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How To Complete A Site Specific Safety Program

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) doesn't require that businesses create site-specific safety programs. But voluntary guidelines recommend a systematic evaluation in order to prevent general workplace hazards and hazards associated with specific jobs and tasks. The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), a cooperative effort between private industry and OSHA, rewards companies that implement site-specific safety programs and maintain injury and illness rates below U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics averages for their industry. To be eligible, a company completes an application form and a team of OSHA health and safety experts conducts a rigorous on-site evaluation. As long as they maintain their VPP status, participants are exempt from OSHA programmed inspections.

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Job Hazard Analysis
1.Review records of accidents and illnesses.
2.Interview employees about known hazards associated with their jobs.

3.Rank and set priorities for hazardous jobs.
4.Outline the steps or tasks for each specific job.

Hazard Prevention or Control

5.Create schedules of equipment and materials inspections.
6.Detail how best to limit exposure to hazards by adjusting work schedules, supplying protective equipment and creating administrative controls.
7.Describe how to adapt systems to meet specific hazards.
8.Plan emergency drills.

Safety and Health Training

 9.Create employee training schedules.

10.Train supervisors and managers in their roles in safety training and prevention.
11.Create schedules for periodic refresher courses.
12.Establish a program for first aid and emergency medical care.



Evaluation of Program Effectiveness

13.Checklists are important evaluation tools
Create an evaluation checklist or use one provided by OSHA.
14.Create a scoring system from 1 (Absent or Ineffective) to 5 (Outstanding).
15.Rate specific steps of Job Hazard Analysis, Hazard Prevention, Control and Safety and Health Training on the scale of 1 to 5.
16.Average each section and tally an overall score by adding the ratings and dividing by the number of components.
17.Compare your score using industry averages provided by OSHA.







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