Session Title

TWI Job Safety Program

Session Abstract

Why are Dozens of Minnesota companies implementing JOB SAFETY?

Why build Job Safety skill in the first place?

• To avoid costly OSHA/EPA citations

• To avoid legal costs associated with incidents

• To avoid downtime and incident investigation

• Improved Morale and work environment

• To develop Leaders who model correct behaviors

• Staff ownership for safety beyond management or safety committee members

TWI Job Safety was developed in Japan after World War II.  With the current legal climate, Job Safety may be more critical today than when first developed after the war effort. Today’s manufacturers need proactive looks into their organizations to reduce safety risks and avoid potentially “door closing” employment liability situations.

Job Safety is structured like the very successful TWI programs, comprised of 4 simple steps, and a 5 day-2 hour per day model. The content has similarities to TWI Job Relations simple problems solving methodology. The key concept is “Accidents are caused, Break the chain” Thus the goal is to disengage the various causes that lead up to incidents and resulting injury.

Job Safety adds critical skills, helping staff to see safety concerns before they happen. After an incident and resulting injury occurs, it is too late to do anything to avoid the cost and pain of such situations. Thus Job Safety helps to stem off incidents and injuries before they happen.

OSHA general safety regulations covered in 29 CFR 1903, (Inspections, Citations and Penalties), 29 CFR 1904 Recording and reporting Injuries, i.e.300 Log) and 29 CRF 1910 (General Compliance Categories and Concerns) are things companies need to know and be aware of. This knowledge is important to stem off incidents and resulting injuries, but Job Safety goes far beyond this regulatory knowledge and compliance. Many safety concerns fall outside these guidelines, and by preparing staff to see and eliminate these concerns, not only will you improve compliance with government requirements, but will also create a much more attractive and productive work environment for  staff. If companies take regular proactive looks at their work environments, to continually making improvements, the impact of OSHA audits and citations, are significantly reduced and are a much smaller part of companies overall safety considerations. Safety committees should not be the only focus on safety within any organization.

General OSHA 1910 Categories:

A)  General

B)  Adoptions and Extensions (Various work Environments, standards, etc)

C)  Reserved

D)  Walking-Work Surfaces (Floors, Walls, Stairs, ladders, scaffolding etc.)

E)  Exit Routes, Emergency Plans, Fire Prevention

F)  Powered Platforms, man-lifts, Vehicle Platforms

G)  Health and Environmental Controls (Ventilation, Noise, Radiation, etc.

H)  Hazardous Materials (Gases, explosives, coatings storage, handling, etc)

I)  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Eyes, Face, Respirators, Head, Feet, electrical, Hands, etc.)

J)  General Controls (Signs, color coding, tags, confined spaces, lockout-tag out, etc.)

K)  Medical and First Aid (What to do and not to do)

L)  Fire Protection (Extinguishers, sprinklers, portable / fixed systems, alarms, etc.)

M)  Compressed Gas/Air

N)  Material Handling and Storage (Fork trucks, cranes, slings, etc)

O)  Machinery Guarding

P)  Hand and Power Tools

Q)  Welding, Cutting and Brazing

R)  Special Industries (Pulp, Textiles, Bakery, Laundry, logging, Telecommunications, Grain, Electrical etc.)

S)  Electrical (Wiring, training, etc.)

T)  Commercial Diving

U-Y)  Reserved

Z)  Toxic and Hazardous Materials

This whole list of OSHA Categories is general knowledge every organization should be aware of, and be working to comply with.  Beyond OSHA requirements, there are additional things companies should be looking at, and TWI Job Safety helps staff deal with OSHA and Non-OSHA related concerns, and resolve safety issues. TWI Job Safety goes far beyond OSHA knowledge, and develops skills to look into situations and make improvement before incidents or injury happens.
 

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