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Benefits ofBenefits ofEffectiveEffective

Safety and Safety and Health Health

ProgramsProgramsPresented by:L.A.A.P., Inc.

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Safety and Health Safety and Health ProgramsPrograms

• RecommendedRecommended for all for all businessesbusinesses

• Required Required by specific by specific OSHA standardsOSHA standards

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FACT: 

Nearly 50 workers are injured every minute of the 40-hour work week.

FACT: 

Nearly 50 workers are injured every minute of the 40-hour work week.

FACT

Nearly 50 workers are injured every minute of the 40-hour

work week.

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FACT: 

Nearly 50 workers are injured every minute of the 40-hour work week.

FACT: 

Nearly 50 workers are injured every minute of the 40-hour work week.

FACT

Almost 17 of these workers die each day.

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Costs of AccidentsCosts of Accidents

• More expensive than realizedMore expensive than realized• Direct CostsDirect Costs

• WC Claims; medical costs; WC Claims; medical costs; indemnity paymentsindemnity payments

VsVs• Indirect CostsIndirect Costs

• Training; property damage; Training; property damage; accident investigation; increase accident investigation; increase in insurance; delays; in insurance; delays; administrative costs; low administrative costs; low moralemorale

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Safety Iceberg TheoryDirect Vs Indirect Costs of Accidents

Medical (doctor visits, physicaltherapy, medicine, etc.)

Reduced productivityAccident investigationAdministrative costsLost time by supervisorCosts of training replacement workerOvertimeLegal feesEquipment repairNegative publicityDamage to customer relations

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Costs of AccidentsCosts of Accidents

Notice: One study estimated that a safety and health program saves $4 to

$6 for every $1 invested.Charles Jeffress (OSHA) speech,

10/30/1999

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Benefits of Effective Benefits of Effective Safety and Health Safety and Health

ProgramsPrograms• Reduce work related Reduce work related

injuries and illnessesinjuries and illnesses• Improve morale and Improve morale and

productivityproductivity• Reduce workers’ Reduce workers’

compensation costscompensation costs

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Who Benefits from Who Benefits from Effective Safety and Effective Safety and

Health ProgramsHealth ProgramsYour workforceYour workforce

An effective workplace safety and health An effective workplace safety and health management program will enable you management program will enable you to: to: Recognize and remove hazards from your Recognize and remove hazards from your

workplace.workplace. Protect your workers from injury and Protect your workers from injury and

illness.illness. Prevent loss of life at your worksite. Prevent loss of life at your worksite.

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Who Benefits from Who Benefits from Effective Safety and Effective Safety and

Health ProgramsHealth ProgramsYour workforceYour workforce

Cultivate informed and alert employees who Cultivate informed and alert employees who take responsibility for their own and their take responsibility for their own and their coworkers’ safety coworkers’ safety

Improve employee morale.Improve employee morale.

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Who Benefits from Who Benefits from Effective Safety and Effective Safety and

Health ProgramsHealth ProgramsYour Managers Your Managers

An increased understanding of workplace An increased understanding of workplace hazards and remedies will put your managers in hazards and remedies will put your managers in a better position to:   a better position to:  

Comply with federal and state safety and health Comply with federal and state safety and health requirements.  requirements. 

Become more effective at their jobs. Management Become more effective at their jobs. Management experts believe that the company with a well-experts believe that the company with a well-managed safety and health program enjoys better managed safety and health program enjoys better overall management. overall management. 

Increase productivity rates and assure product Increase productivity rates and assure product quality. quality. 

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Who Benefits from Who Benefits from Effective Safety and Effective Safety and

Health ProgramsHealth ProgramsYour Business as a Whole Your Business as a Whole

An exemplary workplace safety and health An exemplary workplace safety and health management system is "good business sense" management system is "good business sense" that also makes financial sense because it that also makes financial sense because it will allow you to: will allow you to:  Learn first-hand that the cost of accident Learn first-hand that the cost of accident

prevention is far lower than the cost of accidents..  prevention is far lower than the cost of accidents..  Improve the bottom line by: Improve the bottom line by:

Lowering injury and illness rates, Lowering injury and illness rates, Decreasing workers’ compensation costs, Decreasing workers’ compensation costs, Reducing lost workdays, and Reducing lost workdays, and Limiting equipment damage and product losses. Limiting equipment damage and product losses.

