Why%20do%20we%20need%20safety%20leaders%20in%20our%20workplace

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Why do we need safety leaders in our workplace
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Vehicle Accidents On An Average Day

• 90,000 Accidents
• 53,000 Claims Reported
• 6,300 Disabling Injuries
• 120 Deaths
• Cost To Society is 467,000,000 (Wages,
  Productivity, Medical, Property Damage, Employer
  Costs and Administration Costs)

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Why a safety program

• Contract submissions
• Insurance requirement
• A single, uniform source reference for your
  operation
• Affirmative defense
• OSHA/DOT/EPA compliance
• Conscience

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Myths and misconceptions

• Will simple compliance with regulations make your
  workplace safe?
• How come OSHA doesnt penalize workers?
• Safety gets in the way of productivity.
• Do OSHA compliance officers get a percentage of
  the penalties collected?

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Even bigger myths

• Most accidents are caused by carelessness.
• Safety is mostly just plain common sense.
• Safety is everyones responsibility.
• Safety slows us down.

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Critical Elements of an Effective Safety Program

• Management commitment
• Roles and responsibilities
• Job hazard analysis (planning)
• Safest work procedures
• inspection (competent persons)
• Training (communicating hazards)
• Enforcement (reinforcement)
• Accident surveillance

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What is a competent person

• Someone who knows the hazards.
• Someone who knows how to deal with the hazards.
• Someone who has authorization to correct the
  hazards, and does!

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Our custom and practice

• Weekly toolbox safety talks.
• Handouts/booklets.
• A safety speaker at the annual incentive awards
  chicken dinner.
• Relying on good old on-the-job experience.
• ...Just buy an extra clean up kit Earl.

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Whos kidding who

• Less than 20 of Americas workforce in union.
• 50 of Americas companies do nothing to comply
  with OSHA!
• It costs too much to comply.
• Ill plead ignorance.

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Even tougher to swallow

• Formalized training often delivered only to
  supervisors.
• Timing, venues and fatigue.
• Quality of training.

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The safety meeting

• Use an agenda, be a leader.
• Review accidents/near misses.
• Supervisors observations.
• Workers observations.
• Rotate chairperson and recorder.
• Follow-up on every issue raised.

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Fatalities

• Falls 33
• Struck-by 22
• Caught in/between 18
• Other 10

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Most frequently cited OSHA Standards 1995 the
old way

• Hazard Communication- written program
• Hazard Communication - employee training
• Hazard Communication - no MSDS
• OSHA Poster
• Hazard Communication - MSDS not on site

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Most frequently cited OSHA Standards - 2007

• Safety Program
• Employee training(general)
• Lock out
• Fall Protection (6 rule)
• Guarding
• PPE
• Fork Truck

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Every day injuries that really add up

• Muscular-skeletal injuries (nearly half from
  listing)
• Foreign body in eye
• Contusions, lacerations and fractures
• Burns

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On the local scene

• Inspection programming.
• New Inspectors.
• Citations for no programs.
• More follow up on employee complaints.
• Workers page.

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Probably future areas of emphasis

• Refinement of safety programs.
• Pre-planning
• Site-specific orientation.
• Demonstrated worker involvement.
• Spot checks of injury and illness records.

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Dollars in whose pockets
Sales Needed To Cover Costs
Cost of Claim (s) 2 Profit Margin 5 Profit Margin 10 Profit Margin
5,000 250,000 100,000 50,000
100,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000
5,000,000 25,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000
1,250,000 62,500,000 25,000,000 12,500,000
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Hidden costs of accidents

• Time Lost From Work By Injured.
• Time Lost By Fellow Employees.
• Time Lost By Supervisors.
• Loss Of Production.
• Cost Of Overtime.
• Cost To Hire New Employee.
• Break-in Time For New Employee.

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Is 99.9 good enough

• 2 Unsafe Landings At OHare Airport Each Day.
• 16,000 Lost Pieces Of Mail Per Hour.
• 20,000 Incorrect Drug Prescriptions Per Year.
• 50 Newborn Babies Dropped At Birth Each Day.
• 32,000 Missed Heartbeats Per Person Each Year.
• 2 M Books In The Next Year Will Have The Wrong
  Cover.
• 900,000 Credit Cards Will Have Incorrect
  Information.

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Know who you are hiring

• 1 in 49 adults are on probation, parole, or in
  jail.
• 35 would work faster/unsafely to get longer
  breaks.
• 20-30 of resumes/applications contain
  fraudulent information.
• 90 of all financial losses are inside jobs.
• Employee theft causes 25-30 of business
  failures.
• 1/3 of employees surveyed admitted stealing.

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Inexperience Accidents

• Employees who have less than 12 months experience
  at a different or new task, account for 80 of
  ALL accidents.

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Guard Against These Traps

• Time pressure
• Vague guidance
• After wake-up or meal
• First time evolution
• Over-confidence
• Distractive environment
• High work load/stress
• First day after time off

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Facts On Falls

• One of the leading causes of accidental death
  (12,000 die annually).
• ½ of injuries on level surface.
• 400 ladder deaths-40,000 disabling injuries.
• 11 Fall 50 chance of fatality.
• Bathroom most dangerous room.
• 53 of victims are male.

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Accident Investigation Tips

• 1. Secure 2.Treat 3. Investigate!
• Interview Witnesses
• Document
• Call In the Claim ASAP
• Dont Wait!
• Facts Not Fault Finding
• Dont Interrupt
• In Their Words

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Accident investigation tips
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Serious

• What accidents do you investigate?
• Root and primary causes identified
• Corrective actions for each
• Committee should review
• What are you doing different now to prevent
  recurrence?

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Minor
Near Misses
300
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Take action now

• Get your program updated and dont shelve it -
  give it out.
• Follow-up on any suggestion made by a worker,
  regardless if you can fix it.
• Have one person (not the first line supervisor)
  investigate your accidents.
• Visit injured workers, regardless of apparent
  severity.
• Use your expert resources.
• Document document, document!