Module 2: Management Commitment and Employee Involvement

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   Module 2—Management Commitment and Employee Involvement

   • Management Commitment and Employee Involvement
   • Safety and Health
   • Training
   • Safety
   • Management
   • Worksite Analysis
   • Hazard
   • Prevention and Control
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   Module 2 Objectives

   • At the end of this module, you will be able to:
   • Identify the factors OSHA includes under management commitment and employee involvement.
   • Identify management roles in providing leadership in a safety and health management system.
   • Write a policy statement that describes your management’s commitment to a safety and
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   Module 2 Objectives—continued

   • Determine safety and health roles and responsibilities.
   • Identify types of employee involvement tools.
   • Analyze barriers and challenges to employee involvement.
   • Identify ways to proactively involve employees in the safety management system.
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   Activity Instructions

   • Review the factors that demonstrate management commitment and employee involvement, then check the items you feel your organization does well.
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   Leading Safety and Health

   • Play a strong and visible role. Create safety and health policy and make it visible. Practice what you preach. Require every job description to have a safety and health component.
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   Leading Safety and Health

   • Require employees to have safety and health objectives. Set safety and health goals for yourself.
   • Constantly show concern for safety and health.
   • Provide adequate resources.
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   Leading Safety and Health

   • Foster a workplace where employees feel free to speak up.
   • Hold meetings where employees are encouraged to share their safety and health ideas.
   • Lead the annual process of evaluating the safety and health management system.
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   Policy

   • Policy
   • Policy Statement
   • Core Beliefs
   • Operating Principles
   • Procedures
   • A policy is a written document that describes how an organization intends to conduct its business and act under
   • certain
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   Safety and Health Policy

   • Safety and Health
   • Policy
   • Policy Statement
   • Core Beliefs
   • Operating Principles
   • Procedures
   • Safety and health policy is a policy that describes an organization’s policies relating to safety and health.
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    Policy Statement

    • Safety and Health
    • Policy
    • Core Beliefs
    • Operating Principles
    • Procedures
    • The policy statement describes the purpose of the policy and states a common goal for an organization.
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    Core Beliefs

    • Safety and Health
    • Policy
    • Policy Statement
    • Operating Principles
    • Procedures
    • Core beliefs are the underlying principles of the organization.
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    Operating Principles

    • Safety and Health
    • Policy
    • Policy Statement
    • Core Beliefs
    • Procedures
    • Operating principles are guidelines that describe how managers and employees should make decisions.
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    Procedures

    • Safety and Health
    • Policy
    • Policy Statement
    • Core Beliefs
    • Operating Principles
    • Procedures
    • Procedures describe required steps employees must follow in performing a task or job.
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    Safety and Health Poster

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    Activity Instructions

    • Brainstorm ideas for your organization’s safety and health
    • policy
    • What
    • should be in your policy
    • statement?
    • What ideas for core beliefs and operating principles do you have?
    • Policy
    • Statement
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    Activity Instructions

    • In your group, identify the important safety and health roles of each of the following groups.
    • Top Management
    • Supervisors
    • Employees
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    Getting Employee Involvement

    • What is employee involvement?
    • Employee involvement is creating an environment in which people have impact on decisions and actions relating to their jobs.
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    Activity Instructions

    • What are the benefits of getting employees involved in the safety and health management system? What are the potential barriers and challenges you face in fostering employee involvement?