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Major ElementsMajor Elements An effective occupational safety and An effective occupational safety and

health program includes the following health program includes the following four major elements:four major elements:

Management commitment and employee Management commitment and employee

involvementinvolvement

Worksite analysisWorksite analysis

Hazard prevention and controlHazard prevention and control

Safety and health trainingSafety and health training

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Management Management Commitment and Commitment and

Employee InvolvementEmployee Involvement• Managers must be as Managers must be as

committed as other dutiescommitted as other duties• Complementary elementsComplementary elements

• Management commitmentManagement commitment provides motivation and provides motivation and resources resources

• Employee involvementEmployee involvement allows allows workers to develop and express workers to develop and express commitment to safety and healthcommitment to safety and health

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Policy and GoalsPolicy and Goals

• Clearly state a worksite safety and health Clearly state a worksite safety and health policypolicy

• Clearly established and communicated Clearly established and communicated goals and objectives goals and objectives

• Top management involvement an Top management involvement an absolute MUSTabsolute MUST

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Employee InvolvementEmployee Involvement

• Encourage employee involvementEncourage employee involvement• Safety committees; audit teams; Safety committees; audit teams;

accident investigationsaccident investigations• Establish and support safety Establish and support safety

committeecommittee• Communicate responsibility for all Communicate responsibility for all

program aspectsprogram aspects

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ResponsibilityResponsibility

• Assignment of responsibilities AND Assignment of responsibilities AND authority authority

• Provide appropriate resources Provide appropriate resources • Managers, supervisors, and Managers, supervisors, and

employees must be held accountable employees must be held accountable for meeting their responsibilitiesfor meeting their responsibilities

• Program review at least annually, to Program review at least annually, to evaluate, identify deficiencies, and evaluate, identify deficiencies, and revise, as neededrevise, as needed

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Worksite AnalysisWorksite Analysis• Examine the worksite and Examine the worksite and

identify:identify:-- existing hazards-- existing hazards-- conditions and operations -- conditions and operations where changes might occur where changes might occur to create hazardsto create hazards

• Actively analyze the work Actively analyze the work and the worksite to and the worksite to anticipateanticipate and prevent and prevent hazardshazards

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Comprehensive SurveyComprehensive Survey

• Conduct a comprehensive Conduct a comprehensive baseline survey for safety baseline survey for safety and health and health

Administrative ReviewAdministrative Review• OSHA Record Keeping and OSHA Record Keeping and

Accident ReportsAccident Reports• Training Records and Training Records and

DocumentationDocumentation• Emergency PlansEmergency Plans• Safety and Health ManualSafety and Health Manual

• Audit and Hazard Audit and Hazard AssessmentAssessment

Facility audit looking for hazardsFacility audit looking for hazards Hazard assessment required by Hazard assessment required by

OSHA to depict where PPE is OSHA to depict where PPE is requiredrequired

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Comprehensive SurveyComprehensive Survey

• Job Hazard AnalysisJob Hazard Analysis Breakdown of tasks step by Breakdown of tasks step by

step looking for the hazard step looking for the hazard in each stepin each step

Identifying potential Identifying potential

hazards and determining hazards and determining the safest way to perform the safest way to perform each step each step

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Safety and Health Safety and Health InspectionsInspections

• Conduct regular (usually weekly) site inspections Conduct regular (usually weekly) site inspections of each department of each department

• Establish daily work area inspection procedures by Establish daily work area inspection procedures by employeesemployees

• Develop and use a checklistDevelop and use a checklist• Provide a reliable system for employees, without Provide a reliable system for employees, without

fear of reprisal, to notify management about fear of reprisal, to notify management about apparent hazardous conditions and to receive apparent hazardous conditions and to receive timely and appropriate responsestimely and appropriate responses

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Accident/Incident Accident/Incident InvestigationsInvestigations

• Investigate Investigate ALLALL accidents and “near accidents and “near miss” incidents, so that miss” incidents, so that their “root” causes and their “root” causes and means for prevention are means for prevention are identifiedidentified

• Analyze injury and illness Analyze injury and illness trends, so that common trends, so that common cause patterns can be cause patterns can be identified and preventedidentified and prevented

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Hazard Prevention and Hazard Prevention and ControlControl

• Start by determining that a hazard Start by determining that a hazard or potential hazard exists or potential hazard exists

• Conduct Hazards Assessment (as Conduct Hazards Assessment (as required by OSHA 29 CFR required by OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132(d)1910.132(d)

• Where feasible, prevent hazards by Where feasible, prevent hazards by effective design of job or job site effective design of job or job site

• If the hazard cannot be eliminated, If the hazard cannot be eliminated, use hazard controlsuse hazard controls

• Eliminate or control hazards in a Eliminate or control hazards in a timely manner timely manner

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Controlling the HazardsControlling the Hazards

Engineering controlsEngineering controls Administrative controlsAdministrative controls Safe work practices communicatedSafe work practices communicated

via training, positive reinforcement,via training, positive reinforcement, correction of unsafe performance,correction of unsafe performance, and enforcementand enforcement

