Culture of Occupational Safety

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Culture of Occupational Safety

• Core Competency
• Performance Excellence Program

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City Safety Philosophy

• Effective safety programs contribute to making
  the City the best city in the nation in which to
  live, work and raise a family
• Safety is core value
• All are responsible and accountable for
  preventing injuries
• Extend safety beyond the workplace

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Performance Objectives

• How to make the City the best city in the nation
  to live, work and raise a family
• Reduce claims
• Reduce severity of claims
• Reduce costs
• Include home safety

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Managers Role

• Develop written SH policy
• Incident reporting and investigation
• Assure adequate personnel resources
• Assign Responsibilities
• Safety Committee Rep
• Hazard Recognition and Correction
• Training
• Ensure adequate financial resources
• Evaluate program performance regularly

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Accident Costs

• Direct Costs
• Medical bills
• Off work pay
• Write a check
• Easily tracked

• Indirect Costs
• Retraining
• Production decreases
• Coworkers lost time
• Difficult to track
• Estimated to be 3 10 x direct costs

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Cost of Accidents

• Administrative Support Occupations
• SOC 4799
• 378,253 Direct Costs
• Construction Laborers
• gt Health Aides, Groundskeepers, Electricians,
  Grader and Dozer operators, Electrician and
  Construction Trade Helpers, Clean and Building
  Services

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Eliminate IncidentsHOW?

• Eliminate hazards
• Planning
• Audits
• Hazard Recognition
• Increase awareness
• Training
• Awareness activities

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Office Hazards

• Falls
• Strains and Overexertion
• Struck by or Strike Object
• Caught in or between
• Material Handling and Storage
• Workstation Design
• Electrical
• Emergency Preparedness

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Falls

• Most common office accident
• Disabling injury rate
• 2.5 x non office workers
• Causes
• Open drawers
• Standing on chairs
• Loose flooring
• Wet floors

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Strains Overexertions

• Highest cost injuries
• Costs are rising
• Causes
• Incorrect lifting technique
• Twisting while lifting
• Lifting while seated

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Struck By or Strike Object

• Preventable
• Causes
• Bumping into furniture
• Bumping into people while walking
• Striking objects after bending over
• Doors opening

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Caught In or Between

• A leading disabling injury
• Causes
• Fingers and hands caught in drawers, doors,
  windows
• Clothing and jewelry caught in office machines
• Fingers caught in paper cutter

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Materials Handling Storage

• Poor housekeeping and improper storage
• Causes
• Objects falling on
• Poor visibility
• Fire hazard

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Workstation Design

• Fit the workplace to the worker
• Discomfort in neck, shoulders, back
• Causes
• Poor design between
• chair and desk
• Bad postures
• Repetitiveness and pace

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Electrical

• Essential for operation
• Hazards include shock, burns and fire
• Causes
• Ungrounded equipment
• Overloaded outlets
• Defective, worn equipment
• Extension cord use
• Working on live equipment

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Emergency Preparedness

• Injury
• Response
• First Aid
• Weather
• Communication
• Evacuation, Assemble
• and Account
• Internal shelter
• Fire
• Communication
• Evacuation

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Performance Measurements

• Incident reporting and investigation
• Time frame
• Safety Committee
• Meetings
• Hazard Recognition
• Audits
• Hazard reporting
• Hazard Elimination
• Corrective actions
• Time frame, responsible party

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Other Performance Measurements

• Safety Training
• completed on time
• Reduce incidents
• Frequency
• Severity
• Enforcement
• Disciplinary action
• New Projects and Purchases
• Safety review

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More Ideas

• New Employee Interviews
• Off the job safety information
• Emergency planning
• Yard work
• PPE
• Chemical storage

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Questions?

• Dianne Grote Adams, MS, CIH, CSP, CPEA
• dgroteadams_at_safex.us