Safety rewards

Supervisor s role in promoting safety, rewarding safety behavior, and correcting unsafe acts. 

Section 4 Encouraging and Reinforcing Safe Driving Behavior — On the subject of encouraging and reinforcing safe driving behavior, motor carriers rely on two basic management principles, 1) safety rewards, and 2) driver discipline ... 

X Safety rewards — Over 75 percent of all respondent carriers have safety award programs for individual drivers. Safe drivers get promoted over imsafe drivers in over 89 percent of companies. 

At a minimum, there are six basic questions you should be able to answer about your cmrent driver safety reward system ... 

Since every operation is rmique, there is no one-size-fits-all incentive plan. Consequently, this manual will not recommend or provide a specific performance-based or safety reward plan. As the Safety Pro it will be up to you to review your companys performance and safety data, driver turnover rate, exit interview data, and goals to determine what programs will work best for you. 

What is provided are some basic suggestions and ground rules to follow when considering or reviewing your performance-based safety reward system. 

We have monetary safety rewards each quarter for our associates who perform well and these signs are helping us to give out more rewards. 

LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF A SAFETY REWARD PROGRAM IN OPEN-PIT MINING" ... 

Long-Term Effects of a Safety Reward Program in Open-Pit Mining 266... 

Figure 3.4 Safety reward programs should pass the "dead-man s test. "...

The behaviors required to achieve a safety reward should be specified and perceived as achievable by all participants. 

Groups should not be penalized or lose their rewards for failure by an individual. Progress toward achieving a safety reward should be systematically monitored and publicly posted for all participants. 

The last two principles relate to the critical issue of program evaluation (Chapter 18). In safety, the total recordable injury rate (TRIR) is the most popular evaluation number used to rank companies for safety rewards. It is calculated by multiplying the number of workplace injuries by 200,000 and dividing the answer by the total person-hours worked in that time period (U.S. Department of Labor, 1994). What an obvious example of an abstract number with little meaning. The most direct measure of ongoing safety performance comes from behavioral observations and, in Chapters 8,12, and 18,1 recommended ways to obtain meaningful feedback numbers from such process evaluation. 

The choice of contract type will depend upon the type of work, and the level of control which the oil company wishes to maintain. There is a current trend for the oil company to consider the contractor as a partner in the project (partnering arrangements), and to work closely with the contractor at all stages of the project development. The objective of this closer involvement of the contractor is to provide a common incentive for the contractor and the oil company to improve quality, efficiency, safety, and most importantly to reduce cost. This type of contract usually contains a significant element of sharing risk and reward of the project. 

Working with a Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) team was particularly rewarding. The plant operators on the team pointed out items that they had considered safety problems for years, but that hadn t been fully addressed until the PHA team was formed. We used the What if analysis method. Many methods are available for PHA. 

Research management has the responsibility to create a working environment that promotes, encourages, rewards, and facilitates the application of inherent safety in the development of process chemistries. 

An operating philosophy that trains and rewards personnel for shutting down when required by safety considerations is inherently safer than one that rewards personnel for taking intolerable risks. 

Traditional Safety Engineering approach (control of error by motivational, behavioral, and attitude change) Occupational safety Manual operations Selection Behavior change via motivational campaigns Rewards/punishment Very common... 

Safety is the first priority of any inspection program, and appropriate precautions must be taken. Boiler inspections are vitally important and often technically rewarding, but the process usually is dirty, exhausting, hot, and sometimes wet work. 

Chester JA, Cunningham CL GABA(A) receptor modulation of the rewarding and aversive effects of ethanol. Alcohol 26 131—143, 2002 Chick J Safety issues concerning the use of disulfiram in treating alcohol dependence. Drug Saf 20 427 35, 1999... 

Petersen D., 1996. Safety by objectives, what gets measured and rewarded gets done, 2nd edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. 

Monsanto s experience with information-gathering and reporting under section 8(d) - Health and Safety Studies - has not been as rewarding as the inventory activity. On July 8, 1978 EPA issued a Final Rule requiring submission of lists and copies of... 

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