Battles, 2011, wrote the article titled Safety, Accidents, and Investigations: Be Prepared for the Unexpected to help employers take into account some of the different factors involved during a workplace accident and external investigation. This article has very good content that explains information potentially useful for employers and safety engineers. The article contains tips for companies striving to meet OSHA’s criteria on how to perform accident prevention plans, how to respond to accidents in the workplace, and external investigations. When developing an accident prevention plan the main idea of the plan is to define safety issues in the workplace and then coordinate ways to eliminate and reduce environmental threats. The accident
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The basics parts of an accident prevention plan are listed as the following (Battles, 2011): (a) overview of the company’s safety program, (b) what to do in an emergency, (c) the location of first aids kits, (d) how to report injuries, (e) how to report unsafe conditions, (f) identifying hazards in the work environments, (g) and safety meetings (p.4). After completing the accident prevention plan the company needs to do a job hazard analysis. A job hazard analysis is a review of how employees could injure themselves preforming tasks. This information should be included in the accident prevention plan (Battles, 2011, p.4). When creating the plan the employer needs to have a specific plan for every position. Generically saying “be safe” does not really give the employee …show more content…
After considering job hazards and ways to prevent them, the employer can address the solutions more effectively and present measures that will help those accidents become more preventive and less frequent (Battles, 2011, p.4). An accident prevention plan helps reduce the costs of accident by making the employee more conscience of their surrounding and taking repetitive strenuous tasks into consideration. This requires input from employees of all levels, from the office to the company floor. With all different levels involved there is a better understanding of safety issues pertaining to the different jobs and helps invest them in safe practices (Battles, 2011, p.4). This helps generate a better accident prevention
The basics parts of an accident prevention plan are listed as the following (Battles, 2011): (a) overview of the company’s safety program, (b) what to do in an emergency, (c) the location of first aids kits, (d) how to report injuries, (e) how to report unsafe conditions, (f) identifying hazards in the work environments, (g) and safety meetings (p.4). After completing the accident prevention plan the company needs to do a job hazard analysis. A job hazard analysis is a review of how employees could injure themselves preforming tasks. This information should be included in the accident prevention plan (Battles, 2011, p.4). When creating the plan the employer needs to have a specific plan for every position. Generically saying “be safe” does not really give the employee …show more content…
After considering job hazards and ways to prevent them, the employer can address the solutions more effectively and present measures that will help those accidents become more preventive and less frequent (Battles, 2011, p.4). An accident prevention plan helps reduce the costs of accident by making the employee more conscience of their surrounding and taking repetitive strenuous tasks into consideration. This requires input from employees of all levels, from the office to the company floor. With all different levels involved there is a better understanding of safety issues pertaining to the different jobs and helps invest them in safe practices (Battles, 2011, p.4). This helps generate a better accident prevention