Semper Opera, Dresden

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Semper Opera, Dresden
BGAG
Improving poor OSH by a Safety Management System
Dr. Thomas Kohstall, Dr. Andreas
Lüdeke www.hvbg.de/bgag
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Main tasks of the Institute Work and Health
BGAG
Qualification measures
Research
Consultancy
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Topics

• The German system of statutory accident insurance
  and prevention

• A current study on Safety Management System in a
  company

• Safety Management System as a value driver

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Employers liability
Employers
Employees
No claims
BGen
Entitlement to benefits
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The Berufsgenossenschaften cover

• All employees are compulsorily insured
• Occupational accidents
• Commuting accidents
• Occupational diseases

Who?
What?
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The suitable means of the Berufsgenossenschafte
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Funding of the insurance system

• The employers pay contributions.
• The level of contributions depend on
• degree of risk in the company (risk class)
• size of staff salaries and wages
• number, severity and costs of accidents leading
  to a supplement or rebate (bonus-malus-system).

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• The German system of statutory accident insurance
  and prevention

• A current study on Safety Management System in a
  company

• Safety Management System as a value driver

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Introduction to the Role of Safety Management

• health and safety in the workplace is a
  management task
• occupational safety and health can significantly
  enhance the productivity of a company
• one strong preventive approach is to minimise
  operational disruptions

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Costs caused by operational disruptions

• Actual study concerning Calculation of
  downtime costs caused by operational disruptions
• A cluster analysis shows three types of
  companies
• those which felt motivated to get involved with
  OSH activities,
• those which had a neutral attitude and
• those which did not feel motivated to get
  involved with OSH activities.

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Implementation of a Safety Management System
all companies
OHS-motivated
neutral
OHS-unmotivated
Health promotion
OHS acceptance through employee
Integration in working process
Significance of OSH
OSH as a management function
n 4
n 30
n 13
n 13
1 explicit consent 5 no consent
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Integrated OSH into workplace processes

• Reasons for taking OSH measures in motivated
  companies
• reducing the number of accidents,
• seeing OSH as part of the corporate culture,
• raising employees motivation,
• enhancing the companys image,
• improving product quality.

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Safety management as part of an integrated
management system
Safety management plays a role in the following
issues, for example

• selection of personnel,
• purchasing,
• housekeeping,
• quality of the product or service (need for
  reworking or rejection) and
• management of dangerous substances.

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Implementation of a Safety Management System

• Step 1 Adapt company policy in line with the
  Safety Management System, consult with employees,
  provide adequate resources to implement the
  policy and monitor its success.

Step 2 Analyse current employee behaviour and
workplace conditions.
Step 3 Define safety and health objectives and
the indicators to monitor the objectives
progress.
Step 4 Determine specific organisational and
technical measures plus training measures.
Step 5 Monitor and review the effectiveness of
the policy and the whole system.
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Management Circle
Policy
Continuous Improvement
Planning
Management Review
Implementation and Operation
Checking and Corrective Action
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• The German system of statutory accident insurance
  and prevention

• An current study on Safety Management System in a
  company

• Safety Management System as a value driver

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Advantages of a Safety Management System

• Improved workplace atmosphere
• higher performance of employees
• higher product quality
• Reduction in illness and absenteeism
• higher productivity
• less sick pay

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Costs for implementing a Safety Management System

• Implementation costs
• External consulting if required
• Training (internal and external) of one or more
  employees
• Costs of meetings and consultations with the
  managers and employees involved
• Costs of internal auditing.

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Safety Management System as a Value Driver

• Occupational safety and health serves to prevent
  occupational accidents ? to eliminate hazards and
  disruptions ? this improves the work processes

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Occupational safety and health serves to prevent
occupational disease ? to avoid future human
suffering ? this reduces rehabilitation and
compensation costs
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Operational disruptions

• HR-related disruptions, e.g. absenteeism due to
  accidents or illnesses,
• material-related disruptions, e.g. due to the
  input material not being of the correct quality,
• operational disruptions, e.g. due to machine
  failures and
• logistics disruptions, e.g. if urgently needed
  supplies are in an HGV in a traffic jam on the
  motorway and the machinery and workers thus have
  nothing to do.

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Results

• Safety Management has aspects
• It promotes occupational safety and health for
  employees and it makes companies more profitable.
• Safety management is a meaningful addition to the
  tool box of safety and health at the workplace.

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Safety Management System in a Total
Management Thank you very much for your
attention! See you in Dresden