How Good is your Safety Program?
Why not interview employees and find out
Top
Management Questions?
1. Have you issued a written policy statement
to let your employees know that workplace safety and heath is a priority for
you?
2. Do
you consider safety and health to be a line rather than a staff function?
3. Whom do you hold responsible for safety and health? How do you hold your supervisors responsible?
4. Are you involved in the safety and health
planning and evaluation efforts undertaken by your organization?
5. Do you value employee involvement and
participation in safety and health issues?
6. Do you think supervisors set a visible example for the employees by personally following all of the company’s safety rules? Can you give examples?
7. Are you providing staff support for safety?
8. Is there discipline in
place for those who do not follow safety rules, including management?
9. Do you allocate the resources needed to properly support the
organizations safety and health system?
10. Do personnel have the necessary authority to carry out their
assigned safety and health responsibilities?
Questions for person in charge of
Safety?
1. All of the new form 33 questions except the questions directed to
Top management and employees
Supervisor / Employee Questions?
1. Are you aware of the company’s safety and
health policy? Do you have input on the
policy?
2. Do employees, you,
wear PPE that is provided?
3. Are you aware of the
company’s safety and health goals? Do
you help set these goals?
4. Do you believe
management provides leadership regarding safety and health?
5. Do you think management sets good examples
regarding safety, such as wearing PPE,
practicing what they preach, and
modeling correct safety behavior?
6. Do you have any responsibilities for
safety and health? Do have the necessary authority and resources to do so?
7. If you violated a safety rule, what would happen to you? Do you feel the rules apply to everyone?
8. Does management and
employees conduct scheduled safety inspections of the shop?
9. Is their some sort of
system in place for reporting safety hazards?
10. Do you think management does a good job
investigating accidents? Are employees involved in the process? Are you aware of accident
trends?
11. Do you know what to do
in case of an emergency?
12. Do you think the safety training is good
here? Are employees involved with the
training?
13. Do you think the
supervisors are trained well enough on safety?
14. Do you think
management is trained well enough on safety?
15. If you need something
for safety and health, like new PPE, does management provide it?
16. Do you have input in
safety and health training?
17. Do you have the
authority to stop work if a hazard is found?
18. Do employees help review OSHA programs, or
injury illness data, or hazard incidence data
on a yearly basis?
Author:
Deborah Grow, Safety Specialist
Private
Safety Consultant, assistant Damon Fall Protection and Coordinator EHS Network ~
Kansas. Extensive safety experience
in General Industry, Construction, D.O.T. Compliance, and OSHA
consultation project. Contact Deborah if you would like to schedule a consultation
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