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TRINDEL INSURANCE FUND
Presented by:
Gene Herndon, TIFSO - Trindel Insurance Fund Safety Officer
www.trindel.org
[email protected]
Phone:(530) 894-2027
Cel: (530) 521-8291
Why a safety program ???
It’s the Law?
Saves Money?
Prevents Loss?
Prevent injury and pain!
A safe workplace requires a commitment
by all employees.
Workplace safety is about people.
An unsafe workplace = pain & suffering.
A safe & healthy workplace must be our
1st priority!
The key to a safe
workplace is
to…
Look
Listen
Act
Report
As a D.S.R.
What is your Mission?
To Prevent Workplace
Injury and Illness!
Success?
Numbers don’t tell the story.
How do you count an injury
prevented?
Remember this?
Section 3203, Title 8 of the California
Code of Regulations requires every
California employer to have an effective
written Injury and Illness Prevention Plan
(IIPP).
To be Effective you must Communicate!
Your IIPP is a
Communication Tool
 It is the foundation of your safety program.
 Provides Guidance
 Provides rules & information.
 Provides procedures.
The 7 Elements of an
Effective IIPP
1. Designates a named responsible person
2. Provides a system of recognition & compliance
3. Provides a system of communication.
4. Prescribes procedures for identifying and
reporting workplace hazards.
5. Procedures for investigating injuries or illness
6. Prescribes procedures for remedy of
unsafe/unhealthy condition
7. Provides employee training & instruction
Responsible person
Named person responsible.
All of us are responsible.
Recognition & Compliance with
safe work practices.
 Everyone is responsible for their own choices.
 Employer responsible for ensuring a safe work place
and enforcing safe work practices.
 Employees responsible for following safe work
practices.
System of Communication
The DSR is the key
Provide communication of safety issues
Coordinates safety communications
Receives reports
Safety Meetings
 DSR organizes and conducts safety meetings
… monthly.
 Safety meeting topics ( in order of priority):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Injuries since last meeting
Property damage since last meeting
Near-Misses since last meeting
Identified Hazards
What will we be doing in the next month?
Identifying & Assessing
Hazards
 You will receive reports of hazards
 Reports can be verbal or written
 Investigate reports immediately
 Ultimately all must be written
 Any reported hazard can be made anonymously!
 Employees must be notified of identified hazards.
Identifying hazards in the
workplace
What are the hazards in your workplace.
How do you identify them?
Reports from employees and public.
Supervisors daily inspections.
Formal scheduled inspections.
Immediate investigate all reported hazards
Communicate! - Look, Listen, Act,
Report.
Investigation of Injury &
Illness, Incident & Hazards
 Investigate Immediately
 Interview everyone involved.
 To find cause and prevent reoccurrence.
 Don’t pre-judge cause… get the facts!
 Not a witch hunt!
Remedy of those
Workplace hazards
Fix it or don’t use it!
Sound simple?
It is!
Employee
Training & Instruction
Things change…
New job, new tool, new process, we forget.
Train when things change.
Train to remind.
If you don’t feel safe in your skills or
knowledge… Say so!
What makes a successful
safety program?
Commitment
A safe & healthy workplace must be
everyone’s 1st priority!
Injury & Illness Prevention
Plan
“The Tool”
Provides guidance.
Provides rules & information.
Provides procedures.
Is the foundation of your safety program.