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Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (I2P2)
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Why is an Injury and Illness Prevention Program
needed?

• Despite the best efforts of OSHA, employers,
  employees, and safety professionals
• 12 workers are killed every day (BLS)
• 4.1 million serious workplace injuries or
  illnesses each year
• Over 1 billion in direct costs every week
  (Liberty Mutual Insurance)

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What is an Injury and Illness Prevention
Program?

• Flexible, commonsense, proven tool to find and
  fix hazards before injuries, illnesses, or deaths
  occur
• Comprised of six core elements
• Flexibility in implementation
• Each of the elements can be adapted for an
  organizations size, industry sector, complexity
  of operations, workforce characteristics, etc.

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Injury and Illness Prevention Program Core
Elements

• Management leadership
• Assign responsibilities
• Set specific program goals
• Oversee program implementation
• Employee participation
• Provide input on program design and
  implementation
• Assist with hazard identification and control
• Report freely any safety and health concerns
• Participate in inspections and incident
  investigations

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Injury and Illness Prevention Program Core
Elements

• Hazard identification
• Review relevant information to identify potential
  or actual hazards
• Conduct inspections of the workplace
• Investigate injuries and illnesses to identify
  causes
• Hazard prevention and control
• Develop and implement hazard control plan
• Assign responsibilities, define schedules,
  monitor progress towards achieving control

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Injury and Illness Prevention Program Core
Elements

• Education and training
• How the program works
• How to identify hazards
• Procedures for reporting concerns without fear of
  retaliation or discrimination
• Employee/employer roles and responsibilities
• Program evaluation and improvement
• Review program periodically to evaluate its
  effectiveness
• Make necessary adjustments

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Industry Consensus Standards

• Industry voluntary standards
• OHSAS 18001 - Occupational health and safety
  management systems
• ANSI/AIHA Z10 - Occupational health and safety
  management systems

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U.S. State Experience

• 34 U.S. states require or encourage injury and
  illness prevention programs
• 15 states have mandatory regulations
• 16 states have voluntary guidance, consultation,
  and training
• Other states have financial incentives, including
  workers compensation premium reductions

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Other Federal Agency Activity

• Food and Drug Administration January 16, 2013,
  issued a Proposed Rule (78 FR 3646) to amend its
  regulation for Current Good Manufacturing
  Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based
  Preventive Controls for Human Food.

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Other Federal Agency Activity

• Federal Railroad Administration September 7,
  2012 issued a Proposed Rule (77 FR 55372) to
  require commuter and intercity passenger
  railroads to develop and implement a System
  Safety Program (SSP) to improve the safety of
  their operations.

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OSHAs White Paper

• What is an I2P2?
• How does it work?
• What are the benefits?
• What is the evidence they are effective?
• Where are they already used or required?
• Examples of implementation and value
• Available on OSHAs website

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OSHA I2P2 Rulemaking

• OSHA will initiate the SBREFA process soon.
• SBREFA will be followed by the publication of a
  proposed rule, a notice and comment period, and
  extensive public hearings.
• OSHA has not yet established a target date for
  issuing a proposed rule.

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Resources

• For the latest information about Injury and
  Illness Prevention Programs, visit OSHAs Safety
  and Health Topics Page at http//www.osha.gov/dsg/
  topics/safetyhealth/index.html
• White Paper
• Frequently asked Questions
• Success stories

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Injury and Illness Prevention Program Topics Page