Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Supervisory Safety Leadership Best Safety Practice # 6 Departmental Injury Prevention Plans

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Departmental Injury Prevention Plans & Goals Having a ‘defined and well-communicated ’prevention plan’ is the key: –Defines & established in writing injury & illness reduction/prevention plans & goals –Documents your safety efforts/strategies –Creates a system for trigger prevention activities & measuring effectiveness –Establish & clarify roles & responsibilities

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Departmental Injury Prevention Plans & Goals What it does: Empowers employees, create ownership Forces Evaluation and establishment of techniques to reduce risks Becomes a catalyst for change Provides a basis for motivating employees Drives performance

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Injury Prevention Plans Departmental Injury Reduction Plans Reduction Plan development: –Identify those 3-5 ‘leading indicators’ in your department with the greatest injury reduction potential (injury drivers) Apply control measures Based on past incident investigations –Identified “initial and root causes”, and – “Contributing factors” Put these leading indicator ‘strategies’ into your annual “Injury Reduction Plan” MOST IMPORTANT: Be able to ‘measure’ results

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Departmental Injury Reduction Goals Goals: –Set a numerical reduction goal –Focused on preventing injuries & Illnesses & create a safe workplace –Focus on ‘behaviors’; unsafe acts & practices –Ensuring compliance –Promoting employee wellness –Minimizing environmental impact –Using ergonomics to reduce stress/strain

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Exercise #4 Injury Reduction Plans EXERCISE & HANDOUT: Developing an Injury Reduction Plan

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Supervisor Best Practices Example Reduction/Prevention Plan YEAR = ____________ DATE DEPT. REDUCTION GOAL: (i.e. % injury reduction) PLAN NO. PREVENTION PLAN DESCRIPTION LEADING INDICATOR ADDRESSED IMPLEMENTATION DEADLINE DATE PERFORMANCE MEASURERESPONSIBILITY Injury Prevention/Reduction Plan

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Departmental Goals and Strategies Injury Prevention Conclusion: –Departments need ‘defined’ annual “Injury Prevention/Reduction Plans” –Identify “Injury Drivers” –Measure “Leading” not lagging indicator –Select 3-5 ‘leading’ indicators to address –KEY: Be able to ‘measure’ these indicators

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Injury Prevention Funding Be Smart About Safety funding Review past approved funding requests for ideas Review suggested funding requests services/bsas/be-smart-about-safety-bsashttp://safetyservices.ucdavis.edu/occupational-health- services/bsas/be-smart-about-safety-bsas Collaboratively work on Injury Prevention solutions with Departmental: –Management and affected employees, –Safety Coordinator, –Safety Advisor, and Work with other departments; –Occupational Health Injury Prevention Specialist –Risk Management & Disability Management Services –Occupational Biomechanics