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Supervision

Chapter 13 Ensuring a safe & healthy work environment. Supervision. Discuss the supervisory effects of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. List the enforcement priorities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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Supervision

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  1. Chapter 13 Ensuring a safe & healthy work environment Supervision

  2. Discuss the supervisory effects of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. List the enforcement priorities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Explain what punitive actions OSHA can impose on an organization. Describe what supervisors must do to comply with OSHA record-keeping requirements. Describe the leading causes of safety and health accidents. Explain what supervisors can do to prevent workplace violence. Define stress. Explain how a supervisor can create a healthy work site. Describe the purposes of employee assistance and wellness programs. Chapter outcomes

  3. Legal responsibility • Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) in the US • Enforce healthful working conditions and preservations of HR • Comprehensive and extensive • Supervisors need to know applicable standards and regulations Occupational Health & Safety

  4. OSHA enforcement priorities • Imminent danger • Accidents that have occurred within the past 48 hours • Current employee complaint • Inspection of target industries with high injury ratio • Random inspection Occupational Health & Safety

  5. Keeping OSHA record • OSHA Form 300 • Decide what is reportable based on decision tree • Determine incident rate • OSHA punitive actions • $10,000 per occurrence per day • Increase to $70,000 if severe Occupational Health & Safety

  6. Why job safety programs? • Cost of lost time due to injuries • Cost of investigation, work stoppages • Etc. • Causes of work related accidents • Human causes – vast majority • Environmental causes  Search for potential hazards Job safety program

  7. Preventing accidents • Education • Skills training • Engineering – design of equipment and of the job • Protection • Regulation enforcement Job safety program

  8. Supervisor’s role • Develop a feedback system • Inspecting work surroundings • Oral and written reports • Observations • Management commitment • Organizational culture Job safety program

  9. Plan to deal with the issue • Review policies • HR management practices • Identify troubled employees • Employee Assistance Program • Action plan depends on specific circumstances Workplace violence

  10. Enough fresh air • Avoid suspect building materials and furnishings • Test for toxins before occupancy • Provide smoke free environment • Incentives: healthcare/insurance premiums • Help program • Keep air duct clean and dry • Pay attention to workers’ complaints Healthy Environment

  11. Use of ergonomics – customizing the environment to keep employees health • Office environment • Office furniture Repetitive stress injuries

  12. Common causes • Organizational factors • Personal factors • Symptoms • Psychological • Behavioral • Ways to reduce • Match people to job • Job design • Communication and involvement Stress

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