This training on OSHA compliance will provide you tools and tips on how to develop and maintain an effective safety and health management system. It will cover the essential elements for managing an effective safety system.
This webinar will cover how to develop and maintain an effective safety and health management system or program, the impact of which can be measured by the extent and severity of work-related injuries and illnesses. The webinar will also explain the cost savings of an effective safety and health management system that will in turn exceed the cost of a workplace safety and health management system/or program.
This webinar will also discuss the importance of an effective safety and health management system by the numbers: through data and statistics. The instructor will detail the critical elements of an effective safety and health management system/or program. And lastly, attendees will learn about some of the obstacles they may face when implementing or maintaining a safety and health management system/or program.
Why Should You Attend:
Workplace illnesses, injuries, and fatalities cause immeasurable pain and suffering to employees and their families every day. Recent estimates of workplace illnesses, and injuries put the cost of our nation’s businesses at 170 billion dollars per year in wasteful and preventable expenses. Having an effective safety and health management system/or program, has proven to be an important factor of loss reduction, and cost savings.This webinar will cover how to develop and maintain an effective safety and health management system or program, the impact of which can be measured by the extent and severity of work-related injuries and illnesses. The webinar will also explain the cost savings of an effective safety and health management system that will in turn exceed the cost of a workplace safety and health management system/or program.
This webinar will also discuss the importance of an effective safety and health management system by the numbers: through data and statistics. The instructor will detail the critical elements of an effective safety and health management system/or program. And lastly, attendees will learn about some of the obstacles they may face when implementing or maintaining a safety and health management system/or program.
Learning Objectives:
- Identifying, developing, communicating the safety and health policies
- Demonstrating management’s commitment by instilling accountability
- Benefits of conducting regular safety and health committees/meetings
- Assigning responsibility
- Integrating safety and health into business practices
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
The Importance of an effective Safety and Health Management System by the numbers:- Statistical Data - Bureau of Labor
- Injury and Illness reports
- Critical elements of an effective Safety and Health management system
- Management’s commitment
Visible Leadership
- Employee involvement
- Why should employees be involved?
- What can employees do to be involved?
- What is a Safety Culture?
- What are the basic elements of a Safety Culture?
- Worksite analysis
- What's a worksite analysis and how often should it be done?
- Four major actions that form the basis from which good hazard prevention and control can develop
- Catching Hazards that Escape Controls
- Employee Reports of Hazards
- Accident/Incident Investigations
- Trend Analysis
- Hazard prevention and control
- After hazards are identified, how can they be prevented and controlled?
- Engineering Controls
- Safe Work Practices
- Administrative Controls
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- PPE Hazard Assessment and Training
- Systems to Track Hazard Correction
- Preventive Maintenance Systems
- Emergency Preparation
- Medical Programs
- Training for Employees, Supervisors and Managers
- What the hazards are?
- OSHA considers safety and health training vital to every workplace
- Who Needs Training?
- Plan to evaluate the training program when initially designing the training
Obstacles to a Successful Safety and Health Program
- Supervisor Identified Obstacles
- Employee Identified Obstacles
- Handouts:
- DRAFT PROPOSED SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM RULE: 29 FR 1900.1
- Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
- Issuance of Voluntary Guidelines
- OSHA Fact Sheet
- Number of fatal work injuries, 1992-2012
- TABLE A-1. Fatal occupational injuries by industry and event or exposure, All U.S., 2012
- 2012 Workplace Injury and Illness Summary
Who Will Benefit:
- Employers
- Business Owners
- Foremen
- HR Management
- Safety and Health Management
- Safety Directors
- Safety Managers
- Safety Supervisors
- Safety Specialist/Technicians
- Consultants
- Emergency Management
- Security Managers
- Facility Managers
- Facility Engineers
- Loss Prevention Specialist
- Risk Managers
- Risk/Control Officers
Course Provider
Wayne Ussery,
