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2. Safety is part of the professional job: You
should integrate OSH concepts and procedures into your
professional approach to every job. That is something
everyone, from top management through the first-line
supervisor to the worker, should do. All training and
apprentice programs should include OSH. Safety
demands cooperation among all levels of management
and workers.
3. Top management and command must be
involved: Top management must take the lead in
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organizing OSH, setting OSH policy, and assigning
OSH accountability, Management must hold
intermediate management levels accountable for all
preventable mishaps. To be effective, a mishap
investigation must not coerce, convict, or punish
managers, supervisors, or workers. It should strive to be
impartial when assessing the evidence and then develop
recommendations to avoid future mishaps. The cause
may not be one single event or design flaw. Management
should work toward a safe and healthy operation or
system through appropriate managerial methods.
4. Safety is economical: Mishaps cost money.
Costs include those for damage repair, lost work time,
worker replacement and training, and compensation
claims. Safety specialists must advise management
supervisors of how safety will reduce lost work time and
enhance productivity, operational effectiveness, and
morale. Money allotted to provide protective equipment
and safe working conditions is a good investment.
5. First-line supervisors are essential to safety
management: The first-line supervisor (shop foreman,
work center supervisor, leading petty officer) needs time
for stand-up briefings. He or she also needs the proper
tools and personal protective equipment for safe
operation. The first-line supervisor must have adequate
resources and must be accountable for production and
operation safety. Command support, including funding,
is critical to safe operations.
6. Eliminate unsafe acts to reduce mishaps:
Unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and mishaps are
symptoms of problems in the management system. You,
as a manager or supervisor, must examine the symptoms
to find and eliminate their causes. Lack of training, poor
motivation, personality conflicts, drug or alcohol abuse,
and bad attitudes are potential mishap causes. All of
these problems are correctable through good
management and supervision.
7. Severe mishaps should receive first priority:
Certain circumstances and conditions carry a higher risk
of producing severe injuries or costly damage. You can
normally identify, anticipate, and control some of the
following potentially hazardous conditions:
a.
b.
c.
Unusual, nonroutine activities, like weapons
handling
Nonproductive activities, during which
boredom can lead to horseplay or unsafe acts
Activities involving high-energy sources
such as melting metals in a foundry
d.