Safety and Health

Programs

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 Benefits of Effective Safety
and Health Programs
• Reduce work related injuries
and illnesses
• Improve morale and productivity
• Reduce workers’ compensation
costs

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 Major Elements
 An effective occupational safety and health
program includes the following four elements:
 Management commitment and employee
involvement
 Worksite analysis
 Hazard prevention and control
 Safety and health training

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 Management Commitment
and Employee Involvement
• These are complementary elements
• Management commitment provides
motivation and resources
• Employee involvement allows
workers to develop and express
commitment to safety and health

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 Policy and Goals
• Clearly state a worksite safety and health policy

• Establish and communicate a clear goal and

objective for the safety and health program

• Involve top management in implementing the

program

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 Employee Involvement
• Encourage employees to get involved in
the program and in decisions that affect
their safety and health

• Communicate responsibility for all

program aspects

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 Responsibility
• Parties responsible for the safety and health
program must have authority and resources
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• Managers, supervisors, and employees must be
held accountable for meeting their responsibilities

• Program operations must be reviewed at least

annually, to evaluate, identify deficiencies, and
revise, as needed

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 Worksite Analysis
• Examine the worksite and identify:
-- existing hazards
-- conditions and operations
where changes might occur to create
hazards
• Management must actively
analyze the work and the worksite
to anticipate and prevent harmful
occurrences

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 Comprehensive Survey

• Conduct a comprehensive
baseline survey for safety and
health
• Job Hazard Analysis
• Who may help you:
-- Insurance companies
-- Consultants

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 Safety and Health
Inspections
• Conduct regular (usually weekly) site inspections
• Establish daily work area inspection procedures
• Develop and use a checklist
• Provide a reliable system for employees to notify
management about apparent hazardous
conditions and to receive timely and appropriate
responses

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 Additional Worksite Analysis

• Investigate accidents and

“near miss” incidents, so that
their causes and means for
prevention are identified
• Analyze injury and illness
trends, so that common cause
patterns can be identified and
prevented

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Hazard Prevention and Control
• Start by determining that a hazard
or potential hazard exists
• Where feasible, prevent hazards by
effective design of job or job site
• If the hazard cannot be eliminated,
use hazard controls
• Eliminate or control hazards in a
timely manner

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 Controlling the Hazards
To prevent and control hazards:
 Engineering controls
 Administrative controls
 Personal protective equipment
 Safe work practices communicated

 via training, positive reinforcement,

 correction of unsafe performance,
 and enforcement

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 Hazard Prevention Planning
• Maintain the facility and
equipment
• Emergency planning
 Training and drills, as needed
• Medical program
 First aid on site
 Physician and emergency care
nearby

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 Safety and Health Training
• Address the safety and
health responsibilities of
all personnel
• Incorporate it into other
training and job
performance/practice

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Safety and Health Orientation
 Employees must understand
the hazards they may be
exposed to and how to prevent
harm to themselves and
others from hazard exposure
 Orientation training must be
given to site and contract
workers

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 Supervisor Responsibilities
• Analyze work to identify potential hazards in
area of responsibility
• Maintain physical protections in work areas
• Reinforce employee training through
performance feedback and, if needed,
enforcement of safe work practices

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 Specific Training Needs
• Hazard recognition
• Training required in standards
• Emergency response
• Accident investigation
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NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
 NSC was set up
on 4th March,
1966 by the
Ministry of
Labour,
Government of
India

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 Vardhman Chemtech Ltd. received
certification for its integrated
management system for environmental,
health and safety (EHS)

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 The Company has implemented a
comprehensive environmental, health
and safety management system
throughout the company.
 It ensures compliance with official
regulations as well as supports
continuous improvement in
environmental, health and work safety.
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 The Company has developed waste
treatment plants and effectively
integrated the environment
consciousness into the manufacturing
process as a whole

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 25 % of the total land is covered with trees and
plants.
 Biological treatment of the waste in an
appropriate manner is done.
 Incilliator is installed for disposal of solid
waste.
 Waste water treatment is done and treated
water is used to irrigate the trees in green area

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 RIL focuses on achieving excellence in
occupational and personal health of its
employees across locations. The
Company has Occupational Health
Centres (OHC) at its manufacturing
divisions and major offices.

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 RIL has full-fledged modern hospitals at its
major townships at Jamnagar, Vadodara,
Nagothane and Patalganga, which cater to
curative health services to employees and
their family members. In FY 2010-11, new
facilities were added to the hospitals
including a state-of the- art, special burns
treatment unit, at the Dhirubhai Ambani
Hospital in Jamnagar
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 RIL's medical and occupational health
departments are also in the forefront to prevent
lifestyle diseases such as heart problems,
hypertension, diabetes and communicable
diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV /
AIDS through a series of regular health
awareness sessions, daily health tips and
personal counseling. Health promotional activities
are also extended to employees' family members
staying at Company townships.
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 BASF THE CHEMICAL
COMPANY
 We never compromise on safety. This is a
commitment enshrined in our strategy. For us,
that means ensuring and continuing to
develop safe working conditions. Our globally
valid safety concepts serve to protect BASF
employees, contractors and our neighbors.
Safe plants and the strong safety awareness
of our qualified employees are the
prerequisite for trouble-free production

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 As part of the Safety Champions initiative,
 the first Safety Champions Training Center
in fall of 2010 at the Ludwigshafen site.
 Center provides a platform for practical
safety instructions and is a place where
employees can learn from and with each
other.

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 It offers interactive and practice-based
modules designed by occupational safety
experts that can be combined to develop
personalized qualification concepts. In
2013, around 17,000 employees and
contractors took advantage of practical
safety instructions, training courses and
exhibitions, all relating to occupational
safety.
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 Summary
Effective worker safety and health programs:
• Reduce work related injuries and illnesses
• Improve morale and productivity
• Reduce workers’ compensation costs
• Include these four elements:
 Management commitment and employee
involvement
 Worksite analysis
 Hazard prevention and control
 Safety and health training

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