MODULE 7

Safety and Health Programs

 Brainstorm

What makes a good safety and health

program?

What does a good program do for you?

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 Benefits of Effective Safety and
Health Programs
Reduce injuries & illnesses
Improve morale & productivity
Reduce workers compensation costs
Show good faith efforts

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 Exemplary Workplaces:

Assign responsibility to managers,

supervisors, and workers
Inspect regularly to control hazards
Train employees to recognize and avoid
hazards
Provide systematic policies, procedures
and practices

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 Safety and Health Program
Guidelines
Systematic policies and procedures
Recognize hazards
Protect employees
Address all hazards
Beyond law
Including hazards caused by change
More important to be effective than written
Guidelines available from OSHA

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 Major Elements

Management commitment & employee

involvement
Worksite analysis
Hazard prevention & control
Safety and health training

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Management Commitment /
Employee Involvement
 Management Commitment and
Employee Involvement
Management:
Regards worker safety and health as
a fundamental value
Applies commitment to safety and
health equally with other objectives
Employees:
Develop and express own
commitment to safety for selves and
others
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 Management Commitment

Management provides:
Motivation/Leadership
Resources
Policy Statement
Clear Goals & Objectives
Employees commit to safety for selves
and co-workers

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 Management Commitment

Demonstrated by:
Being visibly involved at all levels
Leading by example
Assigning responsibilities and
accountability at all levels
Providing authority and resources to those
responsible
Communicating program goals
Leading periodic reviews
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 Employee Involvement

Active roles:
Workplace inspections
Hazard analysis
Developing safe work rules
Training coworkers and new hires
Loss or Near Loss investigations
New equipment purchase / design / use
Participating in program review
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 Supervisor Responsibilities

Analyze work
to identify potential hazards in area of
responsibility
Maintain physical protections in work
areas
Reinforce employee training
performance feedback
enforcement of safe work practices
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Worksite Analysis
 Worksite Analysis

Examine the worksite and identify:

Existing hazards
Conditions & operations where changes
might occur to create hazards
Analyze the work & worksite to
anticipate & prevent harmful
occurrences

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 Comprehensive Survey

Conduct a comprehensive baseline

survey
Job Hazard Analysis
Who may help you:
OSHA Consultation Program
Insurance companies
Consultants

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 Safety & Health Inspections

Conduct regular site inspections

(usually weekly)
Establish daily work area inspection
procedures
Develop & use a checklist
Provide a reliable hazard reporting system
Employees notify management
No fear of reprisal
Timely & appropriate responses
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 Additional Worksite Analysis

Investigate accidents & near misses

Identify causes & means for prevention
Analyze injury & illness trends
Identify & prevent common cause patterns

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Hazard Prevention & Control
 Hazard Prevention & Control

Recognition
Determine that a hazard or potential hazard exists
Elimination
Where feasible, prevent hazards by effective
design of job or jobsite
Control
If the hazard cannot be eliminated, use hazard
controls
Eliminate or control hazards in a timely
manner
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 Hazard Prevention & Control

Hierarchy of controls:
Engineering controls
Administrative controls
Personal protective equipment (PPE)

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 Engineering Controls

Remove Employee from Hazard

Guards
Barriers
Work Area Design

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 Administrative Controls

Procedures
Rotation
Breaks
Relief Workers

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 Personal Protective Equipment

Third line of defense relies on:

Correct choice of equipment
Correct usage
Replacement and maintenance
Awareness of when and why necessary

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 Hazard Prevention Planning

Facility & equipment maintenance

Emergency planning
Training & drills as needed
Medical program
First aid on site
Physician & emergency care nearby

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Safety & Health Training
 Safety & Health Training

Address Safety & Health responsibilities

of all personnel
Incorporate it into other training & job
performance/practice

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 Safety & Health Orientation

Employees must understand

Hazards they may be exposed to
Employee safety and health responsibilities
Operating procedures and safeguards
Exits and emergency procedures
Orientation training must be given to
site workers
contract workers
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 Safety & Health Training

Documentation where required

Reinforcing employee training:
Continual feedback
Refresher training as needed

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Safety & Health Program Resources
 Resources Available

OSHA Safety & Health Management

Guidelines (Appendix A)
Small Business Handbook
Sample safety & health programs
Compliance Assistance Quick Start
Customize and apply to your situation!
OSHA Consultation (OSHCON)

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Related OSHA Programs
 OSHA Programs

Alliances
Strategic Partnerships
VPP
OSHA Consultation
SHARP

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 Alliances

Organizations committed to workplace

safety and health
Collaborate with OSHA to prevent injuries
and illnesses in the workplace
Reach out to, educate, and lead the
nation's employers and their employees in
improving and advancing workplace safety
and health.

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 Benefits of an Alliance

Build trusting, cooperative

relationships with OSHA
Network with others committed to
workplace safety and health
Leverage resources to maximize
worker safety and health protection
Gain recognition as proactive leaders
in safety and health
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 How Alliances Work

OSHA and organization define,

implement and meet short and long-
term goals from three categories:
Training and education
Outreach and communication
Promote the National Dialogue on
Workplace Safety and Health

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 Getting Started with Alliances

National alliances
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances
(202) 693-2340
Regional or local alliances
OSHA regional office
Region VI contacts: link
State plan alliances also exist

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 OSHA Strategic Partnerships
(OSPP)
Extended, voluntary, cooperative relationship
Groups of employers, employees, and
employee representatives
May have 1 business or many stakeholders
Common goal
Plans for achieving goal
Cooperation in implementation
Most are small businesses <50 workers

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 OSHA Strategic Partnerships

Many focus on Strategic Plan areas of

concern
Areas of Emphasis
Including Oil and Gas Field Services
Targeted Areas and High Incident/Severity
Areas

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 Elements of Partnerships

Must either
Implement effective workplace safety and
health management system or
address a specific hazard
Core elements required include
Goals, strategies, performance measures
Evaluation and OSHA verification

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 Getting Started with
Partnerships
Contact OSHA
National or regional contact information
Identify goals, strategies, measures
Identify partners
Draft and submit application

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 Voluntary Protection Program
(VPP)
Recognizes exemplary safety and
health programs
Cooperation: management, labor, OSHA
Site with comprehensive safety and health
management system implemented
Removes routine inspections
13 VPP Star sites in SIC 13

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 VPP Process

Application and S&H program review

Written program and onsite implementation
Review by OSHA and SGE
Levels available
Star exemplary, self-sufficient, safer than
average; evaluations every 3-5 years
Merit potential to meet Star within 3
years; evaluations every 18-24 months
Star Demonstration
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 VPP Innovations

Special Government Employees (SGE)

Volunteers from other VPP sites
Work with OSHA on onsite evaluations
Mentoring
Matching current and potential VPP sites
Safety and Health Management course

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 OSHA Consultation

Separate from compliance inspectors

Free, confidential services:
Recognition of potential hazards
Suggest methods and resources for
solutions
Help with safety and health program
Written report
Training/education
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 OSHA Consultation

Operated by states
Obligation: commitment to correcting
serious hazards
Plan / schedule to control serious hazards
Benefit: possible one-year exclusion
from programmed inspections
No results reported to inspectors

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 Safety and Health Achievement
Recognition Program (SHARP)
Operated by Consultation
Small employers with exemplary safety
and health management systems
Exemption from programmed
inspections for 1 year
Renewable for 1-2 years with evaluations

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 Getting Started with SHARP

Request a consultation visit and survey

Involve employees
Correct hazards identified
Maintain safety and health program meeting
1989 guidelines
Lower injury/illness and lost workday rates
below national average
Notify consultation office before changes

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