Modern Safety and Resource Control Management - Hardcover

Schneid, Thomas D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047133118X ISBN 13: 9780471331186

Verlag: Wiley-Interscience, 1999

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A highly effective approach to safety and health management in theindustrial setting.

Over the past two decades, the role of workplace safety and healthprofessionals has expanded dramatically to encompass not only OSHAcompliance, but a host of other regulatory and risk managementareas such as fire protection, workers' compensation, insurance,quality control, and more. Defining this new role as the managementof safety and resource control, this timely and comprehensive workintroduces a unique method for effectively managing both lossprevention and the safety function in the industrial setting. Theauthor incorporates MBO and TQM management techniques as well ascontemporary ideas and technologies, providing clear guidelines anddiscussions on how to implement the new approach to the lossprevention and safety function, including:
* How to use a circular management pattern to design, implement,and manage regulatory compliance programs
* How to deal with emerging risk issues such as ergonomics,tuberculosis, or workplace violence
* How to establish a new goal methodology based on performancerather than injuries/illnesses
* How new technologies affect the loss prevention and safetyfunction
* How to assess one's current program, perform cost/benefitanalysis, and build an individual action plan
* How to minimize risks of corporate and individualliabilities
* Where to find information on different federal and state laws andregulations

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THOMAS D. SCHNEID, PhD, is a professor of law and safety at Eastern Kentucky University. He is also an attorney/partner with the firm Schneid, Schumann and Associates PLLC in the areas of labor/employment and environment and safety.

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A highly effective approach to safety and health management in the industrial setting.

Over the past two decades, the role of workplace safety and health professionals has expanded dramatically to encompass not only OSHA compliance, but a host of other regulatory and risk management areas such as fire protection, workers' compensation, insurance, quality control, and more. Defining this new role as the management of safety and resource control, this timely and comprehensive work introduces a unique method for effectively managing both loss prevention and the safety function in the industrial setting. The author incorporates MBO and TQM management techniques as well as contemporary ideas and technologies, providing clear guidelines and discussions on how to implement the new approach to the loss prevention and safety function, including:

• How to use a circular management pattern to design, implement, and manage regulatory compliance programs
• How to deal with emerging risk issues such as ergonomics, tuberculosis, or workplace violence
• How to establish a new goal methodology based on performance rather than injuries/illnesses
• How new technologies affect the loss prevention and safety function
• How to assess one's current program, perform cost/benefit analysis, and build an individual action plan
• How to minimize risks of corporate and individual liabilities
• Where to find information on different federal and state laws and regulations

Over the past two decades, the role of workplace safety and health professionals has expanded dramatically to encompass not only OSHA compliance, but a host of other regulatory and risk management areas such as fire protection, workers' compensation, insurance, quality control, and more. Defining this new role as the management of safety and resource control, this timely and comprehensive work introduces a unique method for effectively managing both loss prevention and the safety function in the industrial setting. The author incorporates MBO and TQM management techniques as well as contemporary ideas and technologies, providing clear guidelines and discussions on how to implement the new approach to the loss prevention and safety function, including:

• How to use a circular management pattern to design, implement, and manage regulatory compliance programs
• How to deal with emerging risk issues such as ergonomics, tuberculosis, or workplace violence
• How to establish a new goal methodology based on performance rather than injuries/illnesses
• How new technologies affect the loss prevention and safety function
• How to assess one's current program, perform cost/benefit analysis, and build an individual action plan
• How to minimize risks of corporate and individual liabilities
• Where to find information on different federal and state laws and regulations

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MODERN SAFETY AND RESOURCE CONTROL MANAGEMENT

By THOMAS D. SCHNEID

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-471-33118-6

Contents

PREFACE..................................................................................................................vii1 FUNCTIONS AND FRICTIONS................................................................................................12 LEARNING FROM THE PAST.................................................................................................63 DRIVING FORCES.........................................................................................................164 IN SEARCH OF THE SAFETY GRAIL..........................................................................................205 ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL..............................................................................................266 CULTURAL SHIFT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEXUS.................................................................................367 MY PROBLEM EMPLOYEES...................................................................................................578 COMPLIANCE AS THE FOUNDATION...........................................................................................649 QUALITY AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.....................................................................................7610 THE COMPLIANCE CIRCLE.................................................................................................8911 CAPTURING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT..................................................................................11312 A TEAM IS BETTER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS............................................................................12013 GIVE 'EM THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL...................................................................................12514 THINKING OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL BOX..................................................................................13515 HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE..................................................................................................14116 YOU PAY THE BILL......................................................................................................14817 SAFETY AND THE LAW....................................................................................................15918 THE WIRED WORLD.......................................................................................................16719 KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO...........................................................................17620 THE RAVIOLI METHODOLOGY...............................................................................................17921 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES...........................................................................................19322 THE EXPANSION DRAFT...................................................................................................19523 THE WALL STREET INFLUENCE.............................................................................................20424 MAXIMIZE YOUR STRENGTHS AND "CUT" YOUR LOSSES.........................................................................20725 THE GRAPEVINE INFLUENCE...............................................................................................21126 THE FUTURE OF SAFETY AND RESOURCE CONTROL.............................................................................214APPENDIXESA EMPLOYEE WORKPLACE RIGHTS..............................................................................................217B SAFETY AUDIT ASSESSMENT................................................................................................228C OSHA INSPECTION CHECKLIST..............................................................................................246D EMPLOYMENT-RELATED LAWS................................................................................................249E STATE EMPLOYMENT-RELATED LAWS..........................................................................................254F OSHA PUBLICATIONS......................................................................................................257G GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION...................................................265H OSHA REGIONAL OFFICES-DIRECTORY........................................................................................269I POTENTIAL SOURCES OF SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION ASSISTANCE THROUGH LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.....................271INDEX....................................................................................................................309

Preface

There ain's no constants in business because people keep changing. -Solomon Dutka

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The safety function has changed significantly since the inception of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970 and the per se birth of the modern safety and health professional. The Occupational Safety and Health Act is relatively new at the age of 29; however, the functions of the safety and health professional have evolved and changed significantly during this period of time.

In general, the functions of the safety and health professional in the 1970s were primarily compliance driven with the activities and responsibilities focused on acquiring and maintaining the work environment within the boundaries specified in the Occupational Safety and Health standards. Given the relatively broad scope of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, newness of this type of legislation, impact on the management team, retrofitting of equipment, and time required within the learning curve, often required the full-time efforts of the safety and health professional. In essence, the safety and health professional was a single-function manager with all efforts focused on the essential work of achieving and maintaining compliance with this new law.

In the 1980s, the functions and job responsibilities of many safety and health professionals were broadened to include peripheral job functions, which often interacted with safety and health such as workers' compensation, security, and environmental compliance. In many organizations, compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act had been achieved through their years of effort and the organizations moved from a reactive to a proactive mode in the safety and health area. However, peripheral functions, especially workers' compensation, began to emerge as a substantial cost item for many organizations. Given the logic that it was the safety and health function that was supposed to prevent the accident and if the accident was not prevented, the injury, and thus the cost, was incurred, the safety and health professional should also assume responsibility for the reactive portion of the process. Although this marriage appeared symbiotic, the actual management was often like oil and water. Many safety and health professionals found that the majority of their time was expended on the reactive management of workers' compensation claims with a minimal amount of time being allotted to the proactive management of safety and health.

With the emergence of the environmental area, many safety and health professionals were saddled with the responsibility of achieving and maintaining the compliance activities and efforts in this evolving...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Interscience
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 047133118X
• ISBN 13: 9780471331186
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 335
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