So You're the Safety Director!

An Introduction to Loss Control and Safety Management

Michael V. Manning

• Publisher: Government Institutes
• Year: 2003
• eBook ISBN: 9781591919780
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Operations
• Index: Business

This time-proven favorite provides new safety managers with both the guidelines and the tools they need to understand their responsibilities and establish an effective safety program. So You're the Safety Director is considered indispensable by people who have been given safety-management responsibilities at their company but who do not have safety training. It equips readers with a template for evaluating, managing, and controlling company losses and for handling the OSHA compliance process.

This latest edition includes OSHA's new 300 Log and explains how new safety directors can implement and utilize it in their organizations. It examines how to educate middle management on the requirements of a successful safety program and how to obtain their support. Readers will also examine the basic tasks of the safety director, the administrative process, and the safety policy and receive thorough and easy-to-follow guidance on establishing safety committees, investigating accidents and preventing their recurrence, and preparing for and handling OSHA inspections.

The author includes numerous sample forms and a written safety program that readers can use as a guide for creating their own company safety program. Each chapter contains a summary for review and quick identification of its contents.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Author
• Chapter I “What am I supposed to do?” The Basic Tasks of the Safety Director
• Chapter II “What’s broken?” Identifying the Losses to Your Company
• Chapter III “How bad are we?” Comparing Your Company to Others
• Chapter IV “Do we have a policy on that?” The Administrative Process and the Safety Policy
• Chapter V “They just sit there!” Safety Training for Your Employees
• Chapter VI “I can never hear anything they say.” Effective Safety Meetings
• Chapter VII “It’s not my job.” Safety and the Supervisor
• Chapter VIII “Hey, stuff happens.” Unsafe Acts and Unsafe Conditions
• Chapter IX “He did what?” The Accident Investigation
• Chapter X “Let’s take a look.” The Safety Inspection
• Chapter XI “Tuesday isn’t good for me.” The Safety Committee
• Chapter XII “You just got drafted!” Putting Your Team Together
• Chapter XIII “It costs how much?” The Claims Review
• Chapter XIV “That sounds great, but . . .” Selling Your Boss on the Program
• Chapter XV “Why don’t they get it?” Getting Middle Management’s Support and Involvement
• Chapter XVI “A friendly visit from OSHA” You and OSHA
• Chapter XVII “What do I do now?” How to Survive an OSHA Inspection
• Chapter XVIII “What are they looking for?” OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited General Industry Standards
• Chapter XIX “Turn left at the light.” Following Your Safety Program
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Index