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Another Hour of Blah-Blah-Blah? Engaging Your Safety Committee

Another Hour of Blah-Blah-Blah? Engaging Your Safety Committee David O’Boyle, CSP, OHST ASSE Atlanta, GA May 14 th , 2012. Having a workplace health and safety committee may give you a sense of protection, but how truly productive is it?.

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Another Hour of Blah-Blah-Blah? Engaging Your Safety Committee

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  1. Another Hour of Blah-Blah-Blah? Engaging Your Safety Committee David O’Boyle, CSP, OHST ASSE Atlanta, GA May 14th, 2012

  2. Having a workplace health and safety committee may give you a sense of protection, but how truly productive is it?

  3. ACTUAL TWEET DURING A SIC MEETING:

  4. Malibu; I'm ready to light my face on fire because I'm so bored -I am in a stupid meeting because some moron nominated me to be on the ‘oh so fun’ safety committee and its all really dummbbb--I'm eating a piece of good chocolate though ! Cake5550: Well, you can give me more grilled pineapple ideas if you'd like...? Or...Give some more details about your latest dates? :-) Malibu; Ha, ha– will later----I joined my previous company's safety committee to get out of work –needed the break Cake5550; Just nod a few times and say ‘that’s right’ – they will think you care Malibu; I am the least safe person around, seriously. I trip over thin air, I get tangled in cords and my jacket and hair I occasionally choke while breathing. I am totally accident prone. meeting is laaaaaame. Didnt help that I was already bored to begin with. I finished my day's work at 10am :( I'm ready to drink now

  5. Malibu; At my job we have safety committee HATS. If your wondering if the committee members have to wear them to the meeting, the answer is yes. What a crock of doo-doo.-makes the mangers look good though  Cake5550; I was going to ask in the meeting if we get Safety Committee Sashes , but I bit my tongue and made a lot of faces instead. They could at least make an effort to show that they really care about safety—gotta go-meeting over-call u tonite

  6. Perceptions Drive Reality WHAT DRIVES LACK OF INTEREST ? THEIR PERCEPTIONS

  7. WHAT ARE SOME TECHNIQUES/DISCOVERY PROCESSES TO INVESTIGATE/REVIEW- • TO SEE WHETHER SAFETY COMMITTEE IS OPERATING EFFECTIVELY? • REVIEW SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES • EMPLOYEE SURVEY • EMPLOYEE INTERVIEWS

  8. SITE SIC SURVEY RESULTS (7 member team -100% participation) 36% 24% 2.9

  9. OUR RESULTS WE HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL SAFETY COMMITTEE • WHAT CAUSES A SAFETY COMMITTEE • TO BE DYSFUNCTIONAL • ? • ? • ? • ?

  10. WHAT CAUSES A SAFETY COMMITTEE TO BE DYSFUNCTIONAL • LACK OF TRAINING AND DIRECTION • LACK OF RESOURCES • PERCEPTION THAT SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS • NO VALUE • COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES NOT EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATED TO MANAGEMENT AND • CO-WORKERS • BORING/LONG MEETINGS THAT LOSE FOCUS TO • SAFETY TOPICS

  11. What is the top challenge facing the committee? 1. ENGAGEMENT

  12. Engagement Model Transformational World Class Transactional Traditional . 12

  13. Transactional Leadership • Is not bad leadership, in fact it is essential • Transactional leadership will not maximize/optimize the contributions of the work force.

  14. Key Characteristics of a Transformational Leader • Listening – formal training? • Communicating • Caring • Being collegial • Engaging - “Leading with Safety” Thomas R. Krause 14

  15. The Key to Engagement Becoming more TRANSFORMATIONAL

  16. CINTAS Character/engagement video

  17. SIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE • SUPERVISOR ENGAGEMENT – S.T.A.R.T. (Supervisor Training Accident Reduction Techniques) Level I –“SIC DYNAMICS” Level II– “WORKPLACE NEAR MISS/INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS 101” Level III– “CSOP-Peer to Peer Engagement” Level IV– “OSHA 10 Course” “ Specialized Training”

  18. Supervisor Engagement S T A R T Program

  19. Level I, II, III Training Recognition

  20. CSOP Training with SIC Members

  21. Location SIC Engagement Training • SIC Team, completed instruction in “Workplace Site Inspections” The specialized instruction consisted of: • Why Hazards are not recognized • The Importance of Standards • Activities Used to Recognize Workplace Hazards • Great job team !

  22. HANDS-ON SPECIALIZED TRAINING Create more ‘Owners’ of the safety Program/compliance & engagement

  23. SIC – “Workplace Near Miss/Incident Investigations”

  24. Employee Engagement/Recognition “10 Foot Tall/Bullet Proof ”Sessions

  25. 10 FOOT TALL & BULLET PROOF SESSION

  26. Four Components Essential to a Safety Committee’s Success: • MANAGEMENT SUPPORT-LEADERSHIP AND RECOGNITION • TRAINING AND DIRECTION FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS • EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH MANAGEMENT AND • WORKERS • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF ALL COMMITTEE ACTIONS

  27. SITE SIC SURVEY RESULTS (11 Member team-100% participation) 96% 5.3

  28. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." 

  29. You are a leader’ video

  30. Our Safety Vision • Every Cintas location is injury-free • Every partner is engaged in continuously improving safety • Cintas is widely recognized as one of the world’s leaders in safety and health performance 32

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