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1. Human Resource
Management
TENTH EDITON
© 2003 Southwestern College Publishing. All rights reserved.
PowerPoint Presentation
by Charlie Cook
Health, Safety, and Security
Chapter 15
SECTION 5
Employee
Relations
and
Global HR
Robert L. Mathis  John H. Jackson

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Learning Objectives
After you have read this chapter, you should be
able to:
– Define health, safety, and security and explain their
importance in organizations.
– Discuss several legal requirements affective health
and safety.
– Identify the basic provisions of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970.
– Describe the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) inspection and record-
keeping requirements.

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Learning Objectives (cont’d)
– Discuss the activities that comprise effective safety
management.
– Discuss three different workplace health issues and
how employers are responding to them.
– Explain the three levels of health promotion in
organizations.
– Discuss workplace violence as a security issue and
describe some components of an effective security
program.

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Health, Safety, and Security
 Health
– A general state of physical, mental, and emotional
well-being.
 Safety
– A condition in which the physical well-being of
people is protected.
 Security
– The protection of employees and organizational
facilities.

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Typical Division of Responsibilities:
Health, Safety, and Security
Figure 15–1

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Legal Requirements for Safety and Health
 Workers’ Compensation
– A legally-mandated insurance fund that provides
compensation to employees for work-related
injuries.
 Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
– Allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of
leave for their serious health conditions.
 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
– Employers attempting to return injured employees
to “light duty” work may undercut the essential
functions of the job.

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Workers’ Compensation Injuries
Figure 15–2
Source: Based on data from Liberty Mutual Group, in “Insurer Ranks
Leading Worker’s Comp Injuries,” National Underwriter, March 19, 2001, 7.

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Selected Child Labor Hazardous Occupations
Figure 15–3

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Occupational Safety and Health Act
 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
– Passed to assure safe and healthful working
conditions.
– Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) administers provisions of the Act.
– OSHA Enforcement Standards regulate equipment
and working environments:
• The “general duty” of employers to provide safe and
healthy working conditions.
• Notification and posters are required of employers to
inform employees of OSHA’s safety and health
standards.

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Private Industry Injury Rate
Figure 15–4
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2001.

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OSHA Provisions and Standards
Hazard
Communication
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Blood-borne
Pathogens
Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS)
Lock out/tag out regulations
Protection for workers exposed to blood
and other substances from AIDS
Hazard analysis, training, and provision of
PPE to employees
Cumulative Stress
Disorders (CTDs)
Protection from muscle and skeletal
injuries from repetitive tasks
Work Assignments
Protection for reproductive health and
refusal to perform unsafe work

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Guide to
Recordability of
Cases Under the
Occupational
Safety and Health
Act
Figure 15–5
Source: U.S. Department of
Labor Statistics, What Every
Employer Needs to Know About
OSHA Record Keeping
(Washington, DC: U.S.
Government Printing Office).

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OSHA Inspections
 On-the-Spot Inspections
– Compliance officers
– Marshall v. Barlow’s, Inc.
 Dealing with an Inspection
 Citations and Violations
– Imminent danger
– Serious
– Other than serious
– De minimis
– Willful and repeated

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Most Frequently Cited OSHA Violations
(General Industry, Non-Construction)
Figure 15–6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 2001. Available at www.osha.gov.

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Workplace Injuries by Employment Size
Figure 15–7
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2001.

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Approaches to Effective Safety Management
Figure 15–8

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Other Safety Issues
Employee
Motivation
and Incentives
Safety Policies
and Discipline
Safety
Committees
Safety Training
and
Communications
Employee and
Workplace
Safety

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Phases of Accident Investigation
Figure 15–9

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Health
Smoking
at Work
Substance
Abuse
Emotional/
Mental Health
Concerns
Workplace
Air Quality
Workplace
Health
Issues

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Common Signs of Substance Abuse
Figure 15–10

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Health Promotion Levels
Figure 15–11
Source: Developed by Kay F. Ryan (Nebraska Methodist College) and Robert L. Mathis
(University of Nebraska at Omaha). May not be reproduced without permission.

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Security
 Top Eight Security Concerns at Work:
– Workplace violence
– Internet/intranet security
– Business interruption/disaster recovery
– Fraud/white collar crime
– Employee selection/screening concerns
– General employee theft
– Unethical business conduct
– Computer hardware/software theft

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Profile of a Potentially Violent Employee
Figure 15–12

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Workplace Violence
Training in Detection
and Prevention
Domestic
Causes
Management
Responses
Workplace
Violence
Issues

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Security Management
Security
Audit
Controlled
Access
Computer
Security
Workplace
Security