Safety and Health
Management
Program
Management commitment
and employee involvement
 Clearly
state policy
 Establish
and communicate a
clear goal for the program and
objectives for meeting that goal
 Provide
visible top management
involvement
1a
Management commitment
and employee involvement
 Assign
and communicate
responsibility for all aspects of
the program
 Provide
adequate authority and
resources to responsible
parties
 Hold
managers, supervisors,
and employees accountable
1b
Management commitment
and employee involvement
 Post
the organization’s policy on
the importance of worker safety
and health so all employees can
see it
 Hold
meetings to communicate
the policy and to discuss
objectives with employees
1c
Management commitment
and employee involvement
 Managers
need to take an
active part, personally, in the
safety and health program
activities
 Managers
and supervisors must
follow all safety requirements
that employees must follow
1d
Management commitment
and employee involvement
 Employees'
special knowledge
needs to be tapped. Employees:
• make inspections
• conduct safety training
• help to investigate accidents
 Make
clear assignments of
responsibility for every part of
the program
1e
Management commitment
and employee involvement
 To
get the job done, those with
responsibility are given:
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enough people
on-the-clock time
training
enough money
authority
1f
Management commitment
and employee involvement
 Follow-up
is done
 Take
to make sure the job
time, at least annually, to:
• review what has been
accomplished
• decide if new objectives or
program revisions are needed
1g
Worksite analysis
 Conduct
comprehensive
worksite surveys
• Baseline
• Periodic
2a
Worksite analysis
 Analyze
planned and new
facilities, processes, materials
and equipment
 Perform
routine job
hazard analyses
2b
Worksite analysis
 Request
a consultation visit
from your state Consultation
Program
• Covers both safety and health
• Provides a full survey of existing
hazards
• Identifies hazards that could
develop
2c
Worksite analysis
 Expert
help may be needed
when operations are changed
 Changes
must not
introduce new
hazards
2d
Worksite analysis
 Periodically
look for hidden
hazards in the equipment or
procedures of each job
 Have
a system to
ensure hazard
controls are working
and that new hazards
haven't appeared
2e
Worksite analysis
 Employees
have a way to report
things that look hazardous
 Conduct
a thorough
investigation when
things do go wrong
and someone gets
sick or hurt
2f
Worksite analysis
 Look
for patterns in injury and
illness experience
• Initially, look back over several
years
• Periodically, look
back over several
months
2g
Worksite analysis
 Look
for patterns in injury and
illness experience
• Identify patterns that are
developing
• Identify patterns that
can lead to further
prevention
2h
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Engineering
controls where
feasible and appropriate
 Safe
work practices
 Personal
protective
equipment
3a
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Administrative
controls
 Set
up safe work procedures
and make sure employees
understand them
 Enforce
the rules for
safe work procedures
3b
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Provide
personal protective
equipment (PPE). Employees
must know:
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why they need it
how to use it
its limitations
how to maintain it
3c
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Regular
equipment maintenance
 Plan
for emergencies, including
fire and natural disasters
and drill everyone
3d
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Have
a medical program that:
• fits the worksite
• involves nearby doctors
• involves nearby emergency
facilities
3e
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Medical
personnel must be
readily available for advice and
consultation on matters of
employee health
3f
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 The
emergency medical
procedure needs to include:
• handling injuries
• transporting ill or injured
workers
• notifying medical
facilities
3g
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Medical
facilities near the
workplace are surveyed
 Arrangements
are made for
them to handle routine and
emergency cases
 Employees
know how to report
injuries and illness
3h
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 When
the workplace is remote
from medical facilities:
• persons must be trained to render
first- aid
• persons must be available to
render first-aid
• adequate first-aid supplies must
be readily available for emergency
use
3i
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
 Emergency
eyewash and
shower facilities must be
available
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battery charging stations
maintenance operations
laboratories
heating and ventilation operations
areas where corrosive materials
are used or stored
3j
Actions necessary for
hazard prevention & control
A
local doctor or an
occupational health nurse may
be available on a part-time or
as-used basis to advise on
medical and first-aid planning
3k
Safety and health
training
 Employees
that they:
must understand
• are not expected to undertake a
job until they have received
instruction
• are not to undertake a job that
appears unsafe
4a
Safety and health
training
 Supervisors
must understand
their responsibility for:
• analyzing work for potential
hazards
• maintaining physical protections
in their work area
• reinforcing employee training
4b
Safety and health
training
 State
consultant can recommend
training
 Employees
training on:
need
• every potential
hazard that they
could be exposed to
• how to protect
themselves
4c
Safety and health
training
 More
attention to training is
needed for:
• new employees
• employees who
are moving to
new jobs
4d
Safety and health
training
 Supervisors
must be trained to:
• recognize all the hazards in their
area
• reinforce employee
training with quick
reminders and
refreshers
• use disciplinary
action, if necessary
4e
Safety and health
training
 Responsibility
and
accountability rests with:
• top management staff
• subordinate
supervisory
employees
4f
Document activities
 Safety
and health
recordkeeping
 Injury
and illness records
 Exposure
records
 Others
5a
Action plan
 Overall
list of the major
changes or improvements that
are needed
 Specific
plan on how to
implement each major
change or
improvement
6a
Action plan
 Put
the plan into action
 Communicate
 Periodic
with employees
review
6b
Action plan
 Documentation
 Assistance
 Summary
6c