Commitment and Employee Involvement

Management must state clearly a worksite policy on safe and healthful work and working conditions, so that all personnel with responsibility at the site, and personnel at other locations with responsibility for the site, understand the priority of safety and health protection in relation to other organizational values. 

Management must establish and communicate a clear goal for the safety and health program and objectives for meeting that goal, so that all members of the organization understand the results desired and the measures planned for achieving them. 

Management commitment and leadership design and develop the policy statement. It should be signed by the top person in your company. Safety and health goals and objectives are also included to assist you with establishing workplace goals and objectives that demonstrate your company s commitment to safety. An enforcement policy is provided to outline disciplinary procedures for violations of your company s safety and health program. This enforcement policy should be communicated to everyone in the company. 

Establish the program responsibilities of managers, supervisors, and employees for safety and health in the workplace and hold them accountable for carrying out those responsibilities. Provide managers, supervisors, and employees with the authority, access to relevant information, training, and resources they need to carry out their safety and health responsibilities. Identify at least one manager, supervisor, or employee to receive and respond to reports about workplace safety and health conditions. Where appropriate, he or she should initiate corrective action. 

The safety and health program should contain the following to demonstrate management commitment and leadership  

Management should assign and communicate responsibility for all aspects of the program. Managers, supervisors, and employees in all parts ofthe organization must know what performance is expected of them. Adequate authority and resources 

Commitment and involvement are essential elements in any safety and health program. Management provides the organizational resources and motivating forces necessary to deal effectively with safety and security hazards. Employee involvement, both individually and collectively. 

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT A PRACTICAL APPROACH 

Low staffing levels during times of increased activity such as mealtimes, visiting times, 

Isolated work with clients during examinations or treatment 

Solo work, often in remote locations with no backup or way to get assistance, such as communication devices or alarm systems 

Lack of staff training in recognizing and managing escalating hostile and assaultive behavior 

Postincident response and evaluation can help prevent future violence. All workplace violence efforts should provide comprehensive treatment for employees victimized personally or traumatized by witnessing a workplace violence incident. Injured staff should receive prompt treatment and psychological evaluation whenever an assault takes place, regardless of its severity. Provide the injured transportation to medical care if not available onsite. 

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Commitments and Employee involvement, Commitment of continual improvement... 

Management commitment and employee involvement are complementary. Management commitment provides the motivating force and... 

Ensuring that managers understand their safety and health responsibilities as described under Management Commitment and Employee Involvement, so that the managers will effectively carry out those responsibilities. 

In order for your safety management program to be most effective, it needs both management commitment and employee involvement. These two elements are absolutely essential to the success of your safety effort, and therefore, your company. 

Although OSHA does not require a written safety and health program, they strongly encourage it. In fact, they demonstrate a model program that emphasizes management commitment and employee involvement. 

Management s commitment and employee involvement may include simply clear goals for worker security in smaller sites or a written program for larger organizations. 

Management commitment and employee involvement is the foundation for an effective safety and health management program. For the program to work at its maximum potential, all of the following elements should be included ... 

Management commitment and employee involvement. Management leads, supports, and enforces the program, but employee input is essential for its success. 

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