A Guide for Executives
by Kishor Bhagwati
Managing Safety adopts the new approach to preventing serious incidents rather than minimal compliance with regulations.
Features:
- Takes you step-by-simple-step to show how accidents can be avoided with little effort and money
- Allows you to reap the rewards such an injury-free culture brings: higher worker morale, better product quality, and maximum productivity
Contents
- Introduction
- Consequences of Accidents
- A Small Experiment
- Man or Machine?
- Why Do Accidents Happen?
- The Underlying Reasons
- How to Make People not Take Risks
- The Myths of Management
- Who "Makes" Safety?
- Management Tools
- Total Management Commitment
- Safety Visits - The Basics
- Safety Visits - The System
- Safety Visits - The Procedure
- The Art of Talking
- Involving the Worker
- Brainstorming
- Accident Investigation
- The Methodology of an Accident Investigation
- The Art of Questioning
- Accident or Incident
- Responsibility & Authority
- The Safety Committees
- Lock Out – Tag Out
- Communications
- Other Managerial Tools
- How to Proceed
Appendices
- Understanding the Numbers in Safety Statistics
- Job Description of a Safety Professional
- Safety Visit Reports
- Accident Investigation Reports
- About audit and Audits
- Safety Visit Control Sheet
Index