Secrets to Successful Joint Health

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Secrets to Successful Joint Health safety
CommitteesIAPA April 18, 2007

• Gary A. Higbee EMBA CSP
• Electrolab Training Systems
• Higbee Associates, Inc.
• 515-270-6623
• g.higbee_at_mchsi.com

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What we are going to do

• Introduction
• Frustration
• Safety Committees
• Organization
• Four Rs
• Duties
• Changing/Improving Safety attitudes
• Safety leadership

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Frustrations Of Safety Work

• Why is it so difficult to get support?

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Management Employee Areas of Influence
Interest

• Productivity
• Product or Service
• Quality
• Product Service
• Cost
• Labor, Material Overhead
• Safety
• Fines, Worker Compensation Insurance
• Self Insured
• Fixed Cost Multiplier
• Labor Issues

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Visibility of Productivity

• Very Visible Immediate
• Frederick Taylor Industrial Engineering and
  Time Management
• Examples
• Mowing the lawn
• Doing laundry
• Paving a road
• Fixing a stop light
• Making a product

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Visibility of Quality

• Very Visible Nearly Immediate
• Variable (Bad gt Great)
• Examples
• New car paint Fit
• Mowing the lawn
• Doing laundry
• Paving cracks
• Stop Light

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Visibility of Cost

• Very Visible and Nearly Immediate
• Reports Weekly Daily
• Comparisons History
• Numbers are published for all to see.

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Visibility of Safety

• Visible when Accident occurs
• Invisible unless trained to look for at risk
  situations and behavior
• Many incentives to work at risk
• Speeding
• Changing light bulb
• No one ever expects to get hurt
• No one wants anyone to be hurt

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Why Do Managers Employees Act The Way They Do?

• They understand production problems
• They understand quality problems
• They Understand Cost
• They do not understand safety issues unless
  someone is hurt or something is damaged.
• If they dont understand safety issues they can
  not justify any expense or support beyond
  reaction to a single event.

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Other Points of Frustration

• Most at risk activity is unintentional or the
  result of habit
• Positive Reinforcement of at risk activity is
  very strong
• Resistance to intervention (Courage to Intervene)
• Refusal to talk about human error

The tasks is difficult but very rewarding
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Safety Committee Development Points to Consider

• Define the purpose
• Developing duties and responsibilities
• Organizing the Committee
• Training and skill development
• Setting goals and measure results
• Motivating committees/coordinators
• Getting the best results

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What Do Your Safety Committees Do?

• Are You Effective?

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Some of the Things Safety Committees Do

• Review employee suggestions for workplace or job
  procedure improvements
• Take an active part in prioritizing safety
  related issues
• Plan and contribute to safety education
• Communicate safety information to other
  associates/employees

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What Safety Committees Do

• Identify problems, suggest solutions and help
  communicate
• Analyze accidents, evaluate performance and
  highlight areas for improvement
• Review work areas and specific jobs
• Identify and discuss ways to eliminate hazards
• Safety Observations Interventions

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Why Do You Want A Safety Committee?

• What is the purpose?
• Reactive
• Accident Investigation
• Emergency Response
• Proactive
• Safety Training
• Employee Involvement
• Create Safety Awareness
• Act as Safety Coordinator
• Auditors
• BBS Observers/Trainers (SafeStart-Stop-SafeTrack-B
  ST)

Unsafe Conditions vs. Unsafe Acts
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What Do You Want The Committee To Do?

• The duties and responsibilities must support the
  purpose.
• Example of purpose and responsibilities?
• Safety Education
• Organize the training WWWWH
• Conduct or Arrange

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Organization

• Meet regularly
• Number of members
• Keep it as small as possible
• Sub Committees (if necessary)
• Temporary work groups
• Representation
• Everyone
• Skill, location based
• Voluntary
• Careful here

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Committee Education

• Training Directed at Committee Purpose
• Intended to Develop Needed Skills
• On The Job Formal
• Example Safety Training
• Agenda Development
• Teaching Techniques For Adult Learners
• Logistics/Organization

Annual Safety Committee Thank You Training
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Goals Results

• Set goals Based on Purpose
• Must be measurable
• In Control of the Committee
• Improper Goal
• Reduce Recordable Rate 20
• Proper Goal
• Monthly Safety talks 96 Attendance

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The Four Rs

• Representation
• Employees must be represented
• Responsibility
• Committee Responsibilities must be clearly
  defined
• Rotation
• Try to get everyone on the committee
• Results
• Management is responsible for results Committee
  must propose cost effective opportunities.

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Changing or Improving Safety Attitude

• The most difficult task any Safety Committee
  member has to undertake!

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Unsafe Attitude

• Just a matter of chance
• It will never happen to me Im too strong, fast
  and smart to get hurt
• Company doesnt really care
• Cant get anything done working safely

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Safe Attitude

• Accidents have causes
• Safe work is efficient work
• Company is interested in safety and so are the
  people I work with
• Working safely is a skill
• People respect safe work habits

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Good Safety Attitude

• Associates and/or employees doing what they are
  supposed to, when they are supposed to do it, and
  wanting or willing to do it that way every time!

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Concept

• The bulk of compliance issues must be resolved
  before you will see a positive safety attitude in
  your associates or employees!

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What do we try to Change?

• We cant change attitude but we can change
  behavior and hope the attitude will change over
  time.

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We Need All The Resources We Can Muster

• Compliance Standards
• System Design
• Advanced Safety Awareness
• Advanced Safety Skills Development
• Observation Program
• Discipline

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Optimum
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Leadership Concepts

• Walk the talk
• Positive reinforcement
• Honor safe work
• Consistency
• Do not compromise
• What you ignore you authorize

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Safety Committees Should

• Be proud to serve
• Feel their jobs are important
• Stick to safety issues and activities
• Seek education and training
• Not make promises
• Support each other
• Get the big picture

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Remember

• Safety does not just happen!
• It takes a lot of work!

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Gary A. Higbee EMBA CSP
Gary has over 39 years of experience ranging from
working on the factory floor to upper management.
His first love is protecting the people and
resources that make this country great.

• Higbee Associates, Inc.
• Gary A. Higbee EMBA CSP
• 7167 Oak Crest Blvd.
• Johnston, Iowa 50131
• Office 515-270-6623
• g.higbee_at_mchsi.com

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