A safety policy is one of the most important documents that a company can produce, demonstrating that senior management takes worker health and safety seriously.
This one-day Planning for Workplace Safety program gives students the tools to craft a practical workplace safety plan.
In this workshop, students are introduced to developing a safety policy, and then they learn how to introduce a safety plan to employees and how to develop a communications plan. Safety training is covered, along with incident response plans, health and safety inspections, and safety audits.
How to Use This Guide
Session One: Course Overview
Session Two: Writing a Safety Plan
Elements of the Plan
Session Three: Organizational Safety Policy
Policy Statement
Session Four: Introduction to the Safety Plan
Session Five: Communications Plan
Considerations in developing your Communications Plan
The Communications Plan
Session Six: Safety Training
Employee Orientation
Deciding Training
Session Seven: Incident Response Plan (with Critical Incident Response Plan)
Why Do We Investigate Incidents?
Incident Response Plan
Critical Incident Response Plan
Session Eight: Safety and Health Inspections (with 6S)
Safety and Health Inspections
6S
Session Nine: Safety Audits
Audit Primer
Session Ten: Appendix
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
Personal Action Plan