SUPERVISOR`S RESPONSIBILITIES

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SUPERVISOR
RESPONSIBILITIES
Who’s Accountable For Employee
Safety And Health?
THE SUPERVISOR!
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Comply with college’s safety and
health program
Keep up-to-date with safety and
health policies and procedures
Oversee workplace training and
program implementation
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Establish acceptable levels of risk
Do not allow those risk levels to be
exceeded
Prepare, submit, and store required
documentation of safety and health
activities
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Provide resources and leadership to
keep supervised staff current
Conduct job safety analyses on a
regular and continuing basis
Plan and implement hazard abatement
strategies
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Determine an appropriate level of
discipline for violation of established
safety and health practices and
processes
Support the college’s team culture
concept
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
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Training time and content based on
seriousness of hazards
Every employee must participate at
least quarterly
Training may be tapes, literature, slides,
classroom, or brochures
Training must be documented
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS
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Step 1
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Break each job into sequence of parts
Describe, in order, events required to
successfully complete each job
Number the activities of each job
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS
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Step 2
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Identify existing and potential hazards
List all actual and potential hazards
Be sure to include “near misses”
Letter each hazard as it corresponds to an
activity
JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS
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Step 3
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Determine neutralizing or abatement
processes for each hazard
Identify methods or processes for each real
or potential hazard
Number each solution
CORRECTING HAZARDS
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Engineer the hazard out if possible
Encourage safe work practices
Make good administrative decisions
Install protective barriers
Use proper signage
JSA PRIORITIES
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High accident or injury frequency
Greatest potential for serious injury or
illness
Give attention to jobs with potential
injuries that would be the highest cost
New jobs - JSA will help identify
hazards early
PROBLEM AREAS
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Rushing through the process and not
completing parts
Identifying hazards, but not adequately
addressing them
Listing of unclear or non-specific
corrective activities
BARRIERS
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Procrastination
It has never happened before, so one
more time won’t hurt
We don’t have time for safety training
This safety stuff is no big deal
FRINGE BENEFITS
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Reduces accidents and injuries
Increases efficiency by decreasing costs
Identifies better ways to do jobs
Helps to identify needed PPE
Identifies needed training areas
Promotes a safety culture, camaraderie
and improved morale
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