| In certain industries, each employer must
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| | will then report any concerns to the
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| create a safety and health program known
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| | safety director. S/he will then set up or
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| as "A Workplace Accident and Injury
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| | modify existing training programs to
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| Reduction," or AWAIR, program, as
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| | provide adequate personal protection for
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| required by Minnesota Statute ยง 182.653
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| | those concerned workers. Each job
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| subd. 8. An AWAIR program must be in
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| | location is unique and dynamic, so site
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| writing and there are five key points
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| | supervisors should check worksites daily
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| that it must address: 1. How the program
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| | for compliance with the safety program
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| will be implemented and then maintained
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| | implemented. A Site Safety Checklist is
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| by managers, supervisors, and employees.
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| | an easy way to do this. Because there is
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| 2. How new or existing hazards,
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| | a danger of procedures becoming routine,
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| conditions and operations will be
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| | and therefore lax, random inspections and
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| identified, analyzed, and then
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| | reviews should also be carried out
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| controlled. 3. The method for
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| | regularly. Accidents are not completely
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| communicating the plan to all employees
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| | avoidable, however. Site supervisors
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| that might be affected by work-related
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| | should investigate all accidents or
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| hazards and controls. 4. How, in the
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| | near-miss events that occur. Although
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| event of a workplace accident, the
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| | dangerous, these events will help the
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| incident will be investigated and then
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| | supervisor, as well as the safety
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| what corrective action will take place.
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| | director, rework the health and safety
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| 5. The type of enforcement that will be
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| | program to provide a safer working
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| used for safe work rules and practices.
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| | environment. Workplace safety should be
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| Since workplace environments are
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| | critically important to a company.
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| constantly changing and new employees are
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| | Employees are one of the most important
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| hired, the AWAIR program must be reviewed
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| | parts of a business, so keeping them safe
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| and analyzed for effectiveness at least
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| | and informed about potential risks and
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| annually. If workplace safety is a real
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| | consequences should be a primary concern.
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| concern to an employer, this task will
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| | Not only do accidents at work affect
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| not be difficult. Regardless of the job,
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| | human lives, but also can affect workers'
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| employee safety should be reinforced
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| | compensation costs, training expenses,
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| constantly to keep employees at a high
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| | productivity, and insurance rates.
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| level of performance. A healthy workplace
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| | Violation of health and safety rules
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| for all employees should be a primary
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| | should be disciplined, while compliance
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| concern for any company, and should be
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| | to the rules should be rewarded. The key
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| supported by company policy. To always
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| | to a successful safety program such as an
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| reduce the number of accidents and
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| | AWAIR, is a clear set of goals and
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| injuries at a jobsite should always be a
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| | objectives for safety and health at the
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| goal. A safe work environment is not an
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| | workplace. These goals should be
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| individual job, however. It requires
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| | understandable, informative, and enforced
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| cooperation between an employee, his/her
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| | throughout the company in order to
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| co-workers, and management. While
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| | prevent accidents and preserve life. Not
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| employees are the group that is most
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| | only will a company benefit from
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| directly affected by a safety program,
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| | preventing these things, but the
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| the managers and supervisors are the ones
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| | employees will have a higher level of
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| who are responsible for creating and
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| | performance knowing how safe their work
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| enforcing the program. Many companies
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| | environment is, and how much the
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| will have a safety director who is
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| | management is concerned with their
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| responsible for organizing a program such
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| | safety.
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| as AWAIR. Individual employees will
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| | The Minnesota twin cities law firm of
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| report concerns to their supervisors. All
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| | Schwebel Goetz and Sieben can provide a
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| the supervisors and managers of the
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| | construction accident lawyer or attorney
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| company, who are responsible for health
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| | to Minneapolis MN construction injury
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| and safety at each specific worksite,
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| | victims.
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