Safety Is Everybody's Business

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Safety Is Everybody's Business

• Environmental Health Safety

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Course Objectives

• Help you decide that safety IS everybodys
  business, and why
• Provide you with an understanding of accident
  causes
• Explain safety responsibilities
• For both employees and employers
• Introduce you to specific safety topics
• Fire safety, activity safety, office safety

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Why Worry about Safety?

• Why do you need to be concerned about safety?

Loss

Pain!

Lost time
Hurt
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Why Worry Common Reasons

1. Getting hurt isnt fun!

Not All Pain is GainNobody likes getting
hurtHealthy employees are moreproductive
employees
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Why Worry Common Reasons

1. Getting hurt isnt fun!

1. Cost of Accidents

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Cost of Accidents

• Direct Costs
• Medical Costs (including workers comp.)
• Indemnity Payments
• Indirect Costs
• Time Lost (by worker and supervisor)
• Schedule delays
• Training new employees
• Cleanup time / equipment repairs
• Legal fees

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Cost of Accidents
The Iceberg Effect

• On average, the indirect costs of accidents
  exceed the direct costs by a 41 ratio

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Why Worry Common Reasons

1. Getting hurt isnt fun!
2. Cost of Accidents

1. Legal Issues and Liability

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Legal Issues and Liability

• As a result of safety violations
• You can be named in a lawsuit
• Criminal charges may be filed against you
• You can be cited by an enforcement agency
• You can be fined by an enforcement agency

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Legal Issues and Liability

• Because of personal liability, and you can be
  named as a defendant in a lawsuit

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Legal Issues and Liability

• You can have criminal charges filed against you.
• Negligent supervisors and employers have been
  charged with manslaughter

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So how do you protect yourself?

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Understanding Accident Causes

• Accidents are caused by
• Unsafe conditions
• Unsafe acts

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Accident Causes

• Unsafe Conditions
• Easiest to correct (and very cost effective)
• Easiest to prevent
• Safety audits
• Safety inspections
• Maintenance schedules for equipment
• Encouraging employee reporting
• Good housekeeping

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Accident Causes

• Unsafe Acts
• Most difficult to address
• Changing behavior isnt easy
• Best prevented by developing a safety culture

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Safety Cultures

• Establish accountability for safety
• Define safety responsibilities

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Establishing Accountability Performance
Evaluations

• Employees should be evaluated on their safety
  performance
• Doing a job correctly includes doing it safely
• Job description revisions may include generic
  job descriptions with
• Must follow all general and safety policies and
  procedures as established by the department,
  college/division, and university.

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Defining Responsibilities

• Employee responsibilities include
• Recognizing safety hazards
• Reporting safety hazards
• Maintaining good housekeeping
• Working safely
• Using personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Making the most of safety training

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Defining Responsibilities

• Employer responsibilities include
• Providing access to information
• Providing personal protective equipment
• Providing training

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So what does all this mean?

• It means that safety is everybodys business.
• From the moral aspect to the legal aspect, we all
  benefit from a safe work environment.