1. Hazard Prevention and Control Safety and Health Training
Module 2—Management Commitment and Employee Involvement
Safety Management
Worksite Analysis
Management
Commitment
and Employee
Involvement
Hazard Prevention and Control
Safety and Health Training

2. At the end of this module, you will be able to:
Module 2 Objectives
At the end of this module, you will be able to:
Identify the factors OSHA includes under management commitment and employee involvement.
Identify management roles in providing leadership in a safety and health management system.
Write a policy statement that describes your management’s commitment to a safety and health management system.

3. Module 2 Objectives—continued
Determine safety and health roles and responsibilities.
Identify types of employee involvement tools.
Analyze barriers and challenges to employee involvement.
Identify ways to proactively involve employees in the safety management system.

4. Activity Instructions
Review the factors that demonstrate management commitment and employee involvement, then check the items you feel your organization does well.

5. Leading Safety and Health
Play a strong and visible role.
Create safety and health policy and make it visible.
Practice what you preach.
Require every job description to have a safety and health component.

6. Leading Safety and Health
Require employees to have safety and health objectives.
Set safety and health goals for yourself.
Constantly show concern for safety and health.
Provide adequate resources.

7. Leading Safety and Health
Foster a workplace where employees feel free to speak up.
Hold meetings where employees are encouraged to share their safety and health ideas.
Lead the annual process of evaluating the safety and health management system.

8. Policy
Policy
Policy Statement
Core Beliefs
Operating Principles
Procedures
A policy is a written document that describes how an organization intends to conduct its business and act under certain circumstances.

9. Safety and Health Policy
Policy Statement
Core Beliefs
Operating Principles
Procedures
Safety and health policy is a policy that describes an organization’s policies relating to safety and health.

10. Safety and Health Policy
Policy Statement
Safety and Health Policy
Policy Statement
Core Beliefs
Operating Principles
Procedures
The policy statement describes the purpose of the policy and states a common goal for an organization.

11. Safety and Health Policy
Core Beliefs
Safety and Health Policy
Policy Statement
Core Beliefs
Operating Principles
Procedures
Core beliefs are the underlying principles of the organization.

12. Safety and Health Policy
Operating Principles
Safety and Health Policy
Policy Statement
Core Beliefs
Operating Principles
Procedures
Operating principles are guidelines that describe how managers and employees should make decisions.

13. Safety and Health Policy
Procedures
Safety and Health Policy
Policy Statement
Core Beliefs
Operating Principles
Procedures
Procedures describe required steps employees must follow in performing a task or job.

14. Safety and Health Poster

15. Activity Instructions
Brainstorm ideas for your organization’s safety and health policy
What should be in your policy statement?
What ideas for core beliefs and operating principles do you have?
Policy Statement

16. Activity Instructions
In your group, identify the important safety and health roles of each of the following groups.
Top Management
Supervisors
Employees

17. What is employee involvement?
Getting Employee Involvement
What is employee involvement?
Employee involvement is creating an environment in which people have impact on decisions and actions relating to their jobs.

18. Activity Instructions
What are the benefits of getting employees involved in the safety and health management system?
What are the potential barriers and challenges you face in fostering employee involvement?