Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to
Safety Success
David W. Bogart, CSP
3032 Shirley Street
Eugene, OR 97404
Office Phone – 541-689-3155
Email: dwbogart@dwbogart.com
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Objectives
• Talk a little bit about OR-OSHA Safety
Committee requirements
• Learn what PDCA is
• Talk about PDCA as an effective Safety
Management System (SMS)
• Give a little detail on each component
• End up challenging you
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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OR-OSHA Requirements
• Every business must have a safety committee
• A safety committee consists of members
elected by the employer and the employees
• All safety committees must follow certain
rules and guidelines
Oregon Safety Committee Rules | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_7190746_oregon-safety-committeerules.html#ixzz28fF88R00
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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OR-OSHA Safety Committees Must…
• Meet monthly
• Keep a record of each meeting for three years
• Establish procedures for conducting quarterly workplace safety and
health inspections
• Establish incident investigation procedures that will identify and
correct hazards.
• Establish a system for reporting hazards
• Establish a procedure for reviewing inspection reports
• Evaluate all incident investigations
• Make safety committee meeting minutes available
• Recommend ways to strengthen your business’s overall safety effort
http://www.osha.oregon.gov/pdf/pubs/fact_sheets/fs31.pdf
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Why do Safety Committees Fail?
The people get frustrated.
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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What is PDCA?
PDCA (plan–do–check–act )
– An iterative four-step
management method used
in business for the control
– Continuous improvement
of processes and products
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Plan
Four Components
– Company Safety Policy
– Document Correction
and components
– Risk Management
– Legal requirements
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Plan
Company Safety Policy
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Gives Responsibility
Shows Basis
Outlines Duties
Shows Coverage
Document Corrections and
Components
• Gives order to the system
• Shows how a process is
updated
• Gives a schedule for review
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Plan
Risk Management
• How company handles Risk
Management.
• How do they plan jobs,
• What is and is not allowed
for outside activities
– External Activities
– Project Review
– Risk Assessment
Legal Requirements
• Determine how you are
going to handle legal issues
• Who do you call?
• When do you call?
• What types of information
do you give to them?
• With no direction two
people with good intension
could go two different ways.
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Six Components
– Safety Procedures
– Occupational Health
– Training
– Purchasing
– Communication
– Consultation
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Safety Procedures
• Safety Procedures
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Confined Spaces
LOTO
Working at Heights
Electrical Safety
And so on…
Occupational Health
• Establish company
guidelines
• Establish procedures
• How deal with health
exposures
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Training
• What training is done
• What is the schedule
• What do we do for new
employees
• How do you deal with new
requirements
Purchasing
• The supply of safety
equipment
• Selecting contractors
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Communication
• How do you communicate
safety related material
• Outlines things that the site
does
Consultation
• How do you handle
outsiders
• Who are the expected
consultants and who
handes them
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Check
Five Components
– Inspection
– Testing
– Auditing
– Incident Reporting
– Corrective Action
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Inspection
• How often
• What
• What are done with the
resulst
Testing
• What tests will be done
• Frequency
• Schedule
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Auditing
• How will the safety system
be checked
• Who conducts the audits
Incident Reporting
• What incidents to repore
• Difference between
incidents and Near-misses
• How the site uses the
statistics
• What to report
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Corrective Action
– What is done to correct a finding
– What is the procedure
– What is the form to use
– What needs to be reported
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Three Components
– Safety Measures
– Safety Goals and
Objectives
– Safety Review
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Safety Measures
• What is to be reported
• Where to be reported
• What is reported
Safety Goals and Objectives
• Tells how to measure safety
• Tells how to measure the
Safety Committee
• Does it meet the site goals
• Form to be followed
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Safety Review
– How is the safety system reviewed
– What is looked at
– How effective is the system
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OR-OSHA Safety Committees
• Bring workers and
management
together
• Assist you in making
continuous
improvement
• PDCA is one system
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OR-OSHA Components
• All of the safety
committee components
are all included in PCDA
• The PDCA approach
becomes a living
document
• It involves everyone
• The PDCA system is
solid
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Experience is the Best Teacher
• I have worked for insurance companies, run
safety processes, worked for fortune 500
companies and set up PDCA systems as a
consultant
• I have been in safety since 1972 and a
member of the ASSE since 1981
• I am here to help; use me
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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Questions?
Plan-Do-Check-Act the Key to Safety
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