Safety and health programs

1. Safety andhealth programs

2. Credits This presentation is adapted from the OSHA Safety and Health Programs presentation available on the OSHA website.

3. Learning Objective Upon completion of this unit you will be able to identify the necessary components of a successful safety and health program applicable to your operation.

4. Learner outcomes • Identify the major elements of an effective safety and health program. • Determine where employee involvement can be incorporated in order to encourage commitment to safety. • Explain the duties of the person responsible for a safety and health program.

5. Learner outcomes Continued • List resources available to complete a comprehensive survey when developing safety and health programs. • Describe important aspects of safety and health inspections in order to implement an inspection program. • Differentiate between the 3 types of controls used to prevent and control hazards. • Identify which workers must be trained and their specific training needs.

6. Benefits of effective safety & health programs • Reduce work related injuries and illnesses • Improve morale and productivity • Reduce worker’s compensation costs

7. Accidents/Incidents • Direct costs: • Workers Comp • Medical expenses • Fix or replace damaged equipment • Indirect costs: • Time and effort to hire & train a new employee, or getting someone to cover that shift • Productive time lost while doing repairs • Time investigating incident • Pain and quality of life for the injured person • Decrease moral = less productivity

8. Major Elements • An effective occupational safety and health program includes the following four elements: • Management commitment and employee involvement. • Worksite analysis • Hazard prevention and control • Safety and health training.

9. Common Characteristics • Safety and health = important company goal • Belief in a right to a safe workplace • Responsibility for safety and health • Duty to protect safety and health of others

10. Management Commitment & Employee Involvement • These are complementary elements. • Management commitment provides motivation and resources • Employee involvement allows workers to develop and express commitment to safety and health.

11. Policy and goals • Clearly state a worksite safety and health policy • Establish and communicate a clear goal and objective for the safety and health program • Involve top management in implementing the program

12. Employee Involvement • Encourage employees to get involved in the program and in decisions that affect their safety and health • Communicate responsibility for all program aspects

13. Employee Involvement • Examples where employee involvement is beneficial: • Inspection • Rule development • Training • Accident investigations

14. Responsibility • Parties responsible for the safety and health program must have authority and resources • Managers, supervisors and employees must be held accountable for meeting their responsibilities • Program operations must be reviewed at least annually to evaluate, identify deficiencies and revise as needed.

15. Worksite Analysis • Management must provide the resources and authority necessary for employees to find, eliminate, and control hazards.

16. Comprehensive Survey • Conduct a comprehensive baseline survey for safety and health • Job hazard analysis • Who may help you: • OSHA consultation program • Insurance companies • Consultants

17. Safety and Health Assessments • Conduct regular (usually weekly) site inspections • Establish daily work area assessment procedures • Develop and use a checklist

18. Safety and Health Assessments • Provide a reliable system for employees to: • Notify management about apparent hazardous conditions • Receive timely and appropriate responses • Have no fear of reprisal

19. Safety and Health Assessments • Important things to remember: • cover every part of the workplace • regular intervals • training • track to correction

20. Additional Worksite Analysis • Investigate accidents and “near miss” incidents • Six key questions • Analyze injury and illness trends • Common cause patterns may be identified and prevented

21. Hazard Prevention and control • Determine that a hazard or potential hazard exists • Prevent hazards • Use hazard controls • Timely manner

22. Controlling the Hazards • To prevent and control hazards: • Engineering controls • Administrative controls • Personal protective equipment • Safe work practices communicated • Via training, positive reinforcement • Correction of unsafe performance • Enforcement

23. Hazard prevention planning • Maintain the facility and equipment • Emergency planning • Training and drills as needed • Medical program • First aid on site • Physician and emergency care nearby

24. Safety and health training • Backbone of system • Training necessary • new hires, contract workers, PPE wearers, high risk • managers/supervisors • long-term workers with job changes • refresher = everyone

25. Safety and health orientation • Employees must understand • hazards they may be exposed to • how to prevent harm to themselves and others from hazard exposure • Orientation training • site and contract workers

26. Supervisor responsibilities • Analyze work • Physical protections • Reinforce employee training

27. Specific training needs • Hazard recognition • Training required in standards • Emergency response • Accident investigation • Emergency drills

28. summary • Effective worker and safety programs • Reduce work related injuries and illnesses • Improve morale and productivity • Reduce workers’ compensation costs • Include these four elements: • Management commitment and employee involvement • Worksite analysis • Hazard prevention and control • Safety and health training

29. Review Questions • What are some of the hidden costs a dairy farm might incur from an incident? • Lost time, training a new employee, replacing equipment/animals, etc. • What are the four main components of an effective health and safety program? • Management commitment/employee involvement • Worksite analysis • Hazard prevention and control • Safety and health training

30. This material was produced under grant number SH-22318-11 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.