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Safety is a process, and as such, needs to be managed. This section offers resources to create a viable safety program, sell it to senior management, train supervisors and employees in using it, and then track and report your progress. Look also for ways to advance your own skills in these areas, both for your current job, and those that follow.
Looking for improvements in your safety programs? Who isn’t? Here’s a synopsis of OSHA’s strategic map for change and continuous improvement. Obtain top management commitment. Top managers must be on board. If they are not, safety and health will compete against core business issues such as production and profitability, a battle that will almost always […]
Safety committees differ from industry to industry and workplace to workplace. But certain characteristics are common for success At a minimum, a safety committee should perform four critical functions for your organization: 1. Analyze accident investigation reports and determine root causes. The committee is not the judge and jury on accident investigation, but it does […]
Safety committees are a boon to the workplace—if they’re properly established and managed. How do you implement a safety committee that works for you and not against you? How do you create a committee that works to your advantage without generating more complaints rather than solving problems? To lay the foundation for a successful safety […]
It’s not only unsafe conditions that cause workplace slips, trips, and falls, says one safety expert, but also human factors, which your safety team as well as frontline supervisors need to take into account. Human factors can play a major role in workplace slips, trips, and falls, according to Chris Miranda, founder of Mac Safety, […]
by Michael D. Lawrence, Summit Safety Technologies Today’s guest author, Michael Lawrence, is principal of Summit Safety Technologies, based in Long Beach, California. Lawrence is a safety manager, technical trainer, and instructional designer, and has been training adult workers and safety professionals for many years. Each year in the United Sates, falls consistently account for […]
Employers must take into account situations in which employees work alone, consider the hazards specific to their worksites, and develop and adopt effective health and safety policies procedures to address these hazards. At a minimum, safety policies and procedures for solo workers should include the following issues: Safe work procedure. Employers should develop a standard […]
Many workers now perform their tasks at worksites other than those owned or operated by their employers. In these situations the employer remains primarily responsible for ensuring that employees have safe and healthful workplaces. In the minerals industry, we work with people who have a range of different attitudes toward safety and how much risk […]
Yesterday, we reported the high cost of unhealthy workers and then segued into two of four key program and policy areas for improving worker health and reducing costs recommended by NIOSH. Today, we cover the remaining two areas. 3. Program Implementation and Resources Be willing to start small and scale up. Although an overall employee […]
It’s reported that unhealthy workers cost employers billions every year. NIOSH has some ideas for developing programs and policies that can improve worker health and cut costs. Full-time workers in the United States who are overweight or obese and have other chronic health conditions miss about 450 million more days per year than healthy workers. […]
Which EHS activities should you focus on when developing reliable metrics? It depends on your goals and what you want to accomplish. The items listed here provide some examples. Here are some suggestions from Michael D. Lawrence, who presents the BLR webinar "EHS Metrics: How To Measure What Matters Most To Drive Safety In Your […]