Personal Protective EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment

To prevent and control hazards:

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Hazard Prevention Hazard Prevention PlanningPlanning

• Maintain the facility and Maintain the facility and equipmentequipment PM schedulesPM schedules

• Emergency planningEmergency planning Training and drills, as Training and drills, as

neededneeded• Medical programMedical program

First aid on siteFirst aid on site Physician and emergency Physician and emergency

care nearbycare nearby

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Safety and Health Safety and Health TrainingTraining

• Backbone of ProgramBackbone of Program• New-hire safety New-hire safety

orientationorientation• OSHA required training OSHA required training

by standardsby standards• All employees, including All employees, including

office personneloffice personnel• Supervisors safety Supervisors safety

trainingtraining

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Safety and Health Safety and Health OrientationOrientation

Employees must understand Employees must understand the hazards they may be the hazards they may be exposed to and how to exposed to and how to prevent harm to themselves prevent harm to themselves and others from hazard and others from hazard exposureexposure

Orientation training must be Orientation training must be given to site and contract given to site and contract workersworkers

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Supervisor Supervisor ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

• Analyze work to identify potential Analyze work to identify potential hazards in area of responsibilityhazards in area of responsibility

• Maintain physical protections in work Maintain physical protections in work areasareas

• Reinforce employee training through Reinforce employee training through performance feedback and, if needed, performance feedback and, if needed, enforcement of safe work practicesenforcement of safe work practices

• Legally liableLegally liable

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Specific Training NeedsSpecific Training Needs

• Hazard recognition• Training required in standards• Emergency response• Accident investigation• Emergency drills

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SummarySummary

• Reduce work related injuries and illnessesReduce work related injuries and illnesses• Improve morale and productivityImprove morale and productivity• Reduce workers’ compensation costsReduce workers’ compensation costs• Include these four major elements:Include these four major elements:

Management commitment and Management commitment and employee employee involvementinvolvement

Worksite analysisWorksite analysis Hazard prevention and controlHazard prevention and control Safety and health trainingSafety and health training

Effective worker safety and health programs:

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OSHA’sOSHA’s

Safety and HealthSafety and Health

Management ProgramManagement Program

GuidelinesGuidelines

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Total Safety Management

In recent years, more and more emphasis has been placed on proper documentation resulting in more citations with severe penalties. Many times clerical errors are repeated throughout your documentation, resulting in multiple citations. Proper documentation begins with the new employee safety orientation, and continues through safety meetings, facility & equipment inspections, and accident investigations. This is not a simple clerical job to be taken lightly.

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Loss Prevention Manual

Includes customized policies and procedures to comply with OSHA and Workers Compensation

requirements.

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Injury & Illness Records

Accident Investigation ReportsOSHA Form 300OSHA Form 301OSHA Form 300 ARecord Retention

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Training Documentation

New Employee OrientationEmployee Safety MeetingsEquipment TrainingFirst Aid & CPR

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Hazard Assessment&

Facility Safety Audits

Hazard assessment and facility safety audits are vitalcomponents of a Safety and Health Management Program

to ensure safe working conditions are maintained.

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Job Safety & Health PostingRequirements

Job Safety & Health PosterMinimum Wage Statement

Age Discrimination StatementEqual Employment Opportunity Statement

Workers Compensation NoticesHazard Communication Act Notice

Access to Employee Exposure & Medical RecordsSafety/Emergency Services Listing (Phone Numbers)

Drug & Alcohol Screening PolicyOSHA Form 300-A (Annual Summary)

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Summary

Establishing a comprehensive, quality Safety and Health Program at your facility will take some time and involve

some professional resources. However, you will be pleasantly surprised with the results. Doing so will result in happier, more productive employees because they will know that you are committed to their safety and health on the job. Additionally, you will save money through

reduced workers compensation insurance costs and the reduced potential for third-party claims.

The rewards you receive will surely exceed the cost of investment in safety and health protection.

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L.A.A.P., Inc.“Total Safety Management”

312 W. San AugustineDeer Park, Texas 77536

(281) 478-4444 office(281) 478-6699 fax

web address www.total-safety-management.com

L.A.A.P., Inc. is an innovative safety management company providing comprehensive safety services to various clients across the United States.

We specialize in safety, health, fire protection, and environmental consulting, auditing, training, and program development.

We assist today’s business community in meeting the ever-changing regulations enacted by municipal, State, and Federal governmental agencies, and have been very successful in reducing our clients’ losses, Workers Compensation rates, and potential third-party liability, in addition to assisting with compliance efforts for State, Federal, and local safety, health, and environmental laws and regulations.

LAAP, Inc. can help put you back in control of your Loss Prevention Program.