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Doug Kirkus
(888) 313-0839
dkirkus@safety-benefits.com
What Purpose Do
Supervisors Serve?
Set the tone
• Employees follow your lead
• You are more influential than you
realize
• Actions speak louder than words
Determine what needs to be
done; get it done
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What Purpose So
Supervisors Serve?
Enforce the rules
• Fairly, honestly and
consistently
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Safety Communication -
Supervisor’s Role
• Discussing changes to safety and
health policies/procedures
• Completing incident investigations
• Performing safety and health
inspections
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Good Supervisors
• Effectively filter and translate
information
Employment
Employment
Laws
Department Contracts
Policies
Employee
City/County
Handbook
Policies
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How do They Interact?
In general, if rules conflict they must
be followed in this order:
1) Employment law
2) Union contracts and employment
contracts
3) Employee handbook/City-County policies
4) Department policies/procedures
5) Manager and supervisor rules
“Employment Practices
Hotline”
• Each member of the SDPAA has
access to an attorney
specializing in employment law
• Entitled to 1-hour free legal
advice per incident
• $5,000 deductible waived if your
entity calls first and then follow
the advice
• Contact SBI at (888) 313-0939 to
activate the hotline
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Supervisors and Safety
The term “safety” (workers compensation)
includes “risk management” (liability)
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Supervisors and Safety
1. Recognize hazards
• Safety training
• Workplace inspections
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Why Should Supervisors Be
Involved in Safety?
• Employees
• Citizens
• Finances
• Property
• Reputation
Employees
• Employees are your most
important resource
It is your job to ensure:
• Employees have a
healthy and safe workplace
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Citizens
• You are responsible for
ensuring citizen’s have a safe
community to live and work
Finances
• Claims and lawsuits can
be expensive
• They can break the
budget
• Multiple claims can cause
your contributions for
coverage to increase and
that can impact your future
budgets
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Property and Equipment
• Not just the cost of replacing a building or
equipment
• Temporary relocation or coming up with
replacement equipment
• Loss of business/production
Perception
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How Can Supervisors
Impact Safety?
• Engineer the hazard out of the job
How do we become
supervisors?
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Does being a supervisor
mean I automatically
know how to promote
safety?
Supervisors Safety
Development Program
National Safety Council
1. Safety management
2. Communication
3. Safety and health training
4. Employee involvement
5. Safety and health inspections
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Trends in Safety
Year Trend
1910 Workers Compensation Laws
1913 National Safety Council
1971 OSHA – Occupational Safety and
Health Act
2000 New philosophy – Safety is everyone’s
responsibility
Changing Views
Traditional New
Causes of Domino Theory: Multiple Causation:
Incidents Single unsafe act Many causes
or condition
Management Management Participative
Approach dictates, management
employees empowers
follow employees
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Causes of Incidents
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What do your employees do
when you aren’t watching?
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Benefits of Effective
Safety Management
Effective Lower
Safety Why? Costs/Increased
Management Efficiency
Types of Costs
Direct Costs
• Costs for which you receive a bill
• Typically covered by insurance
Indirect Costs
• Are hidden
• Have an impact on budget
• Typically not covered by insurance
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Hidden/Indirect Costs of
Injury
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Numbers & Trends
Studies say safety ROI is $3 returned
on each $1 spent
Your workplace:
• Track accident/injury data
• Pay attention to trends
• 3 injuries 2014 vs. 10
injuries 2015 = something
changed!!
Report Card
Loss Control
Credit
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Safety Management
System
• An organized, structured approach to
achieving and maintaining high
standards of safety performance
Continuous Improvement
Process Model
1. Management and leadership
commitment
2. Assess and establish baseline
3. Plan and set goals, strategies, and
tactics
4. Implement strategies and tactics
5. Review and adjust
Repeat . . .
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Successful
Safety Management System
Should give equal consideration to
3 areas:
1) Administrative (management)
2) Operational (technical)
3) Cultural (behavioral)
9 Elements of a Safety
Management System
Administrative and Management
1. Management leadership and
commitment
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9 Elements of a Safety
Management System
Operational and Technical
4. Hazard recognition, evaluation and
control
9 Elements of a Safety
Management System
Cultural and Behavioral
7. Employee involvement
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Benefits of Effective
Safety Management
For the organization:
• Fewer injuries
• A healthy, experienced workforce
Plus:
• Enhanced public image
• No legal fees (no MSHA/EPA citations)
• Less spent for indirect costs such as
replacing injured workers
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Safety Management
Assessment
Assessing Safety
Management
Is there a formal written policy to
control workplace hazards?
• Safety plan (i.e. new employee training, task
training, refresher training)
• Safety policies and procedures
Is it up to date?
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Assessing Safety
Management (Cont.)
• Are there ways to enforce safety in
your workplace?
Assessing Safety
Management (Cont.)
• Do supervisors communicate safety
and health expectations?
• How?
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Assessing Safety
Management (Cont.)
• Could management be more effective
in communicating expectations for
safety in the workplace?
Assessing Safety
Management (Cont.)
• Is overseeing “safety” formally
assigned to anyone?
• Does everyone know who?
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Assessing Safety
Management (Cont.)
Are there written procedures for:
• Safety inspections?
• Accident investigations?
• Preventive maintenance?
Summary
• Being a supervisor is not an easy task
• “Grass is greener on the other side?”
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Questions
Doug Kirkus
(888) 313-0839
dkirkus@safety-benefits.com
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