Managing Workplace Safety and Health

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Chapter 16

• Managing Workplace Safety and Health

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Chapter 16 Overview

• Describe the extent of the employers
  responsibility to maintain a safe and healthy
  work environment
• Explain the reasons for safety and health laws
  the costs and obligations they impose on
  employees
• Identify the basic provisions of workers
  compensation laws and the Occupational Safety and
  Health Act
• Develop an awareness of contemporary health and
  safety issues, including AIDS, workplace
  violence, smoking in the workplace
• Describe the features of safety programs
  understand the reasons for and the effects of
  programs designed to enhance employee well-being

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Workplace Safety and the Law

• Workers Compensation
• Benefits to workers compensation
• Total disability benefits
• Impairment benefits
• Survivor benefits
• Medical expense benefits
• Rehabilitation benefits

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Workplace Safety and the Law

• The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
• OSHA A federal law that requires employers to
  provide a safe and healthy work environment,
  comply with specific occupational safety and
  health standards, and keep records of
  occupational injuries and illnesses.

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Workplace Safety and the Law

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Occupational Standards
• Variances
• Workplace Inspections
• Citations and Penalties

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Workplace Safety and the Law

• The Occupational Safety and Health Review
  Commission (OSHRC)
• The National Institute for Occupational Safety
  and Health (NIOSH)
• State Programs
• The Effectiveness of OSHA

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Managing Workplace Safety and Health

• Managing Contemporary Safety, Health, and
  Behavioral Issues

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Managing Workplace Safety and Health

• AIDS
• OSHAs involvement
• ADA and the managers role
• Violence in the Workplace
• Reducing assaults and threats
• Reducing threats from sabotage

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Key Components of OSHAs Bloodborne Pathogens
Standards
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Managing Workplace Safety and Health
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Smoking in the Workplace
Smoking tobacco might seem like a private matter
that should have nothing to do with the
workplace. However, a growing number of countries
are taking steps to limit smoking in public
places, including the workplace.
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Managing Workplace Safety and Health

• Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs)
• Ergonomics
• Hearing Impairment
• Fetal Protection, Hazardous Chemicals, and
  Genetic Testing

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Avoiding CTDs The Dos and Donts
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Safety and Health Programs

• Safety Programs
• They include the formation of a safety committee
  and participation by all departments within the
  company
• They communicate safety with a multimedia
  approach
• They use incentives, awards, and positive
  reinforcement to encourage safe behavior
• They communicate safety rules and enforce them
• They use safety directors and/or the safety
  committee to engage in regular self-inspection
  and accident research

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Managing Workplace Safety and Health

• Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
• Burnout A stress syndrome characterized by
  emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and
  reduced personal accomplishment.
• Wellness programs
• The rewards of good health habits

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Wellness Programs
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Summary and Conclusions

• Workplace safety and the law
• Managing contemporary safety, health, and
  behavioral issues
• Safety and health programs