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Safety Groups Program

Safety Groups Program. Beginning of Year 2003. Today’s Objectives . Outline Program Cycle Discuss Workplace Assessment tool Review Achievement List Explain 5 Step Model. What is a Safety Group?. Pooling of resources, mentoring and sharing of best practices

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Safety Groups Program

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  1. Safety Groups Program Beginning of Year 2003

  2. Today’s Objectives • Outline Program Cycle • Discuss Workplace Assessment tool • Review Achievement List • Explain 5 Step Model Safety Groups Program

  3. What is a Safety Group? • Pooling of resources, mentoring and sharing of best practices • Collective approach to health & safety • Rewards demonstrated achievements in health & safety • Potential rebate incentive with no surcharge component Safety Groups Program

  4. What Groups Participated in 2002? Furniture Manufactures (OFMA) Employer’s Advocacy Council General Contractors (OGCA) Hamilton-Halton Construction Association (H-HCA) Landscape Ontario Ontario Agri Business Association Association of Canadian Search, Employment & Staffing Services OFSWA-SWO (Sawmills) Masonry Contractors (MCAO) THSAO-Transportation Safety Mechanical Contractors (MCA) Ottawa Construction Association Canadian Foundry Association Ontario Printing & Imaging Association London Construction Association Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium Canadian Wood Pallet & Wood Container Association Packaging Association of Canada Road Builders Association & Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association Safety Groups Program

  5. What are the New Groups in 2003? Aggregate Producers’ Association of Ontario Canadian Tooling & Machining Association Dunk & Associates Education Safety Association of Ontario Electrical Contractors’ Association of Toronto Greater Belleville Safe Community Kingston Partners for a Safe Community Minto Development Inc. Mississauga Board of Trade Ontario Hospital Association RESCON The Rubber Association of Canada The Burke Group The Construction Association of Thunder Bay Safety Groups Program

  6. How Does The Incentive Work? • Two tier model • Participants continue to receive individual experience rating(NEER, CAD-7, MAP) • Participants get a retro adjustment based on the group’s experience • Retro adjustment is the net difference of their total individual versus the group’s collective adjustment under NEER • Percentage of adjustment that is rebated = % of achievements that the group has demonstrated Safety Groups Program

  7. Example of the Financial Incentive • Calculation • combined Group Premium of $8,300,000 • Total Group NEER $1,500,000 • Total Individual - 1,221,000 • Net Difference $ 279,000 X Achievement Score - 94% $ 264,218 Safety Groups Program

  8. Program Cycle for 2003 • Complete Workplace Assessment -February 28th • Action Plan & group element selection • Action Plan implementation • (5 Step management system) • Submit Progress Reports throughout the year • Year-End Assessment and Achievement Report December 15 • Attend at least 3 meetings Safety Groups Program

  9. What is the Purpose of the Workplace Assessment? • Help firms identify the strengths & weaknesses of health & safety program • Help to identify successes at year end and the selection of 5 elements for next year • Help to monitor maintenance and continuous improvement over the long term Safety Groups Program

  10. What is the Workplace Assessment Process? • Identify who will complete the assessment • Complete the assessment and identify your strengths & weaknesses • Identify the 5 Achievement Elements for your Action Plan • Advise your Sponsor of your progress • At year end, repeat the process, identify your successes and select Achievement elements for next year Safety Groups Program

  11. How do We Know Which Answer is Correct? • There are three possible answers: • Y - YES • All five steps of the management system are in place and you can support this answer • N - NO • You do not have anything in place and have not begun to work on the element. • M - Maintained • Previously completed element maintained this year Safety Groups Program

  12. The Workplace Assessment -Achievement List • The “Getting Started” column provides basic information to point you in the right direction • For further information: • Your Sponsor • Your Safe Workplace Association • MOL web site - www.gov.on.ca/lab/main.htm • Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety - www.ccohs.ca • www.oshforeveryone.org Safety Groups Program

  13. Action Plan Each firm must complete at least 5 elements from the Achievement List: • Each group will choose 1 priority element • Each firm will choose 1 element from Leadership and 1 element from Organization or Hazard Recognition & Assessment • Each firm will choose at least 2 elements From any of the categories Safety Groups Program

  14. When is an Element Achieved? • To achieve an element you must be able to demonstrate: • A writtenstandard for the element • The means by which the element was communicated • That you have provided the necessarytraining • Evaluate or have a plan to evaluate • Acknowledge success & make improvements Safety Groups Program

  15. Preventing injuries and illnessestakes a systematic approach • 5 steps to managing health & safety: • can be applied to any part of the health & safety program • simple and straight forward Safety Groups Program

  16. Preventing injuries and illnessestakes a systematic approach STEP 1: Set Standards • written statements outlining expectations and policies • use minimum legal standards as a starting point • company policies, rules, procedures, safe work practices, department standards Safety Groups Program

  17. Preventing injuries and illnessestakes a systematic approach STEP 2: Communicate • ensure that everyone knows and understands what is expected of them and what to expect of others • memos, e-mails, meeting attendance records, tool box talks, written explanations of where, when, why & what Safety Groups Program

  18. Preventing injuries and illnessestakes a systematic approach STEP 3: Train • health & safety training, orientation training & on-going training in safe work procedures • attendance records, certificate or letters from external trainers, supervisor / foremen notes, training spreadsheet Safety Groups Program

  19. Preventing injuries and illnessestakes a systematic approach STEP 4: Evaluate • compare actual health & safety activities to the standards and expectations • is the element actually implemented and working • memo summary, minutes, survey findings, job site / plant audits, checklists, recorded observations, statistical summary / comparison Safety Groups Program

  20. Preventing injuries and illnessestakes a systematic approach STEP 5: Acknowledge Success and Make Improvements • recognize everyone who contributed to successful prevention activities by meeting and surpassing company standards • make changes and improvements where needed • letter/memo from president, health & safety awards, public recognition ie. Coffee & donuts for JHSC and/or employees, staff meeting, Christmas banquet, newsletter article, bulletin board display Safety Groups Program

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