(including managers) who view their coworkers
as "family"
E. Scott Geller, Ph.D.,
People-Based Safety The Source, 2005
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Questions ?
Thank you for your attention
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