Larry Olivan Leadership in Safety - Baywork

Larry T. Olivan Safety Manager, Oro Loma Sanitary District

• Background includes:

• 15 yrs. as Safety Manager

• 8 yrs Route Supervisor and

Driver Trainer

• 25 yrs in Law Enforcement

Investigation of all major

accidents/incidents.

• Experience:

Traffic officer/certified

traffic accident re-

constructionist.

Service includes time spent

as a detective, traffic officer,

and patrol officer.

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• What makes a LEADER

GOALS

• Today we will discussing your leadership in

Safety - Are you Proactive or Reactive

• Do you listen when your crew makes a

safety suggestion

• Are you empowering your crew to take

command of their own safety

• Does your crew have faith in you to report

injuries, or damage and that they will be

treated fairly


• What does Safety mean to you?

• Do you work with or against your safety manager?

• Is safety really Safety First or is getting the job

done your first priority?

• Is safety a hindrance to your daily production?

• Do you schedule too much work for your crew so

they have to take shortcuts to get done?


• Do you encourage your crew do better?


• Qualities of Leadership


• Are you a Manager or a LEADER?


• Do you remind your crew that their safety is

for their family?


• What type of safety equipment do you

purchase?

• Do you buy the kind they want or the cheap

stuff that’s just good enough?

• Would you wear the PPE you bought for

your crew?

• Would you trust your life on it or your

eyesight with the equipment you buy?


• Safety Training

• Do you have scheduled safety meetings

• Are your safety meetings just reading from a

paper or do you make them interesting

• Is your crew required to attend safety meetings

• Are they required to make up meetings they

may have missed

• Do you have morning safety briefings to get

ready for the day

• Do you have safety training on schedules


Are you willing to accept change

if you’re not flexible how do you expect your

crew to be flexible


• Are you a leader or a manager


• Do you do daily route safety audits


• How do you reward your crew when

they’ve done an exceptional job

• How does your crew respond when you’re

not around or on vacation

• Are they continuing to work safe.

• Have you instilled in them the concept of safety


• OLSD ACCIDENT


• How do you handle work related injuries.

• BULL’S EYE


• How do I develop my LEADERSHIP skills?


• DO YOU HAVE ANY SAFETY SLOGANS

• IT’S YOUR LIFE

• IT’S YOUR SAFETY

•IT’S YOUR CHOICE

Larry Olivan Leadership in Safety - Baywork

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