Construction Safety Improvement Program module on management leadership and commitment to safety, from the Building Industry Association of Hawaii.
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- Slide 1
Leadership Commitment to Operational Safety
- Slide 2
Overview
- Business-Wide
- Injury
- Prevention
- Safety
- Commitmen t
- Bottom Line
- Slide 3
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Company Emphasis
- Prevention & Safety Committee
- Slide 4
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Company Emphasis: Management
- Must support new initiatives. An essential element of this program is the involvement of the top managers down to the workers.
- Slide 5
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Company Emphasis: Communicate & Delegate
- It is Management’s responsibility to assign responsibilities and control work activities to ensure it is safe.
- Slide 6
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Company Emphasis: Behave Lawfully
- Slide 7
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff
- As in any management position, the job description, the goals and objectives, the performance measures and the evaluations should tell accurately describe the job.
- Slide 8
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff Best Serves the Organization If:
- Reports directly to the President
- Accountable Consults for other for managers, determining department heads, the “State of supervisors and the Program”
- lead persons
- Slide 9
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff Should:
- Review and evaluate performance measures
- Analyze effectiveness, compliance with regulations
- Initiate efforts to improve safety
- Slide 10
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff Should:
- Serve as a liaison
- Serve as the with the legal
- investigator for entities to support accidents, OSHA the company.
- inspections of accidents, etc.
- Slide 11
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff Should:
- Be well versed in OSHA regulations, standards, directives, and interpretations.
- Have experience with industry safety and health profession.
- Commitment toward professionalism and demonstrated credibility.
- Slide 12
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff Small Business Considerations
- It is possible to split up the tasks and program elements to share the responsibilities.
- There are assumptions and understandings that must be clear up front.
- Everyone should understand the elements of the safety and health program and understand that each must do their share to ensure safe and healthful workplaces.
- Slide 13
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff: Collateral Duty Considerations
- Sharing
- Responsibilities
- Responsible Managers
- Successful collateral duty assignment
- Slide 14
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff: Collateral Duty Considerations
- HR person is assigned collateral duty safety position.
- Monitor the action table showing tasks and assignment of each task
- Slide 15
Business-Wide Injury Prevention
- Prevention & Safety Committee Safety Staff: Collateral Duty Considerations
- HR person is assigned collateral duty safety position.
- Develop activity hazard analyses for operations department or implement safety program
- Slide 16
Safety Considerations
- Who is Responsible?
- It is Management’s responsibility to assign responsibilities and control work activities to ensure it is safe.
- Slide 17
Safety Considerations
- Who is Responsible? Designing a Safety Program
- The program can be developed by any manager who is authorized to assign work.
- The program must be effective and should be monitored accordingly.
- Slide 18
Safety Considerations
- Safety Plan Policies & Procedures
- The program identifies policies and procedures.
- It says what has to be done and who is responsible for each action.
- Slide 19
Safety Considerations
- Safety Plan Policies & Procedures
- Provides outline and elements for:
- Compliance with the regulations,
- Assigns responsibilities, and
- Provides consistency.
- Slide 20
Safety Considerations
- Excuses
- Rules are too restrictive
- Rules prevent us from doing work
- Rules are political
- Rules are stupid
- Slide 21
Bottom Line
- Protect Your Workers
- Stay Safe! Develop an alternate work method or procedure.
- Request a variance if you can.
- If you can’t do it – do something about it.
- Don’t leave your workers out there to get hurt.
- Slide 22
Bottom Line
- Things to Consider
- Roles and Responsibilities need to be established
- Program goals need to be clearly defined
- Sub-contractors need to be aware of safety policies
- Slide 23
Questions?
- Slide 24
OSHA Disclaimer
- This material was produced under grant SH29640SH6 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.
