Safety in the Workplace

Safety in the Workplace for a Single Unique User Course (Online subscription only)
 
 
 
Safety in the Workplace
 
Workplace accidents and injuries cost corporations millions of dollars and thousands of hours lost every year. They also have a profound, often lifelong impact on workers. Introducing a safety culture into your organization, where safety is valued as an integral part of the business’s operation, not only saves the business time and money, it also builds a committed, loyal, healthy workforce. This one-day workshop will give participants the foundation to start building your safety culture.
 
 
 
This one-day workshop will help you teach participants how to:
 
 
 
Understand the difference between a safety program and a safety culture
 
 
Use resources to help you understand the regulations in your area
 
 
Launch a safety committee
 
 
Identify hazards and reduce them
 
 
Apply hiring measures that can improve safety
 
 
Explain what a safety training program will involve
 
 
Identify groups particularly at risk for injury and know how to protect them
 
 
Help your organization write, implement, and review a safety plan
 
 
Respond to incidents and near misses
 
 
Understand the basics of accident investigation and documentation
 
 
 
 
Course Overview
 
You will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.
 
 
 
Defining a Safety Culture
 
This session will explore the idea of a safety culture. Participants will also be asked to identify how safety applies to their organization.
 
 
 
Governing Bodies and Resources
 
It is essential that organizations map their safety plan to regulations in their area. This session will look at some of the key organizations and how to contact them.
 
 
 
Getting Started
 
A good first safety step is establishing a safety committee. This session will give participants some ideas on getting started.
 
 
 
Identifying Hazards
 
Hazard identification typically forms the basis for a safety plan. We will look at some ways of identifying hazards and then we will apply those methods to a case study.
 
 
 
Resolving Hazards
 
Hazard resolution is the logical step to take after hazard identification. We will look at three ways of resolving hazards and then we will apply those methods to a case study.
 
 
 
Taking Proactive Measures
 
There are measures you can take when hiring and training employees to make your workplace safer. This session will explore these measures through lecture and discussion.
 
 
 
Identifying Groups at Risk
 
During this session, we will look at a number of factors that can increase a person’s risk of an accident. We will also look at how to mitigate these risks.
 
 
 
Writing a Safety Plan
 
Everything that we have discussed so far will come together to create a safety plan.
 
 
 
Implementing the Plan
 
Your safety culture will only be a success if it is accepted and adopted by your employees. We will discuss just how to do this in a lecture.
 
 
 
Incident Management
 
No matter how well your safety culture is implemented and accepted, there will still be incidents. This session will look at how to respond to, document, and investigate incidents. We will also discuss how to handle near misses.
 
 
 
Reviewing the Program
 
The final essential component of your safety plan is to include a review process. We will look at when and how the plan should be evaluated.