Term Papers on 14 ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL SAFETY & HEALTH PROGRAM

Term Paper Title	14 ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL SAFETY & HEALTH PROGRAM
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14 ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL SAFETY & HEALTH PROGRAM

Element 1: Hazard Recognition, Evaluation and Control. Establishing and
maintaining safe and healthful conditions required indenifing hazards,
evaluating their pontential effects, developing ways to eliminate or control
them and planning action priorities.This process is the essence of successful
safety and health management.

Element 2:Workplace Design and Engineering Safety and health issues are most
easily and economically addressed when facilities, processes and equipment are
being designed. Organizations must incorporate safety into workplace design,
production processes and selection.They also need to evaluate and modify or
replace exisiting processes, equipment and facilities to make them safer. We
explore how the design and function of the workplace can complement safety and
health goals, minimize exposure to hazards and promote safe practices.

Element 3: Safety Performance Management As in all areas of operations,
standards must be set for safety performance. They should reflect applicable
regulatory requirements, additional voluntary guidelines and best business
practices. We describe how managers, supervisors and employees can be made
responsible and held accountable for meeting standards within their control. We
look at how job performance appraisals can reflect performance in safety and
health, as well as in other areas.

Element 4: Regulatory Compliance Management The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and
state safety and health agencies establish and enforce safety and health
regulations.Other agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, also
issue and enforce regulations relating to safety and health in the United
States. We discuss key aspects of international regulations in the European
Union, Canada and Mexico. Staying informed about and complying with regulations
are essential goals of safety and health programs.We also look briefly at
conducting regulatory compliance inspections.

Element 5: Occupational Health Occupational health programs range from the
simple to the complex. At a minimun, such programs address the immediate needs
of injured or ill employees by providing first aid and responce to emergencies.
More elaborate medical services may incude medical surveillance programs and
provision for an in-house medical capability. In addition, some companies are
beginning to focus on off-the-job safety and health through employee wellness
and similar programs.

ELEMENT 6: Information Collection Safety and health activities, including
inspections, record keeping, industrial hygine surveys and other occupational
health assessments, injury/illness/incident investigations and performance
reviews, produce a large quantity of data. Safety and health professionals must
collect and analyze this data. Small incidents often provide early warning of
more serious safety or health problems. Complete and accurate records can be
used to identify hazards, measure safety performance and improvement, and
through analyses, help identify patterns.

ELEMENT 7: Employee Involvement Design and engineering controls are limited in
their ability to reduce hazards. Companies now understand that their real
assets are people, not machinery, and they also realize that employees must
recognize their stake in a safe and healthful workplace. As employees become
more involved in planning, implementation and improvement, they see the need for
safer work practices. Solutions to safety and health problems often come from
affected employees. We look at how employees can contribute to safety and health
objectives through safety committees and teams.

ELEMENT 8: Motivation, Behavior, and Attitudes Movtivation aims at changing
behavior and attitudes to create a safer, healthier workplace. This elements
describe two general approches organizations use to motivate employees and
stresses the role that visible management leadership plays in changin...

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