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SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES. Who’s Accountable For Employee Safety And Health? THE SUPERVISOR!. RESPONSIBILITIES. Comply with college’s safety and health program Keep up-to-date with safety and health policies and procedures Oversee workplace training and program implementation.
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SUPERVISORRESPONSIBILITIES Who’s Accountable For Employee Safety And Health? THE SUPERVISOR!
RESPONSIBILITIES • Comply with college’s safety and health program • Keep up-to-date with safety and health policies and procedures • Oversee workplace training and program implementation
RESPONSIBILITIES • Establish acceptable levels of risk • Do not allow those risk levels to be exceeded • Prepare, submit, and store required documentation of safety and health activities
RESPONSIBILITIES • Provide resources and leadership to keep supervised staff current • Conduct job safety analyses on a regular and continuing basis • Plan and implement hazard abatement strategies
RESPONSIBILITIES • Determine an appropriate level of discipline for violation of established safety and health practices and processes • Support the college’s team culture concept
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS • Training time and content based on seriousness of hazards • Every employee must participate at least quarterly • Training may be tapes, literature, slides, classroom, or brochures • Training must be documented
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS • Step 1 • Break each job into sequence of parts • Describe, in order, events required to successfully complete each job • Number the activities of each job
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS • Step 2 • Identify existing and potential hazards • List all actual and potential hazards • Be sure to include “near misses” • Letter each hazard as it corresponds to an activity
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS • Step 3 • Determine neutralizing or abatement processes for each hazard • Identify methods or processes for each real or potential hazard • Number each solution
CORRECTING HAZARDS • Engineer the hazard out if possible • Encourage safe work practices • Make good administrative decisions • Install protective barriers • Use proper signage
JSA PRIORITIES • High accident or injury frequency • Greatest potential for serious injury or illness • Give attention to jobs with potential injuries that would be the highest cost • New jobs - JSA will help identify hazards early
PROBLEM AREAS • Rushing through the process and not completing parts • Identifying hazards, but not adequately addressing them • Listing of unclear or non-specific corrective activities
BARRIERS • Procrastination • It has never happened before, so one more time won’t hurt • We don’t have time for safety training • This safety stuff is no big deal
FRINGE BENEFITS • Reduces accidents and injuries • Increases efficiency by decreasing costs • Identifies better ways to do jobs • Helps to identify needed PPE • Identifies needed training areas • Promotes a safety culture, camaraderie and improved morale