Safety and Health

Why Safety and Health

Are Important
The

numbers are staggering

Toll can be greater than the numbers
suggest considering lives are at stake

OSHA
The

Occupational Safety and Health Act /

Consideration
Assures safe and healthful work places
Created the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA)
Defines occupational illness

Responsibilities of Employers
and Employees
Employers

Provide hazard-free workplace

Can seek consulting help and identification
Cant punish employee

Employees

Comply with standards

Report problems to supervisors
Can demand safety

Dealing With
Employee Resistance
Failure

to wear hardhats or ear

protectors demonstrate problem

Employers limit liability by:

Get union OK to discharge

Use formal arbitration
Use positive reinforcement and training

The Changing
Nature of OSHA
Moving

toward cooperation
Greater use of technology

Safety is NO accident
Management commitment is key to safety:
Institutionalize commitment
Analyze accidents, incidents
Set specific achievable safety goals

What Causes Accidents

Chance

occurrences
Unsafe conditions
Unsafe employee acts

Unsafe Conditions
Unsafe conditions include:
Improperly guarded equipment
Defective equipment
Hazardous procedures
Unsafe storage
Improper illumination
Improper ventilation

How to Prevent Accidents

Reduce unsafe conditions:
Design

jobs to remove, reduce physical

hazards
Use checklists
Computerized tools

Job Stress and Burnout

Substance

abuse can result from job stress

Personality

affects reaction to stress

Reducing Job Stress

Relationships
Your

relationship with your boss

Realistic deadlines
Lead time
Detachment and relaxation

Reducing Job Stress

Take

a walk
Reduce unnecessary noise
Reduce trivia in your job - delegate
Limit interruptions
Distasteful problems
Make a worry list include solutions

Reducing Job Stress

Good supervisor skills are important:
Reduce personal conflicts
Open communication
Support employees efforts
Ensure jobperson fit
More job control

Burnout
Burnout the total depletion of
physical and mental resources caused
by excessive striving to reach an
unrealistic work-related goal

Burnout Read
the Signs
Inability

to relax
Identification with your activities
Meaningless advancement goals
Workaholic

What Can a Burnout

Candidate Do?
Break

your patterns
Get away from it all periodically
Reassess your goals in terms of their
intrinsic worth
Think about your work