Steps to a Top-Notch Safety Program

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Steps to a Top-Notch Safety Program

• Presented by Michael Bell, Vice President
• Wallace Welch Willingham Inc.
• 300 First Avenue South 5th Floor
• St. Petersburg, FL 33701
• [phone], ext. 116
• mbell_at_w3ins.com

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The Steps to Developing and Implementing a
Top-Notch Safety Program

• Using OSHAs
• Four-Point Plan

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An Act

• Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
• Enacted by the Senate and House of
  Representatives of the United States of America
  to assure safe and healthful working conditions
  for men and women.
• A few shocking statistics
• 1971 Today
• 56 Million Workers 105 Million
  Workers
• 3.5 Million Workplaces 6.9 Million Workplaces
• 14 Thousand Deaths 5 Thousand Deaths

(p.1)
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General Duty Clause

• Allows OSHA to make up the rules as they go
  along!
• Seems Very Simple But Covers Everything! A Catch
  All

(p.2)
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Voluntary Guideline

• Good Faith Effort
• Employers are responsible for the following steps

(p.3)
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Guidelines

1. Implement policies, procedures and practices
   that protect employees from hazards.

(p.4)(a)(1)
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Guidelines - continued

1. A good program means that you are identifying,
   evaluating and preventing workplace hazards.

(p.4)(a)(2)
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Guidelines - continued

• Program must address all hazards, not just the
  OSHA standards. (general duty clause)
• You have to ask yourself the questions
• What are my hazards?
• How can my employees get hurt?

(p.4)(a)(3)
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Guidelines - continued

• A booklet is not a safety program
• OSHA is more concerned with what you are
  doing about safety
• than what your manual says you are doing!

(p.4)(a)(4)
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Management Commitment andEmployee Involvement

• Key ingredient to a Safety Program

WORKING TOGETHER!
(p.4)(b)
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Management Commitment andEmployee Involvement -
continued

• Safety often stalls in the boardroom because
  ideas never get handed down or enforced.
• Management MUST set examples for employees to
  follow.
• Managers need to be willing to allow the employee
  to take the time needed to complete a task the
  safe way.
• Safety Committees are required to be a blend of
  50 employer and at least 50 employee

(p.4)(b)(1)
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II. Worksite Analysis

• Hazard Identification
• You have to identify what your hazards are!

(p.4)(b)(1)
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II. Worksite Analysis Hazard Identification
continued

• Two Methods
• Internal
• Proactive Inspections
• Reviewing Loss Runs
• JSAs
• Committees
• Ask Employees
• Walk Through

(p.4)(b)(2)
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Worksite Analysis Hazard Identification
continued

• External
• Networking (talk to other safety people)
• Get to know the OSHA Regulations
• (e-tools at OSHAs website www.OSHA.gov)
• Check with State Partners
• (USF Safety)
• Magazines
• Insurance Carriers
• Local Police and Fire Department
• Seminars

(p.4)(b)(2)
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III. Hazard Prevention and Controls

• Hazard Abatement
• We have to either reduce or eliminate hazards
  through abatement!

(p.4)(b)(3)
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Hazard Abatement - continued

• Safety should be involved in purchasing to help
  control hazards
• Engineering Controls Machine Guarding
• Administration Controls Training
• PPE Personal Protective Equipment

(p.4)(b)(3)
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IV. Safety and Health Training

• Training
• Bring to a personal level!

(p.5)(b)(4)
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IV. Safety and Health Training - continued

• Teach everybody their role in safety.
• Start with management and work your way down the
  ladder.

(p.5)(b)(4)
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IV. Safety and Health Training - continued

• Three Types of Training
• Initial
• Refresher
• As needed (usually one-on-one in the field)

(p.5)(b)(4)
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IV. Safety and Health Training - continued

• You must be able to prove in writing.
• Document! Document! Document!

(p.5)(b)(4)
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TEAM WORK!!

• Encourage Employees Involvement for better
  participation.
• Employees are more likely to help administer and
  police rules that they help to implement.

(p.5)(c)(iv)
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How Safe Is Your Workplace?

• A safety program is a Living Program it is not
  just a book or a piece of paper
• Conducting Safety and Health Assessments

Parameter Walk-Through Inspection Audit
What Facility Departments Safety and Health Program
Who Safety Personnel Departmental Personnel Outside personnel
When Daily Routinely Non-Routinely
Why Identify and abate unsafe behaviors and conditions Compliance with safety policies and regulation Effectiveness and comprehensiveness of Safety and Health Program
(p.5)(viii)(AB)
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Job Safety Analysis

• JSA is an effective method of reviewing the steps
  of a job to eliminate hazards

(p.5)(viii)(c)
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Job Safety Analysis

• Prioritizing the JSAs in your company
• Frequency rate of injuries
• High risk
• New or changed jobs
• Jobs that a lot of people do
• Most jobs can be written up in ten steps.
• The fewer the better.

(p.5)(viii)(c)
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Hazard Report Form

• Employees must believe that management will take
  them seriously

Needs to be a comfortable process!
(p.5/6)(iii)
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Hazard Prevention and Control

• Key Difference Between Unsafe Behavior and
  Unsafe Conditions

Unsafe Conditions Pertains to the workplace conditions Cost more because it requires a change in the workplace conditions
Unsafe Behavior Pertains to attitudes, behavior and training issues This can be fixed with little to no out-of-pocket expense
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What does it really take to motivate employees
to Think Safety and Act Safely?

• Understanding the Many Reasons Why Unsafe
  Behavior Occurs
• Lax safety culture
• Lack of understanding
• Environmental conditions
• Other reasons
• Lazy, Macho, Peer Pressure,
  Competitiveness, Physical Limitations, Day
  Dreaming, Not Paying Attention, Attitudes,
  Horseplay, Complacency, Short Cuts, etc.., etc,
  etc.

(p.6)(ii)(C)