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
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• 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?
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• Do you encourage your crew do better?
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• Qualities of Leadership
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• Are you a Manager or a LEADER?
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• Do you remind your crew that their safety is
for their family?
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• 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?
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• 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
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
Are you willing to accept change
if you’re not flexible how do you expect your
crew to be flexible
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• Are you a leader or a manager
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• Do you do daily route safety audits
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• 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
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• OLSD ACCIDENT
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• How do you handle work related injuries.
• BULL’S EYE
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• How do I develop my LEADERSHIP skills?
LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY
• DO YOU HAVE ANY SAFETY SLOGANS
• IT’S YOUR LIFE
• IT’S YOUR SAFETY
•IT’S YOUR CHOICE
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