Chapter Fourteen Safety and Health: A Proactive Approach.

Chapter Fourteen

Safety and Health: A Proactive Approach

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Chapter Outline

• Occupational Safety and Health Legislation• Management’s Role in Safety and Health• Safety and Health Issues in the Workplace• Violence in the Workplace• Employee Fitness and Wellness Programs


Federal Safety and Health Legislation

• History of the Occupational Safety and Health Act

• Three Agencies Created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act– Occupational Safety and Health Review

Commission (OSHRC)– National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health (NIOSH)– Occupational Safety and Health Administration

(OSHA)


OSHA’s Primary Tasks

• Development of new safety and health standards and the review of current standards

• Enforcement of health and safety regulations– Programmed inspections– Unprogrammed inspections

• Work cooperatively with business to improve safety outside the inspection/penalty system – Voluntary Protection Programs


An OSHA Inspection

• Initial Contact

• Opening Conference

• Walk Around Inspection

• Closing Conference & After Inspection– Describes violations– Issue citations– Schedules follow-up inspection


Types of Inspections

• Programmed

• Unprogrammed

• Offsite –phone/fax

• Onsite


Types of OSHA Violations

• Nonserious• Serious• Posting• Willful• Willful with fatality (1st offense)• Willful with fatality (2nd offense)• Repeated• Failure to abate violation


Management’s Role In Safety and Health

• Minimalist Approach to Safety & Health– Providing a Safe Work Environment– Informing and Training Employees About

Safety and Health Issues– Complying with Specific Safety and Health

Regulations and Directives


Management’s Role (cont’d)

• Proactive Approach to Safety & Health– Lead from the front– Involve employees– Analyze safety data– Motivate safe behavior– Innovate


Safety & Health Issues in the Workplace

• On-the-Job Injuries

• Hazardous Substances

• Occupational Diseases– Detecting occupational diseases– Smoking in the workplace– Musculoskeletal disorders


Safety & Health Issues (cont’d)

• AIDS and Other Bloodborne Pathogens

• Drugs in the Workplace

• Psychological Health


Violence in the Workplace

• Who commits violent acts• Criminal intent• Customers or clients• Worker-on-worker• Personal relationships

– Job factors associated with violence– Organizational factors associated with

violence– The cost of workplace violence


Violence in the Workplace (cont’d)

• Workplace Violence Prevention Programs (WVPP)– Violence prevention policy statement– Threat assessment teams

• Identify threats• Identify corrective actions

– Employee training– Incident reports


Workplace Security Post 9/11

• Work risk assessment list

• Zone pyramid system– Vulnerability to terrorist acts– Probability of terrorist acts– Consequences of terrorist acts


Employee Fitness and Wellness Programs

• Fitness Programs

• Wellness Programs

• Benefits of Fitness and Wellness Programs


Review

• Occupational Safety and Health Legislation• Management’s Role in Safety and Health• Safety and Health Issues in the Workplace• Other Workplace-Related Health Issues• Employee Assistance Programs• Employee Fitness and Wellness Programs

Chapter Fourteen Safety and Health: A Proactive Approach.

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