Maximizing profitability with safety culture development / Clifford M. Florczak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Florczak, Clifford M., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety--Economic aspects--United States.

Industrial safety.

Industrial hygiene--Economic aspects--United States.

Industrial hygiene.

Profit--United States.

Profit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cliff Florczak has been an integral part of a number of highly successful zero incidents safety culture development programs. Here, he shares the details of these programs in order to provide others with the necessary information to assess their own safety culture. After a brief background on safety cultures themselves, the author utilizes some of the basic safety principles, combines them with some of the basic management theories and puts all of this to use in real life situations.Aims for zero incidents to control costs and lossesPacked full of real-life examples and analogi

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Safety Culture; The Need for Change; Chapter 2. Management Philosophies and Theory; Accidents Are Like Icebergs; (Not So) Modern Management Theories; The Hawthorne Effect; X, Y, Z Workers; Why Workers Perform Unsafe Acts; The Need for Culture: Selling the Program; Summary; Chapter 3. Assessment Tools; Accident Trends; Other Tools to Determine Safety Culture Development; Summary; Chapter 4. Program Implementation: How to Start; Screening New Hires; The Role of the Receptionist; The Need for a Thorough Interview

Multilanguage ApplicationsReference Checks; Background Checks; Working with Seasoned Veterans; Summary; Chapter 5. Medical Surveillance/Drug Testing; Medical Surveillance; Drug Testing; Drug Screening and Timing; Summary; Chapter 6. New Hire Orientation; Office Orientation; Using Videos for Orientation; The Use of Interactive Computer Orientation; Summary; Chapter 7. Training; How Training Affects Safety Culture; The Job Safety Analysis; The Basic Steps of Training; Drivers and Providers of Training; Summary; Chapter 8. Safety Performance as Part of Performance Evaluations

Performance EvaluationsThe Link Between Safety Performance and Performance Evaluations; Should Safety Be Related to General Performance?; Should Safety Be Linked to Performance Evaluations?; Performance Evaluation Content; Summary; Chapter 9. Safety Incentive Bonus Programs; A Chain Is as Strong as Its Weakest Link; Cash Awards; Group Safety Milestones; Individual Incentive Awards; Summary; Chapter 10. Planning for Field Compliance; The Safety Program; Site-Specifc Safety Plan; Summary; Chapter 11. Safety Culture Barometers; OSHA Logs and Other Accident-Related Information

Trend DeterminationSafety and Health Program Analysis Methods; Perceived Obstacles to Safety; Supervisor- and Employee-Identified Obstacles; Potential CEO and Top Management-Identified Obstacles; Summary; Chapter 12. Measuring Field Compliance; Measuring Field Compliance Using Safety Inspections; Worker-Level Inspections; Inspections at the Field Supervisor Level; Manager-Level Inspections; Measuring Field Compliance Using Safety Audits; What Triggers a Safety Audit; Getting an Audit Program Started; Ensure That the Audit is "Fair""; Summary; Chapter 13. Increasing Program Effectiveness

Safety Audit Review BoardsFacilitating Change through Programs; Choosing a Safety Audit Program; Making Reasonable Recommendations; Specific Case Analysis; Summary; Chapter 14. Training and Grooming Front-Line Supervisors; How FLSs Are Chosen; The ?GotchaŽ Attitude; The Supervisor's Role in Safety Inspections; The Supervisor's Role in Accident Investigations; The Late Reporting of Incidents; FLS Postaccident Investigation Involvement; Working Within Restrictions; The Supervisor's Involvement With JSAs; Personal Protective Equipment; Summary

Chapter 15. The Effects of a Tight Economy on Safety Programs and Culture

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-00672-6

9786611006723

0-08-049180-4

OCLC:

476059910