Employee participation, developing

Employers shall develop a written action plan that implements employee participation in developing and conducting process hazards analyses and other elements of process safety. management. 

Employee participation requires active employee participation in ah the major elements of PSM. Employers must develop and document a plan of action to specify this participation. 

Employee Participation. Employers must develop a written plan of action for how they will implement employee participation requirements. Employers must consult with employees, affected contractors, and their representatives on the conduct and development of process hazard analyses and on other elements of the standard. They must have... 

The first major element is Employee Participation [29 CFR 1910.119 (c)]. This requires that affected employees (those who could be affected by an incident) not only have access to pertinent Process Safety Management information, but also be allowed to provide input to its development and use. It is expected that affected employees will be trained in the standard s content. Many companies not only welcome employees input, but also involve them in the development and management of the individual elements. It is expected that all employee participation in PSM implementation will be documented. ... 

Workers skilled in doing the job are the first logical resource for a procedure review team. Operators review operating procedures. Maintenance mechanics review maintenance procedures. Laboratory technicians and chemists review laboratory procedures. This promotes employee participation and ownership in the procedure development process. 

Swivel/tilt, of computer screen, 1197-1198 Symantec Visual Caf-126 for Java, 304 Synchronization, sequencing vs., 2036-2037 Synthetic rating scales (time study), 1423 SyRS (systematic random sampling), 1456 System(s). See also specific systems definition of, 280, 489 effectiveness of, 1922 energy, 1574-1575 quality of, 1797 reliability of and effectiveness, 1922 and employee participation, 976 models for, 1932-1937 successful performance/failure of, 1927 tools for viewing, 1809, 1810 Systematic random sampling (SyRS), 1456 Systematic structure of models, 284 System design phase (CIM), 514, 515 System effectiveness (term), 1922 Systems development life cycle (SDLC), 96-106... 

Park merges Minnesota workers compensation claims with survey data from the Minnesota Human Resource Management Practice file, developed at the Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota. He finds that employee participation in decision making lowers the injury claim rate, as our model suggests, but that the reduction is not statistically significant. 

The intent of this paragraph is to require employers to involve employees at an elemental level of the PSM program. Minimum requirements for an Employee Participation Program for PSM must include a written plan of action for implementing employee consultation on the development of PHAs and other elements of process hazard management contained within 1910.119. The employer must also provide ready access to all the information required to be developed under the standard. ... 

Employers shall develop a written plan of action regarding the implementation of the Employee Participation required by this paragraph. 

Team members should represent the various operations, technical disciplines, and contractor groups present in the facility or on the design team. The use of such team encourages the development of cross-discipline thinking and also helps address the Employee Participation requirements of the standard. 

The discussion in Chapter 1 showed how safety and risk management programs developed over the last 200 years. Typically new programs and approaches were introduced once existing systems had become mature and well established. The discussion also showed that current risk management initiatives are largely to do with the topic of culture and employee participation. Hence much of the recent literature to do with Process Safety Management (PSM) speaks to the topic of company culture. For example, the Baker Commission report to do with the 2005 accident at Texas City... 

Assessment of HSE aspects by employees participation in organizational development processes What you ask is what you get ... 

The period after the new corporate guidelines for office design were introduced and imposed contained somewhat low enthusiasm, more cynicism towards change and less of the wanted behaviour of creativity and participation, typical consequences of lack of positive reinforcement. Likewise the researchers perception of the work was influenced. A potent positive reinforcement for the engaged researcher initially would be to experience participation, development and enthusiasm from the employees. When this stopped we as researchers for some time increased in our efforts to restore and continue the process that had been so rewarding, before eventually partly withdrawing from the OD project, somewhat exhausted. 

Employee Involvement A written plan of action must be developed regarding employee participation. Employees and their representatives must be con-suiter on the conduct and development of process hazard analyses and on the development of other elements of process safety management required under the rule. Employees and their representatives should have access to process... 

The contractor/owner should develop a plan that provides for an appropriate level of employee participation in the conduct of each required PSM element ... 

Occupational health and safety management tools (including hazard identification and risk assessment, selection and implementation of appropriate hazard controls, developing proactive and reactive performance measures, understanding techniques to encourage employee participation and evaluation of work-related accidents and incidents)... 

In any successful system, employees should be provided an opportunity to participate in establishing, implementing, and evaluating the safety program. Employee participation allows employees to develop and/or express their safety commitment to themselves and/or their fellow... 

This is one of the things that we as management do not do well— getting employee inputs. Why do you think this is so hard The one reason that the authors have dealt with is simple. Management in many cases is afraid of what they hear. K they listen to employees, they may have to solve problems and really do not want to deal with it— I do not have the time. This is a common statement from many managers. After all who needs more problems The bottom line is that if you want true employee participation you must ask the question and accept what you hear, solve the issues, and continue to go about your business. Once the culture is developed and trust begins to build, issues will solve themselves because employees will start to solve issues on their own and only come to management when they cannot get the situation resolved. 

Involving all employees in the management system is one of the most effective approaches you can take to develop an effective safety culture. The advantage to this participation is that it promotes employees awareness, instills an understanding of the comprehensive nature of a management system, and allows employees to own a part of this system. Employees make valuable problem solvers because they are closest to the action. No one knows the job better than the employee does. The following outline provides some ideas on how to deal with employee participation ... 

Employee participation provides the means by which employees can develop and express their own commitment to safety, for both themselves and their co-workers. 

Sometimes there is employee hesitation (resistance) when trying to implement employee participation in a non-union work environment. The key is to be careful not to force or impose voluntary employee participation on any employee who does not want to get involved. In some cases, you may need to convince employees that their participation is necessary to help develop an effective safety culture. One method is to conduct buy-in meetings where employees with management support present the benefits of participation. Once employees feel comfortable with management support, the program will have an improved chance of success. Management support includes protecting employees from reprisal when they get involved in safety activities [7]. 

One of the major keys to developing safety is employee participation, as discussed in Chapter 7. When employees play a role in formulating the rules, they are more likely to understand and follow them [3]. 

Enforcement is like developing objectives. It should be based on making sure that employees know what is expected of them regarding published and communicated safety rules. In addition, it lets employees know how they are expected to work in relation to the goals of the organization s safety program. The best way is to use employee participation as described in Chapter 7 in the development of the enforcement system [3]. 

Develop a policy that encourages employee participation in reporting hazards... 

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