10 Priorities for your Safety Program

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10 Priorities for your Safety Program

May 12, 2011

IntroductionIntroduction

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Eric Schmitz• VP Products & IT at KPA• California Registered

Environmental Assessor• 15 years of dealer

experience• [email protected]• 303-228-8766

QuestionsQuestions

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Safety Compliance – A Recent HistorySafety Compliance – A Recent History

• Prior to 2008 – regulatory agencies reactionary• 2009 – new policy statements / citations increase• 2010 – Increase in citation $ value• 2011 – Increase in citation frequency

& many new inspectors

• Future Regulation – I2P2???

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Dr. David Michaels at ASSE on June 14, 2010: “We want you to hear from us first that OSHA is back and we are a strong regulatory agency first and foremost,” Michaels told ASSE attendees. He explained that the agency is working “to make fundamental changes to secure safe workplaces” and stressed that OSHA’s goal is not to punish or react, but to encourage employers to plan, prevent and protect.

I2P2: “With this proposal we will be asking employers to find and fix the hazards in their workplaces, this common sense rule will help make the secretary of labor’s vision of ‘good jobs for everyone’ a reality”

Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA

#1 Create Your Safety Team#1 Create Your Safety Team#1 Create Your Safety Team#1 Create Your Safety Team

The Power of a Safety Committee

• Increased leverage to get more done• Proper identification of ALL the issues• Management and employee accountability• All departments represented• Increased efficiency• It may be the LAW

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#1 Safety Team GOALS#1 Safety Team GOALS#1 Safety Team GOALS#1 Safety Team GOALS

• Determine consistent meeting time and place

– Instill accountability for missing meeting

• Have (3+) people and all departments attend• Communicate

– Ensure closed loop system of communication– Document action items– Reward pro-active behavior– Review Suggestions– Consider use of online automated systems

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• Management Buy In – Safety and environmental compliance success comes from the top down

Written policy with CEO, Owner, GM signature Training on policy upon new hire and annually Message should be “accountability”

(everyone responsible for safety in workplace)

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#1 Safety Team GOALS#1 Safety Team GOALS

• Review Injuries, Incidents & NEAR MISSES– Determine status of existing claims

• Back to work?

• Mod duty?

• Expected claim closure?

– Formalize the process• Who brings the records

• Who follows up

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#1 Safety Team GOALS#1 Safety Team GOALS#1 Safety Team GOALS#1 Safety Team GOALS

#2 Near Miss Identification and Correction#2 Near Miss Identification and Correction

• Also known as the “almost injuries”• Take each one very seriously!• Investigate all. Heinrich’s Triangle• Encourage reporting from ALL employees• Take action on all legitimate situations • Heinrich’s Accident Triangle - for every 300 unsafe acts there

are 29 minor injuries and one major injury

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• OSHA required programs: (Installed & Enforced)

– Chemical Safety (Hazard Communication)– Personal Protective Equipment– Emergency Response Program– Lift Safety Compliance– Other (Powered Industrial Trucks, Fall

Protection, Blood Borne Pathogen, Hot Work / Welding, Respirator Protection, Heat Illness Lock Out…)

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#3 Safety Compliance Programs#3 Safety Compliance Programs#3 Safety Compliance Programs#3 Safety Compliance Programs

#4 Safety Communication and Training#4 Safety Communication and Training

• All necessary required regulatory training• New Hire Safety Training• Equipment Specific Training• Ensure Inclusion of non-technical

workforce• Don’t be afraid to mesh with every

operational (shop) meeting

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#5 Hazard Identification and Correction Process#5 Hazard Identification and Correction Process

• Must be “closed loop” process• Have inspection tool (guidelines with regulation)• Encourage employee participation• Safety team agrees on inspection frequency• Assign responsibility and enforce accountability

on due dates

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#6 Job Safety Analysis#6 Job Safety Analysis

• Identify hazards with job or process, to include:– Heat, Ergonomics, equipment contact, cuts,

crushing, cutting, burning, electrocution, radiation, chemical exposure, inhalation, fall.

• Identify hazards with shop equipment, to include:– Electrical, mechanical systems (crushing,

pinching), hot surfaces, chemicals, equipment control systems (location of emergency shutoff) etc.

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#7 Employee Safety Suggestions#7 Employee Safety Suggestions

• Allow anonymity– Online portals, automated emails, suggestion boxes

• Make it fun– Drawings, lottery tickets

• Ensure closed loop process – Report back on your actions

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#8 Have a BBQ!#8 Have a BBQ!

Positive Incentive Programs

• Creates peer to peer accountability and behavior based safety policing

• Rewards Based Program– Safety Bingo, cash, bbq, shortened work day, etc.

• Performance Metrics include days w/o accident, zero lost time injuries, etc.

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#9 Disciplinary Action#9 Disciplinary Action

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• If you have a “carrot” you must also have a “stick”• Communicated in Company Safety Policy/Mission

Statement• Document your actions• Ensure part of H.R. policy/handbook• Public praise and private discipline

#10 Behavior Based Safety Program#10 Behavior Based Safety Program

• Based on observations • Employees “police” themselves

– Make it part of your culture that everyone is looking out for each other

– Creates personal and peer accountability– Provides employee ownership in safety program– Employees feel part of “team”– Increases safety knowledge and awareness

• Leverage suggestion system or direct employee feedback for communication of issues

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Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers

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