Safety_and_Health_Program_Management

1. Safety and Health
Management
Program

2. 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
1a

3. 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 1b

4. Management commitment
and employee involvement
 Post the organization’s 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
1c

5. 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
1d

6. 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
1e

7. 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
1f

8. 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
1g

9. Worksite analysis
 Conduct comprehensive
worksite surveys
• Baseline
• Periodic
2a

10. Worksite analysis
 Analyze planned and new
facilities, processes, materials
and equipment
 Perform routine job
hazard analyses
2b

11. 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
2c

12. Worksite analysis
 Expert help may be needed
when operations are changed
 Changes must not
introduce new
hazards
2d

13. 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
2e

14. 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
2f

15. Worksite analysis
 Look for patterns in injury and
illness experience
• Initially, look back over several
years
• Periodically, look
back over several
months
2g

16. Worksite analysis
 Look for patterns in injury and
illness experience
• Identify patterns that are
developing
• Identify patterns that
can lead to further
prevention
2h

17. Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Engineering controls where
feasible and appropriate
 Safe work practices
 Personal protective
equipment
3a

18.  Administrative controls
 Set up safe work procedures
and make sure employees
understand them
 Enforce the rules for
safe work procedures
3b
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

19.  Provide personal protective
equipment (PPE). Employees
must know:
• why they need it
• how to use it
• its limitations
• how to maintain it
3c
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

20.  Regular equipment maintenance
 Plan for emergencies, including
fire and natural disasters
and drill everyone
3d
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

21.  Have a medical program that:
• fits the worksite
• involves nearby doctors
• involves nearby emergency
facilities
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
3e

22.  Medical personnel must be
readily available for advice and
consultation on matters of
employee health
3f
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

23.  The emergency medical
procedure needs to include:
• handling injuries
• transporting ill or injured
workers
• notifying medical
facilities
3g
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

24.  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
3h
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

25.  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
3i
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

26.  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
3j
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

27.  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
3k
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control

28. 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
4a

29. 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
4b

30. 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
4c

31. Safety and health
training
 More attention to training is
needed for:
• new employees
• employees who
are moving to
new jobs
4d

32. 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
4e

33. Safety and health
training
 Responsibility and
accountability rests with:
• top management staff
• subordinate
supervisory
employees
4f

34. Document activities
 Safety and health
recordkeeping
 Injury and illness records
 Exposure records
 Others
5a

35. Action plan
 Overall list of the major
changes or improvements that
are needed
 Specific plan on how to
implement each major
change or
improvement
6a

36. Action plan
 Put the plan into action
 Communicate with employees
 Periodic review
6b

37. Action plan
 Documentation
 Assistance
 Summary
6c