Supervisor role in safety As per OISD 154,for oil and gas industry's

1. SAFETY Role of Superviser

2. Training Topics
• Importance of accident prevention
• Your role as a supervisor
• Inspiring safe behavior
• Training your team
• You set the example!
• Hazard Assessment and Control
• Accident investigation
• Summary
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3. Importance Of Accident Prevention
Loss of production
Accident prevention costs
Re-training costs
Equipment /material damage
Lower morale
Pain and suffering
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4. • Supervisors play a key role
• Supervisors must handle many challenges
• This session reviews these practices to assist
you as a supervisor
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Your Role As A Supervisor!

5. Basic Safety Philosophy
• Every Incident can be avoided.
• No Job is worth getting hurt for.
• Every job will be done safely.
• Incidents can be managed.
• Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility.
• Safety/Best manufacturing practices
• Safety standards, procedures and practices
must be developed.
• Training- Everyone must understand AND meet
the requirements.
• Working Safely is a Condition of Employment

6. Benefits of a Zero Incident Safety Policy
• Safety standards are communicated to all employees.
• Responsibilities for implementing standards are understood and accepted
• Records will document how standards and Best Management Practices
are met.
• Internal management control
• Cost Avoidance
• Improved Quality
• Better Productivity
• Team Building
• Unsafe behavior stands out
• Unsafe behavior is Unacceptable
• Safe Work is influenced through peer pressure
• Consistent planning and task execution

7. • Training your team
• Communicating with
• Role Modeling
• Enforcing the rules
• Coaching your team
• Conducting hazard assessments
• Conducting accident investigations
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Your Role In Accident Prevention

8. Leaders….
• Earn respect
• Respect others
• Are trustworthy
• Communicate clearly
• Provide constructive feedback
• Plan and follow-up
• Develop “people skills”
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Inspiring Safe Behaviors

9. Creating A Safety Culture
• Organizational systems
• Policies and procedures
• Hiring practices
• Training practices
• Physical Environment
• Hazards
• Facilities
• Tools and equipment
• People
• Norms
• Skills and knowledge
• Team characteristics
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10. Coaching Your Team
• Establish clear expectations
• Recognize good performance and behavior
• Council performance and behavior that does not meet
expectations
• Focus on behaviors and not on attitudes
• Role model performance and behavior
• Ask for improvement ideas
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11. Training Your Team
• Be prepared
• Explain what in it for your trainee
• Provide context… how does what they are learning fit into the
“big picture”
• Put task into digestible chunks
• Practice, practice, practice!
• Provide on-going feedback
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12. • Speaks clearly
• Organized
• Approachable
• Patient
• Uses a consistent approach
• Reads their participant(s)
• Knowledgeable
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The Characteristics of a Good Trainer
• Prepared
• Flexible
• Good listener
• Positive attitude
• Makes others feel
comfortable
• Gives positive feedback
• Confident

13. Remember…
I do it normal,
I do it slow,
You do it with me,
Then off you go!
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14. You Set The Example
• Follow all the rules
• Encourage all management to follow all the rules.
• The “little things” count as much as the “big things”
• No exceptions
• Be consistent and don’t play favorites
• Your team will watch you and if your words don’t match your
deeds will ignore your words!
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15. TO be ensured
• Recognition and Awards
• Audits and Surveillances
• Incident Reporting & Investigation
• Lessons Learned
• General Safety SOP’s- Lets discuss

16. Ensure that employees know how to use and
maintain personal protective equipment (PPE)

17. Protecting Employees
from Workplace Hazards
• Employers must protect employees from hazards
such as falling objects, harmful substances, and
noise exposures that can cause injury.
• Employers must:
– Use all feasible engineering and work practice
controls to eliminate and reduce hazards.
– Use personal protective equipment (PPE) if the
controls don’t eliminate the hazards.
• PPE is the last level of control!

19. Hazard Assessment And Control
• Effective Safety and Health Management Systems have a
procedure that is used to identify, assess and control safety and
health hazards. The results of hazard analyses are considered
in determining:
• Interim Measures
• Engineering Controls
• Administrative Controls
• Personal Protective Equipment
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20. Hazard Assessment
• A Hazard Assessment is a written,
formal appraisal of the safety
risks that exist within a
workplace.
• A Hazard Assessment is often
performed by the safety team
during a walk-through.
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21. Job Safety Analysis
• A Job Safety Analysis is an
organized approach that involves
the worker and supervisor or
safety technician taking the
following steps:
• Observing the task
• Breaking the task down into
activities or steps
• Analyzing each step for safety or
operational needs
• Recommending procedures to
meet those needs
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22. Accident Investigation
• Below are the three reasons we
should always investigate an
accident:
• Find the cause
• Prevent similar accidents
• Protect company interests
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23. Accident Investigation Process
• A tried and true accident
investigation process is:
• Control the scene
• Gather data
• Analyze data
• Write the final report
• Implement corrective action
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24. Supervisor’s Legal Responsibilities
• You have an ethical and moral
duty as a supervisor for
workplace safety
• You have a legal duty as a
supervisor for workplace safety
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25. Management’s Specific Responsibilities
• Keep a safe and healthy workplace
• Provide a safe work environment including training, ample protection,
safety equipment and hazard communication
• Evaluate workplace hazards
• Investigate and address safety and environmental hazards
• Follow local, state and government laws regarding safety and the
environment
• Keep accurate records of workplace injuries and illnesses as well as near
misses
• Record medical treatment beyond first aid
• Assign proper personnel to manage the SHMS, including document and
control.
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26. NO IT’S NOT THE END
IT’S JUST THE
BEGINNING