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Safety Management Audit Training Database
Minerva James Ham Safety Design Award 2008
Mark D. Cicero
Research Question / Workplace Problem: How can employees be encouraged effectively to think about safety issues and come up with solutions
independently? Does the execution of repetitive tasks within the work environment increase a worker’s likelihood of unexpected injury? Can a company’s
day to day safety progress be quantified and tracked to yield meaningful results?
Audience: Employers and employees working in a manufacturing environment. Those responsible for promoting and teaching safe workplace practices.
Key Messages: The way in which a safety management audit training program works is on regular intervals (daily, weekly, biweekly etc.) each employee
will complete a safety audit form on some location within their workplace. The employee will complete the form, noting positive safety actions, potential
safety hazards or practices, as well as follow up items if something needs further attention. If the audit involves the actions of a fellow employee, then it is
suggested that a dialogue occur between the auditor and the employee discussing both the positive actions and the unsafe actions, if any. Once the auditor
signs the form and returns it to the appropriate personnel in the organization, the information will be entered into the database which can then be used to
produce a plethora of analytical results.
Methods / Approach:
Diagram / Graphs / Pictures
Conclusions
Education about safety issues
Increases awareness of safety
issues in the workplace
Regular auditing atmosphere
Creates a continually improving
and safe environment
SMAT Form
SMAT Database
Automated Reporting/Tracking
Identification of New Issues
Funding Source: CertainTeed Gypsum Inc.
Findings / Evaluation:
-The number of workers participating in the auditing process increased
steadily over the first 8 months of implementation
- Areas that were accident prone before the implementation recorded
less injuries as the number of SMATs increased in that area
- Follow up actions pertaining to unsafe conditions within the workplace
were eliminated quicker when the issues were entered into the
database
Cost effective and easy to
implement
Empowers workers to identify
safety issues independently
Allows for tracking and simplified
reporting