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Establishing Safety Programs
Establishing a safety and health program at workplace is one of the top ways of protecting your most valuable asset i.e. WORK FORCE.- The health and safety of all employees of any reputable company must be of primary importance.
- Preventing work related injuries and illnesses should be given precedence over operating productivity, whenever necessary.
- To the extent possible, management needs to provide all mechanical and physical protection necessary for personal safety and health.
In addition, workers must also know and follow their duties and
responsibilities to protect the safety of themselves and their
co-workers.
Know your leaders: Organization must designate leaders with formal safety program responsibilities, such as a safety committee or a safety coordinator.
Know Your Responsibilities: All employees need to know the safety rules and conduct their work in compliance with them. Disregard of the safety and health rules must be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Each employee must also make full use of the safeguards provided for their protection.
Employee Responsibilities:
Hazard Identification and Control: Organization should perform periodic inspections and have procedures of identifying existing or potential hazards in the workplace and eliminating or controlling them. Hazards, where possible, must be corrected as soon as they are identified. When hazards can’t be immediately corrected, a target date for correction will be set. Organization should also provide interim protection for workers while hazards are being corrected. A written tracking system will be established to help monitor the progress of the hazard correction process.
Accident/Incident Investigation: Accidents/Incidents need to be investigated by trained individuals to understand why the accident or incident occurred, and what actions can be taken to prevent a recurrence. The focus will be on solutions and never on blame. Reports of the incident will be in writing and identify the causes of the accident or near miss occurrence.
Training: A formal injury and illness prevention plan should include training and instruction when employees are first hired, for all new employees for each specific task, and for all employees given new job assignments for which training has not already been received.
Periodic Program Evaluation: Organization should conduct periodic reviews of each critical component to determine what is working well and what changes are be needed. All employees should be encouraged to participate by keeping management informed of their concerns regarding the elements of this safety and health plan.
Know your leaders: Organization must designate leaders with formal safety program responsibilities, such as a safety committee or a safety coordinator.
Know Your Responsibilities: All employees need to know the safety rules and conduct their work in compliance with them. Disregard of the safety and health rules must be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Each employee must also make full use of the safeguards provided for their protection.
Employee Responsibilities:
- Reading, understanding, and following all safety and health rules and procedures
- Signing the Code of Safe Practices and other policy acknowledgements
- Wearing PPE always when working in areas where there is a possible danger of injury
- Wearing suitable work clothes as determined by the supervisor/foreman
- Performing all tasks safely as directed by their supervisor/foreman
- Reporting ALL injuries, no matter how slight, immediately and seeking treatment promptly
- Knowing the location of first aid, firefighting equipment, and safety programs devices
- Attending all required safety programs and health meetings
- Not performing potentially hazardous tasks, or using any hazardous material until properly trained, and following all safety procedures for those tasks
- STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS IF IN DOUBT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ANY OPERATION
Hazard Identification and Control: Organization should perform periodic inspections and have procedures of identifying existing or potential hazards in the workplace and eliminating or controlling them. Hazards, where possible, must be corrected as soon as they are identified. When hazards can’t be immediately corrected, a target date for correction will be set. Organization should also provide interim protection for workers while hazards are being corrected. A written tracking system will be established to help monitor the progress of the hazard correction process.
Accident/Incident Investigation: Accidents/Incidents need to be investigated by trained individuals to understand why the accident or incident occurred, and what actions can be taken to prevent a recurrence. The focus will be on solutions and never on blame. Reports of the incident will be in writing and identify the causes of the accident or near miss occurrence.
Training: A formal injury and illness prevention plan should include training and instruction when employees are first hired, for all new employees for each specific task, and for all employees given new job assignments for which training has not already been received.
Periodic Program Evaluation: Organization should conduct periodic reviews of each critical component to determine what is working well and what changes are be needed. All employees should be encouraged to participate by keeping management informed of their concerns regarding the elements of this safety and health plan.
Organization goal should be "Zero Accidents and Injuries". To achieve this, management, supervisors, and workers must cooperate in effectively implementing formal safety programs.
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