Safe Business Management
Managing safe business operations involves an ongoing, systematic effort to find and fix workplace hazards before employees get hurt. Safety and Health Management System is what it’s referred to as. A SHMS requires support from the leadership, worker participation (including any unions in your organization) and hazard assessment prevention and control, opportunities for education and an ongoing training program, as well as regular evaluation Go Here of the program.
The traditional approach blames the cause of accidents on the workers. Herbert W. Heinrich’s 1930s theory that 85-95 percent of accidents are caused by unsafe actions of individuals led to many different behavior based safety (BBS) strategies. In recent years, advocates of quality have adopted an approach that is more proactive towards safety, recognizing that accidents are caused by processes and systems. They employ quality tools to minimize their likelihood.
Managers must be aware the importance of safety as a part of their jobs. This can be achieved through direct remarks on performance, reviews, and even bonuses. LyondellBasell, for example is clear to managers that regardless of how low the OSHA recordable injury rate is, if a serious accident occurs on the premises they will not be able to receive an incentive.
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