Safety and Health Management Program

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Safety and Health Management Program
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Management commitment and employee involvement

• Clearly state policy
• Establish and communicate a clear goal for the
  program and objectives for meeting that goal
• Provide visible top management involvement

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Management commitment and employee involvement

• Assign and communicate responsibility for all
  aspects of the program
• Provide adequate authority and resources to
  responsible parties
• Hold managers, supervisors, and employees
  accountable

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Management commitment and employee involvement

• Post the organizations policy on the importance
  of worker safety and health so all employees can
  see it
• Hold meetings to communicate the policy and to
  discuss objectives with employees

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Management commitment and employee involvement

• Managers need to take an active part, personally,
  in the safety and health program activities
• Managers and supervisors must follow all safety
  requirements that employees must follow

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Management commitment and employee involvement

• Employees' special knowledge needs to be tapped.
  Employees
• make inspections
• conduct safety training
• help to investigate accidents
• Make clear assignments of responsibility for
  every part of the program

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Management commitment and employee involvement

• To get the job done, those with responsibility
  are given
• enough people
• on-the-clock time
• training
• enough money
• authority

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Management commitment and employee involvement

• Follow-up to make sure the job is done
• Take time, at least annually, to
• review what has been accomplished
• decide if new objectives or program revisions are
  needed

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Worksite analysis

• Conduct comprehensive worksite surveys
• Baseline
• Periodic

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Worksite analysis

• Analyze planned and new facilities, processes,
  materials and equipment
• Perform routine job hazard analyses

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Worksite analysis

• Request a consultation visit from your state
  Consultation Program
• Covers both safety and health
• Provides a full survey of existing hazards
• Identifies hazards that could develop

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Worksite analysis

• Expert help may be needed when operations are
  changed
• Changes must not introduce new hazards

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Worksite analysis

• Periodically look for hidden hazards in the
  equipment or procedures of each job
• Have a system to ensure hazard controls are
  working and that new hazards haven't appeared

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Worksite analysis

• Employees have a way to report things that look
  hazardous
• Conduct a thorough investigation when things do
  go wrong and someone gets sick or hurt

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Worksite analysis

• Look for patterns in injury and illness
  experience
• Initially, look back over several years
• Periodically, look back over several months

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Worksite analysis

• Look for patterns in injury and illness
  experience
• Identify patterns that are developing
• Identify patterns that can lead to further
  prevention

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Engineering controls where feasible and
  appropriate
• Safe work practices
• Personal protective equipment

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Administrative controls
• Set up safe work procedures and make sure
  employees understand them
• Enforce the rules for safe work procedures

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Provide personal protective equipment (PPE).
  Employees must know
• why they need it
• how to use it
• its limitations
• how to maintain it

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Regular equipment maintenance
• Plan for emergencies, including fire and natural
  disasters and drill everyone

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Have a medical program that
• fits the worksite
• involves nearby doctors
• involves nearby emergency facilities

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Medical personnel must be readily available for
  advice and consultation on matters of employee
  health

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• The emergency medical procedure needs to include
• handling injuries
• transporting ill or injured workers
• notifying medical facilities

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Medical facilities near the workplace are
  surveyed
• Arrangements are made for them to handle routine
  and emergency cases
• Employees know how to report injuries and illness

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• When the workplace is remote from medical
  facilities
• persons must be trained to render first- aid
• persons must be available to render first-aid
• adequate first-aid supplies must be readily
  available for emergency use

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• Emergency eyewash and shower facilities must be
  available
• battery charging stations
• maintenance operations
• laboratories
• heating and ventilation operations
• areas where corrosive materials are used or stored

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Actions necessary for hazard prevention control

• A local doctor or an occupational health nurse
  may be available on a part-time or as-used basis
  to advise on medical and first-aid planning

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Safety and health training

• Employees must understand that they
• are not expected to undertake a job until they
  have received instruction
• are not to undertake a job that appears unsafe

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Safety and health training

• Supervisors must understand their responsibility
  for
• analyzing work for potential hazards
• maintaining physical protections in their work
  area
• reinforcing employee training

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Safety and health training

• State consultant can recommend training
• Employees need training on
• every potential hazard that they could be
  exposed to
• how to protect themselves

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Safety and health training

• More attention to training is needed for
• new employees
• employees who are moving to new jobs

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Safety and health training

• Supervisors must be trained to
• recognize all the hazards in their area
• reinforce employee training with quick
  reminders and refreshers
• use disciplinary action, if necessary

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Safety and health training

• Responsibility and accountability rests with
• top management staff
• subordinate supervisory employees

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Document activities

• Safety and health recordkeeping
• Injury and illness records
• Exposure records
• Others

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Action plan

• Overall list of the major changes or improvements
  that are needed
• Specific plan on how to implement each major
  change or improvement

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Action plan

• Put the plan into action
• Communicate with employees
• Periodic review

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Action plan

• Documentation
• Assistance
• Summary

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