Volume
3 Issue 1
June 2002
Feature Article:
not one accident
250,000 Safety Documents
Voluntary Protection Program
Care in the Sun
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NSC Expo 2002 - San Diego
Training Courses
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Safety Council Expo 2002 Expert Ease International will be presenting a paper, A Different Approach, Operational Analysis and Control, to the National Safety Council’s 90th Annual congress and expo in San Diego, California (7th and 9th of October 2002). Work related accidents annually
cost the USA $127bn+. This presentation will make the case that Risk
Management has not proved capable of eliminating accidents and it is
therefore time to consider a paradigm that controls work operations.
The OAC model manages safety rather than risk and consequently
achieves a non-injurious outcome to all work operations. If you want to attend the
seminar, register on-line at http://www.nsc.org
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An
accident is a chance occurrence or an unforeseen event.
There is no room for either in the workplace. The former implies that there is aspects of the work
operation that are so remote that their avoidance need not be considered.
The latter implies that there are some things that are
unpredictable; because we have no knowledge of the possibility of them
ever happening or that have never happened before.
In either case, there is a sense that the successful outcomes of
work operations are left to the throw of a die, to chance.
Expert
Ease International (EEI) are making the case that when you have control
over the work operation, chance occurrences will not happen. In December of 2001, a paper on the methodology for
successfully achieving this objective was presented to the International
Symposium for the Construction Industry in Paris (a copy can be obtained
from paper).
Backed by a case study that illustrated the successful reduction in
accidents following the introduction of the Operational Analysis and
Control (OAC) model to one company, EEI has initiated not
one accident
to promote the objective of achieving zero accidents in the workplace.
not
one accident
aims to provide companies with information from all sources on how to
achieve this target as well as details of competitions, international
information days, support services and other safety initiatives worldwide.
Visit http://www.notoneaccident.com
or http://www.not1accident.com
to keep up to date on what is happening in your region.
Operational
Analysis and Control
You
can download a PowerPoint™ graphic of the Operational Analysis and
Control Model from this website http://www.web-safety.com/
by Philip McAleenan
Managing Partner Expert Ease International
Voluntary Protection Program
By Bryan Haywood
Speaking from experience, becoming a VPP MERIT or STAR site
has more advantages than we can measure.
When you enter into this program and achieve STAR status, you join
the ranks of a limited number of businesses that have achieved an elite
level of safety. Moral gets a
major boost, worker’s compensation costs are reduced, there is increased
recognition within the community, and safety programs that are already good
show improvement as a result of the internal and external review that is a
component of the VPP application process.
Management’ biggest benefit from this program may be that
as a VPP site, their facility will not be subject to routine OSHA
inspections. This is because
OSHA’s VPP onsite reviews ensure that the facility’s health and safety
programs already provide a superior level of protection.
Facilities enrolled in OSHA’s VPP program are also less likely to
be inspected under the RMP rule by the EPA.
THIS IN NO WAY MEANS THAT YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM EVER BEING INSPECTED
AGAIN. OSHA and EPA will ALWAYS
have the right to inspect your facility at any time. However, by being enrolled in the program, when employees or
former employees call in a complaint, the area OSHA office will usually call
your facility to talk about the complaint rather than just show up on your
doorstep.
A safety manager or a safety team will benefit under the VPP
because of a strong built-in “Continuous Improvement Element” that
ensures your program maintains and continues to improve upon an already
effective safety process. Getting
to the MERIT or STAR level is one thing, but maintaining it requires
constant vigilance to the safety process.
OSHA will take your status away—or place you on “conditional
status” if your safety practices begin to slack.
No more just chasing the OSHA rate for continuous improvement goals,
VPP requires more improvements than this.
As you enter into this program, you may be surprised that
your company will begin to view OSHA as a valuable asset—instead of an
adversary. Contrary to the
popular stereotypes and common industry perceptions, most of the OSHA
personnel that I have worked with through the VPP process are outstanding
safety professionals. They also
have access to state-of-the-art safety programs and can provide innovative
solutions to some of your safety issues since they have been around, and
have had the opportunity to observe many of the best of the best.
The VPP program was designed so that management, labor, and OSHA
establish a cooperative relationship in working toward the development and
maintenance of a strong safety program.
When we finally get past our conditioning of how we perceive OSHA, we
can reach new heights with their assistance.
If you work in the open and are exposed
to the sun for prolonged or frequent periods ensure that you practice Safe
Sun. Or indeed before you go
on that holiday.
So before you submit your sun-kissed body to harm, make sure you
are wearing protection. For more information visit:
Reviews, Papers and PowerPoints
web-safety.com
is unique in providing a service to safety professionals and trainers who
wish to exchange training programmes with colleagues in other companies
and industries. Safety
Exchange was developed in response to requests from trainers for
PowerPoint presentations on a variety of safety subject for which they
would offer in exchange PowerPoint’s that they had developed.
Safety Exchange acts as a depository of reviews, papers and
PowerPoint presentations offered by members and visitors to web-safety in
an effort to share information. They
are all free to access, download and use in your own workplace.
You can contact the original authors through a hyperlink located by
their submissions.
PowerPoint
presentations added to Safety Exchange in June 2002 include:
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Asbestos
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Dermatitis
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Asthma
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Sewage
Introductions
to these subjects aimed at site engineers,
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Best Value
Cost
effectiveness suitable for officers working in local government, and
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Accident Costs
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