Building A World Class Safety Committee

1. Building A World Class Safety Committee Ron Robinson, CSM Corporate Compliance Manager Mueller Industries

2. Current Experience • 11 Years Industry Experience • 17 Manufacturing Locations • 10 Manufacturing Safety Teams • Results of Safety Teams • Recordable Accidents 10% Annual Reduction • Lost-Time Accidents 20% Annual Reduction • Workers Compensation Cost 55% Reduction • Several Industry Awards • Managing Plant Safety

4. Change Your Thinking • Move from a Committee to a Team • Committee’s Negative Stigma: • Gripe Session • Slow Moving • Visionless • Action-less • Wasted Time

5. Teams Team implies Action and Purpose. Teams are focused on a goal and they work to discover methods to reach it.

6. Three Steps forTeam Success • Planning • Preparation • Performance

7. Safety Team Planning Step 1 Before the Safety Team is Established

8. Upper Management Support • Gain Commitment • Establish Mission • Define Safety Team Roles • Accountability • Financial and Management Resources • Set Goals and Expectation • Set Timeline

9. Choose Safety Team • Non-Union Vs. Union • Union Environment • Plant Upper Management • Union President/Contract • Based on Established Criteria • Volunteer/Appointment • Management-Appointment • Hourly Employee-Volunteer

10. Choosing Safety Team-Cont. • No Plant Manager • No Union President • No Supervisors Only Managers • Team Size 8-12 • Balanced Team • Non-Union Facility • Avoid Management Dominated Team

11. Character of Team Members • Committed • Hope • Attitude Positive • Reliable • Active Participant • Character • Team Oriented • Enthusiastic • Resilience

12. 5 C’ s of Team Dynamics • Cultural Understanding (Historical Memory) • Creative Thinker (Out of the Box) • Connected (Involved) • Critical Thinker (Strategic) • Commander (Leadership)

13. Safety Team Preparation Step 2 Ready for 1st. Meeting

14. Safety Team Preparation • Demonstrate Upper Management Commitment • Present: • Expectations/Limitations • Goals • Safety Committee Roles • Define Responsibilities • Define Vision

15. Safety Team Preparation-Cont. Appoint Team Leaders: • Chairperson • Scribe • Facilitator • Communication Coordinator • Project Coordinator • Back-up for each position if possible • Back-up’s run the meeting every three months

16. 80/20 Rule Flexibility Respect Others Safety Items Only Track Your Projects No I’s in Team Not the Safety Cops Clear Communication Must have an Agenda Typed Minutes Safety Team Commandments

17. Safety Team 1st. Steps-Cont. • Define Opportunities • Schedule Training • Develop Managements Systems

18. Communication Project Tracking Accident Investigation Audit Process Accountability Management Systems should include: Written Prog./Procedures Flow Charts Forms etc… Keys Management Systems

19. Mandatory Training • OSHA Training (10-Hour Safety Training) • Leadership Training • Conflict Resolution • Engaging Issues • How to Hold a Meeting • How to Perform Audits

20. Safety Team Performance Step 3

21. Meeting Techniques • Ad-Hoc Committees • Dates • Deliverables • Small Groups • Everyone works • Working Meetings • Meal Meetings • Celebrate Successes

22. Performance Techniques • Review Vision Regularly • Meeting with Plant Mgr. and Union President on a Quarterly basis • Review Progress Every Six Months • Executive Safety Committee • Fix what is broken • No Duck Tape and Band-aids

23. Performance Techniques-Cont. • Publish Minutes • Publish Successes • Publish Project Updates

24. Words To Live By Carve your Method in Sand and Chisel Your Goals and Vision in Stone