Management Leadership
Management
provides the leadership, vision, and resources needed to implement an effective
safety plan. Management leadership means that business owners, managers, and
supervisors do the following:
- Make worker
safety and health a core organizational value.
- Fully
commit to eliminating hazards, protecting workers, and continuously
improving workplace safety and health.
- Provide
sufficient resources to implement and maintain the safety plan.
- Visibly
demonstrate and communicate their safety and health commitment to workers
and others.
- Set an
example through their own actions.
Communicate Commitment to the
Safety Plan
Management
can communicate their commitment to a safety plan by establishing a written
policy signed by top management describing the organization's commitment to
safety and health, and by pledging to establish and maintain a safety plan for
all workers. This policy should be communicated to all workers and, at
appropriate times and places, to relevant parties, including contractors,
subcontractors, temporary workers at your worksite(s), and suppliers.
Management
should reinforce their commitment by considering safety and health in all
business decisions, including contractor and vendor selection, purchasing, and
facility design and modification. This commitment should also be visible in
operations, setting an example by following the same safety procedures
management expects workers to follow. Management should also consider beginning
work meetings with a discussion or review of safety and health indicators and
any outstanding safety items on a "to do" list.