Safety Incentives

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Safety Incentives

• Legal Considerations
• Employee Perspective
• Dos and Donts
• Reward Program Definitions

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Legal Considerations

• Labor Code 132a
• Stemler vs.. CalTrans
• Federal OSHA section 11(c)

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Employee Perspective

• Fear to report accidents
• People want to do a good job
• People dont intentionally injure themselves
• Accidents may be a reflection of poor morale
• Safety starts at the top
• Compensation is a great motivator

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Dos

• Get employee involvement
• Reward safe behavior/performance
• Reward for suggestions
• Start at the top
• Reinforce sense of pride
• Focus on the Process' rather than the Outcome
• Vary the program
• KISS - Keep it Simple

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Donts

• Penalize for accidents
• Think of Training as The safety program
• Only address the 'human error'
• Ignore off-job behavior
• Focus on no lost time injury targets

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Reward Program Definitions

• ac.count.a.bil.i.ty n. the process of finding
  someone to blame. see "Control"
• per.form.ance ap.prais.al n. a ritual in which
  individuals are judged - and reminded who has
  more power than they do. See "Control"
• per.form.ance, pay for n. selective reinforcement
  used to manipulate behavior and obtain
  compliance. See "Control"

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Definitions - Continued

• rec.og.ni.tion n. selective reinforcement used to
  manipulate behavior and obtain compliance. See
  "Control"
• team play.er n. someone who does what he or she
  is told. See "Control"

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References

• http//siri.uvm.edu/library/npincprog/title.html
• http//www.bestglove.com/resources/Safety20Incent
  ive.htm
• http//www.shermansafety.com/incentive.html
• http//are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/lmd/html/fall_92
  /safegrabt.html
• http//fels.org - Free Resources, Safety
  Incentives Are they legal?