1. Human Resource Management
BA 453/553
Human Resource Management

2. Agenda May 9, 2006 Group Presentations:
Guest Speaker: Sam Hallyburton, VP, Occupational Safety Consultant with Willis of Oregon
Break
Lecture on “Preventing Accidents”
Activity
Exam answers

3. Fire Triangle
OXYGEN
HEAT
FIRE
FUEL

4. PRODUCTION TRIANGLE
PRODUCTION
QUALITY
PROFIT
SAFETY

5. What Causes Accident?
Chance occurrences
Unsafe conditions
Unsafe acts

6. Chance Occurrences What is a “Chance Occurrence?”
More or less beyond managements control

7. Unsafe Conditions What is an “Unsafe Condition?”
Improperly guarded equipment
Defective equipment
Improper illumination, such as glare or insufficient light
Pressure to complete the work as quickly as possible

8. Unsafe Acts What is an “Unsafe Act?” Throwing materials
Operating or working at unsafe speeds
Lifting improperly
Using equipment when not operating properly

9. Preventing Accidents Reduce Unsafe Condition
Engineer out the potential hazard
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Use Screening to reduce Unsafe Acts
Personality traits
Physical capacities

10. Preventing Accidents Posters & other propaganda Publish your results
Develop slogans
Safety Training
Reoccurring
Develop safe practices & procedures

11. Preventing Accidents Incentive & Positive reinforcement
Attending safety committee meetings
Identifying hazards
Top-Management commitment
Procedures vs. production

12. Preventing Accidents Culture of Safety (Five characteristics)
1. Teamwork (management commitment and employee involvement
2. Communication & collaboration
3. Shared vision of Safety
4. Assignment of critical safety functions to individuals or teams
5. Continuous efforts toward quality improvements

13. Preventing Accidents Set specific loss control goals Frequency
Accident types
Monetary reduction
Inspect regularly
Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly

15. Developing an Action Plan

16. Violence in the Workplace

17. TYPES OF BEHAVIOR
Disruptive Behavior – disturbs, interferes, or prevents normal work functions or activities
Threatening Behavior – oral, written or physical actions short of actual contact
Violent Behavior – physical assault, with or without a weapon, property destruction.

18. AGGRESSOR CATEGORIES
TYPE I – Agent has no legitimate relationship to the workplace – enters with purpose to commit criminal act.
TYPE II – Agent is recipient or object of services, former client, passenger, customer.
TYPE III – Agent has an employment relationship; current or former employee or related to current or former employee

19. NEGLIGENT HIRING
The tort of negligent hiring is based on the principle that an employer has a duty to protect its employees and customers from injuries caused by employees whom the employer knows, “or should have known,” pose a risk of harm to others.

20. NEGLIGENT TRAINING
Courts in certain circumstances have recognized a cause of action for an employer’s negligent training of its employees that results in injury to a third person.

21. NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION
Courts may also recognize the theory of negligent supervision when one employee alleges that the employer should have taken reasonable care in supervising a second employee who is threatening the first employee with violent conduct.

22. NEGLIGENT RETENTION
Employers retaining an employee with violent conduct may fall under the “Negligent Retention” clause if the violent employee injuries someone after their behavior is known to management.

23. WHO COMMITS WP HOMICIDE?
94.3% Men
5.7% Women
Ages 35 – 45
43.6% Current employees
22.5% Former employees
21.4% Domestic violence
12.5% Clients

24. EARLY WARNING SIGNS
Direct or veiled verbal threats of harm
Intimidation of others
Flashing a weapon to test reactions
Paranoid behavior
Moral righteousness
Unable to take criticism of job duties
Expression of desperation over financial or family matters
Violent history
Interest in guns
Fascination with incidents of WPV