INDUSTRIAL

SAFETY
MANAGEMENT
Chapter 6

Promoting
Safety Effort

Learning Objectives

After completing the chapter you

will know:
• How to promote safety efforts in an
organisation.
• To understand various safety
programmes

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 Promoting Safety Effort

• Can take a while to

start up

• Takes energy to keep

moving

• Requires regular
maintenance and fine
tuning

Not the Ideal Safety Inspector/Loss

Control Specialist

• A safety cop
• Emphasizes the negative
• Punishment – All about
penalties
• Communication is one
way
• Requires training but
doesn’t do training
• No one looks forward to
an inspection or visit

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 Ideal Safety Professional

• Excellent Knowledge
in the field
• Promotes safety
• Excellent
Communicator
• Keeps it simple
• Enjoys training
• Helps provide
solutions
• Part of the team

1. Develop a Safety Manual

• Develop a simple safety manual

• Utilize a free resource like OSHA’s
handbook for Small Business
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/o
sha2209.pdf
• Electronic v paper: May Need Both
• Plan on having one hard copy in
every department.

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 2. Embrace Safety Policy
• Any company with more than 5 employees
is legally obliged to possess a
comprehensive health and safety policy.
• Also, additional policies as needed: Such as
– Alcohol and Drug Policy
– Fleet Policy

Fleet Policy
•Organization has primary guidance
for bus drivers
•Crash review committee (includes
Drivers)
•Include qualifications and
disqualifications
•Daily Inspection Guide
•Insurance requirement

3. Checklists for Important Areas

• Checklists keep it simple

• Requires action &
documentation
• Promotes employee
participation
• Sharing of responsibility
• Focuses on Hazard
Recognition
• Establishes Due diligence
• Meets OSHA required
documentation

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 4. Safety Audit

• Include Records check:

• Fire Drill Records
• Safety Committee
Minutes
• Self Inspection Records
• Perform a program audit
• Develop a score (bench
mark)
• Base recognition on a
threshold level.

5. Safety Inspection

Purpose
•Maintain a safe work
environment
•Control unsafe acts
and conditions
•Ensure operational
efficiency

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WHO CAN CONDUCT INSPECTIONS
• Employees
• Supervisors
• Safety Coordinators
• Management
• Safety Committee
Members
• Outside
Vendors/insurance
companies

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 6. Safety Committee
• Encourages participation
• Shares responsibility
• Communications
• Opportunity for promoting
safety
• Reviewing accident &
causes
• Identifies specific needs
unique to the school
• Encourage Hazard
Reporting
• Identify Student Behavior
Issues

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 Example:
Compact’s Safety Committee

7. Safety Meeting
• Key participants:
• Run safety meetings like
a business meeting
• Have a standard agenda
• Publish minutes
• A resource for staff
issues (address
complaints at the first
level)

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 8. Safetygrams
• Put out a single page monthly
Safetygram
• One or two Safety Briefs
• Highlight injury Stats
• Recognize exemplary school
schools
• Did You Know column
(reminder of a safety program,
ID resources)
• Promotion/Information
• Spotlight an Employee

9. Recognition Incentive Award

Exemplary Safety Award

Criteria:
• Must achieve a threshold point
score
• Have an active safety committee
• Documented checklists

Phase in Program:
Points
Committee
Inspections

Signed by the Superintendent

(emphasizes top management
support)

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 10. Risk Management Program

• Disaster Plans

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Safety Award and Recogn

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