2013 CASBO ANNUAL CONFERENCE & SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPO APRIL 3-6, 2013, LONG BEACH, CA These materials have been prepared by the CASBO M&O Professional Council.

2013 CASBO ANNUAL CONFERENCE & SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPO

APRIL 3-6, 2013, LONG BEACH, CA

These materials have been prepared by the CASBO M&O Professional Council (or CASBO Associate Member). They have not been reviewed by State CASBO for approval, so therefore are not an official statement of CASBO.

Presented by:Catherine Jones, Risk Manager, Kern Co. Supt. of Schools

2013 CASBO ANNUAL CONFERENCE & SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPO

Does Safety Really Matter?

Session Objectives• Understand the impact of a bad

safety record• Define accident• Explore why accidents happen• Discuss how to avoid accidents• Define safety• Change the future!

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Ponderables

• Does safety really matter?• What is the value?• Is safety just a compliance

issue?• Is there really a financial

impact?• If there is a financial impact,

does it affect the workforce?

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Answers• Safety does matter• There is a huge financial impact• It isn’t just an administrative

problem • It matters beyond compliance• The impact affects everyone!

What is an Accident?

People getting hurt or things getting broken

(bad thing)

What is Safety?

The prevention of people getting hurt or things getting broken

(good thing)

The “Safety Nets”• Workers’ compensation coverage• Property insurance• Liability insurance• Health benefits• Etc.

…..but are they?

Workers’ Compensation• No matter the cost – the system pays• No matter the cost – the employer pays• No matter the cost – the employees

pay!

Is it really your business?

To pay or not to pay• Let the insurance company pay • Let the employer pay• Let the workers pay

What is your answer?

Be a Stakeholder!

What is the financial impact anyway?

medical costsinsurance premiums

employee compensation

investigate accident

clean up

repair damaged equipment

complete written reports

pay overtime

hire temporary workers

hire and train new employees

absorb cost of down timeinspect/remove/replace damaged or destroyed equipment and/or materials

Can total up to 80% of the total cost of a loss

Direct Cost

Indirect Cost

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What is the personal impact?

It’s whatever you value!

forkliftforkliftfamilyfamily

Health benefitsHealth benefits

recreationrecreation

livelihoodlivelihoodBus seatBus seat

New materialsNew materials

MinistryMinistry

Are losses really controllable?

• Some say yes • Some say no

The key to prevention is understanding the cause.

The solution has to fit the problem

Unaware• Training

Unable• Hazard

Correction & Control

Unmotivated • Recognition• Discipline

Unknown

• Hazard Evaluation

• Accident Investigation

Uncorrected• Hazard

Correction• Imminent Danger

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How do we change?

By predicting the future.

Listen to your mother!

Eat your vegetables!Eat your

vegetables!

Don’t run with

scissors!

Don’t run with

scissors!

You’re going to break your

arm!

You’re going to break your

arm!

You’ll poke your eye out

with that!

You’ll poke your eye out

with that!Your face will freeze that way!

Your face will freeze that way!

It’s all fun till

someone gets hurt!

It’s all fun till

someone gets hurt!

The key to change is tied to the culture

Be a Stakeholder!

Just Shoot ‘em!

Heinrich Loss Pyramid

11

2929

300300

Just because nothing has blown up or no one has died doesn’t mean you don’t need to improve

your procedures.•Don’t wait for your luck to run out! – make a change!

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Putting it all together

•Embrace that safety matters•Acknowledge personal

responsibility•Expect accountability•It’s not about compliance•Predict the future

Safety is the right and profitable thing to do!

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Find the Value!