Common problems with safety efforts

Many contemporary safety improvement efforts suffer a further common set of problems  

The problem with this approach is that too many employees simply roll the dice they take shortcuts that allow them to complete jobs more quickly and comfortably. With today s low incident rates, they will probably not have an injury. Meanwhile, they work with other employees who follow safety procedures day in and day out employees who always wear a safety harness above 4 feet, employees who always get appropriate permits, and employees who always wear appropriate protective equipment. At the end of the year, however, these employees all get the same safety award. In fact, the likelihood of getting the award is roughly the same as the likelihood of getting hurt, so an employee in a typical U.S. company that focuses on such awards will get one an average of 32 out of every 33 years. Such awards are 

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However, team approaches to safety typically struggle with several common problems. One is that teams often shift their priorities as they begin to feel they have safety under control. The result is a cycle of incidents. This problem is frequently a characteristic of team safety improvement efforts whether the safety teams are comprised of managers or employees. After successfully reducing the... 

Every utility that is provided should be properly identified with a clear, unambiguous label. Color-coded discs with engraved name labels which screw into each service fixture are available from at least one company for most common service utilities. All fittings and connectors should be provided according to appropriate standards. For example, aU gas fittings should comply with the provisions of the Compressed Gas Association Standard V-l(1994). Every utility, if used improperly, can cause safety problems, the only difference being that some require more of an effort on the part of a user todo so than do others. 

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