Safe Business Management
The management of safe business operations requires an ongoing, systematic effort to identify and eliminate workplace hazards before workers are injured. It’s also known as a Safety and Health Management System (SHMS). A SHMS requires leadership support and worker participation (including any unions in your company) Hazard assessment, prevention and control as well as opportunities for education and a training, and regular evaluation of the program.
The conventional approach is to blame the cause of accidents on the workers. Herbert W. Heinrich’s 1930s theory that 85 to 95% of accidents are the result of unsafe actions of individuals led to the development of a variety of behaviors-based safety (BBS) methods. In recent times, people who advocate for quality approach to safety recognize that accidents are caused by systems and processes and use high-quality tools to decrease the likelihood of them occurring.
Managers need to be taught the message that safe business is an essential aspect of their job. This can be done via direct comments, performance reviews, and bonuses. LyondellBasell for instance will inform managers that regardless of how low the OSHA recordable injury rate is in the event of a serious accident that happens on the site the company will not be awarded the benefit of a bonus.
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