Accident Prevention Programs

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Accident Prevention Programs
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What Will We Talk About?

• What is an accident?
• What is an accident prevention program?
• Basic elements of a program
• Where to get more help

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• What is an accident?

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What Is An Accident?

• An unplanned, unexpected, unwanted event that
• Disrupts normal operations
• May or may not cause property damage or personal
  injury

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What is an Accident Prevention Program (APP)?

• A plan of action to
• ID and correct existing potential workplace
  hazards
• prevent accidents
• minimize their impact
• prevent recurrence
• protect life, limb, property

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Basic Types Of Accidents

• Minor little damage
• Paper cuts
• Dropping a box of supplies.
• Serious major injury or property damage.
• Forklift dropping a load.
• Person falling off a ladder.

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Basic Types Of Accidents

• Accidents that occur over a long period of time
• Hearing loss from long-term noise exposure
• Illness from chronic chemical exposure

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Near Miss Accident

• AKA Near Hit or Incident.
• An accident that does not actually result in
  injury or damage (but could have).
• Shows something is wrong.

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Basic Program Elements

• Management Commitment
• Employee Involvement
• Safe Work Practices
• Workplace Hazard Assessment

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Basic Program Elements

• Accident Investigation
• Hazard Control
• Training
• Recordkeeping

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Management Commitment
A message from the top
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John Smith
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Management Commitment

• The motivating force
• Policy statement
• Specific objectives
• Assigned responsibilities
• Management sets example
• Commit resources

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Resources to Support of APP

Time
Personnel
Money
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Employee Participation
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Employee Participation

• Roles and responsibilities
• Safety committee membership
• Job Hazard Analysis
• Develop safe work procedures
• Report/correct hazards
• Self-inspections
• Help train new hires

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Purposes of Safety Committees

• Present training
• exchange ideas,
• foster safe behavior,
• improve safety performance through collaboration
  and participation
• reinforce everyones responsibility to safety.

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Safety Committee Activities

• Review self inspections
• Evaluate equipment / work processes (JHAs)
• Report department safety suggestions, facilitate
  employee participation
• Assist in solving safety problems.
• Assist in developing and implementing training

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Safety Committee Activities

• Review incident / accident trends
• Conduct accident investigations
• Review old policies and procedures and assist in
  developing new ones
• Evaluate program effectiveness

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Safe Work Practices
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Safety Rules

• General company safety rules such as
• Do not operate equipment for which you have not
  been trained.
• Report all injuries to your supervisor
• Rules for specific tasks, e.g.
• Lab safety rules
• Roofing fall protection rules

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Disciplinary Policy

• In writing
• Communicated to workers
• Universally applied including management
• Fair and progressive enforcement

Wheres his fall protection?
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Workplace Hazard Assessment
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Workplace Hazard Assessment

• Address
• existing conditions
• potential hazards
• Cover
• employees
• students
• visitors
• contractors

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Hazard Identification

• Use a team supervisors, employees, outside
  experts
• Consider
• Persons
• Processes
• Equipment
• Environment
• Recommend action to improve
• Track corrective action

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Hazard Assessment

• Regular self-inspections
• Periodic outside inspections
• Industrial hygiene monitoring
• Job hazard analysis
• Employee hazard reporting
• Records review

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Job Hazard Analysis
Sharp edges splinters
Pick up stock
Gloves
Blade edges and flying chips
Blade guard and safety glasses
Cut stock with power saw
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Records Review

• Review OSHA-300, WC claims, accident reports,
  injury records, near-miss investigations,
  equipment repair records

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• Accident Investigation

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Why Investigate?

• Identify problem areas
• Identify root cause
• Eliminate hazards
• Prevent recurrence
• Improve performance

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Near Misses
Near-misses are potential accidents
Accidents or injuries are the tip of the
iceberg of hazards
Accidents
Hazards
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Hazard Control
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Heinrichs Triangle
Serious Injury
1
Minor Injury
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No Injury Incidents
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3,000
Hazards
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Hazard Control

• Engineering Controls
• Administrative/Work Practice Controls
• PPE
• Preventive Maintenance
• Emergency Action Plan with Drills

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TRAINING
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Training

• Who?
• Management
• Employees
• What?
• Basic orientation
• Specific machines, processes, skills
• When?
• Before doing the work
• When duties work change
• When deficiencies are noted
• Documentation
• Training content
• Attendance records

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Employee Orientation

• Contents of overall program
• How to do job safely
• How to report hazards
• How to report accidents
• Emergency procedures
• Location of PPE, first aid, emergency
  facilities

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Some OSHA Standards with Specific Training
Requirements

• Respirators and PPE
• Emergency Action and Emergency Response
• Lead
• Confined Space
• Fall Protection In Construction
• Lockout / Tagout
• Hazard Communication
• Bloodborne Pathogens

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Recordkeeping
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Types of Records

• Training logs
• Incident investigation reports
• Illness/injury logs
• Exposure monitoring records
• Medical records (maintain confidentiality)
• Safety meeting minutes
• Corrective action logs

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Resources for More Help

• Insurance Companies
• www.osha.gov
• National Safety Council
• Onsite Consultation Program
• Call to request Volumes 1 through 6