Getting Beyond Compliance With Safety, Health and Environment Management

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Getting Beyond Compliance With Safety, Health and
Environment Management
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Injury Illness Prevention Program (I2P2)

• OSHA intends I2P2 to be a regulation that will
  cover all manner of hazards, including those that
  are
• currently regulated, and
• recognized but not regulated

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What Would I2P2 Involve?

• Management duties
• Employee participation
• Hazard identification and assessment
• Hazard prevention and control
• Education and training
• Program evaluation and improvement

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Management Commitment

• Identify the people responsible for implementing
  the program
• Visibly support the program

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Employee Participation

• Intended to ensure communication with employees
• Multiple ways to implement
• Safety committees
• Means to report hazards without fear of reprisal,
  such as suggestion boxes, reporting hotlines,
  etc.

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Hazard Identification and Assessment

• Comprehensive surveys
• Management of change analyses
• Job hazard analyses

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Hazard Identification and Assessment

• Hierarchy of controls
• Engineering - Eliminating hazards through design,
  enclosure of hazards, barriers or local
  ventilation
• Administrative
• Personal protective equipment

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Hazard Prevention and Control

• Scheduled periodic inspections to identify unsafe
  conditions and work practices
• Hazard correction tracking
• Safe work procedures
• Disciplinary programs

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Hazard Prevention and Control

• Preventive maintenance
• Emergency preparations
• Accident investigation to determine root cause
• Employee hazard reporting
• Trend analysis of data collected

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Education and Training

• Documented training on hazards and their controls
• Measure the workers understanding of the
  effectiveness of the training

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Program Evaluation and Improvement
Forcing the program to be evaluated will ensure
it is not just a paper program left collecting
dust on the shelf, and that the program is
implemented
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Resources

• OSHA Voluntary Protection Program
• OSHA Safety and Health Achievement Recognition
  Program (SHARP)
• OSHA Challenge Program

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Resources

• ANSI/AIHA Z10
• OHSAS 18001
• State laws that require written injury and
  illness prevention programs

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