58th Annual Councils’ Awards Ceremony John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Presidential Management Agenda

President’s Management Agenda Improved Financial Performance Budget and Performance Integration Competitive Sourcing Expanded Electronic Government Strategic Management of Human Capital FOR MORE INFO...

Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework (Cont’d) General Emphasis –Employee training and development, knowledge management, executive leadership, and diversity Focused Emphasis –“Preserving” human resources by concentrating on strategies to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses

Safety and Health Add Value

To Your Business –Decreases: Workers’ compensation costs Retraining costs Absenteeism –Increases: Productivity Morale

Safety and Health Add Value To Your Workplace –Fewer injuries –Lower staff turnover –Increased employee satisfaction –Higher productivity

Safety and Health Add Value To Your Life –Avoiding wage loss –Reducing stress and conflict –Improving the quality of life

Strategic Management Plan

Strategic Management Plan (Cont’d) Reduce occupational hazards Promote a safety and health culture Maximize effectiveness and efficiency

Priority 1: Leadership

Leadership in the Federal Sector FACOSH DASHOs Safety and Health Managers Field Federal Safety & Health Councils

Leadership in the Federal Sector (Cont’d) Councils –Serve as a clearinghouse –Promote improvement in safety & health –Provide outreach and education –Sponsor training –Share best practices

Federal Initiatives New Presidential S/H Initiative Recordkeeping Change

Federal Initiatives (Cont’d) New Presidential S/H Initiative — SHARE ‘04 –Runs for 3 years (FY 04 – 06) –Similar goals to Federal Worker 2000 –Emphasis on lost time cases and lost production days –New 21st century baseline year (FY01) for all goals

Federal Initiatives (Cont’d) New Presidential S/H Initiative — SHARE ‘04 –OSHA and OWCP will create a single web-site dedicated to SHARE goals. –Agencies will be able to get real time data to track their progress toward achieving the goals.

Federal Initiatives (Cont’d) Federal Recordkeeping –Establish “one” system –Improve the ability of Federal agency establishments to identify and track occupational injury and illness trends –Resolve the problem of incompatibility of data between the private sector and the federal sector –Extend injury and illness recordkeeping coverage to all civilian workers in the Executive Branch –Create consistent statistics among Federal establishments

Federal Initiatives (Cont’d) Federal Recordkeeping –Provide better data for identifying root causes of accidents –Will result in fewer errors (plain language)

58th Annual Councils’ Awards Ceremony