Safety In The Workplace
Course Overview
Workplace accidents and injuries cost corporations millions of dollars and thousands of hours lost every year. They also have a profound, often lifelong impact on workers. Introducing a safety culture into your organization, where safety is valued as an integral part of the business’s operation, not only saves the business time and money, it also builds a committed, loyal, healthy workforce. This course will give you the foundation to start building your safety culture.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the difference between a safety program and a safety culture
- Use resources to help you understand the regulations in your area
- Launch a safety committee
- Identify hazards and reduce them
- Apply hiring measures that can improve safety
- Explain what a safety training program will involve
- Identify groups particularly at risk for injury and know how to protect them
- Help your organization write, implement, and review a safety plan
- Respond to incidents and near misses
- Understand the basics of accident investigation and documentation
Course Outline
1. Course Overview
2. Defining a Safety Culture
3. Governing Bodies and Resources
4. Getting Started
- Creating a Safety Committee
- The Safety Committee’s First Meeting
5. Identifying Hazards
- The Hazard Identification Process
- Hazard Identification for the Acme Widget Company
6. Resolving Hazards
- The Three Methods
- Hazard Resolution for the Acme Widget Company
7. Taking Proactive Measures
- Hiring for Safety
- Safety Training
8. Identifying Groups at Risk
9. Writing a Safety Plan
10. Implementing the Plan
11. Incident Management
- Case Study
- Responding to Incidents
- Documenting Incidents
- Investigating Incidents
- Near Misses
12. Reviewing the Program
13. Personal Action Plan