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Improving Workplace Safety

In certain industries, each employerthen report any concerns to the safety
must create a safety and health programdirector. S/he will then set up or
known as "A Workplace Accident andmodify existing training programs to
Injury Reduction," or AWAIR, program, asprovide adequate personal protection for
required by Minnesota Statute ยง 182.653those concerned workers. Each job
subd. 8. An AWAIR program must be inlocation is unique and dynamic, so site
writing and there are five key pointssupervisors should check worksites daily
that it must address: 1. How the programfor compliance with the safety program
will be implemented and then maintainedimplemented. A Site Safety Checklist is
by managers, supervisors, and employees.an easy way to do this. Because there is
2. How new or existing hazards,a danger of procedures becoming routine,
conditions and operations will beand therefore lax, random inspections
identified, analyzed, and thenand reviews should also be carried out
controlled. 3. The method forregularly. Accidents are not completely
communicating the plan to all employeesavoidable, however. Site supervisors
that might be affected by work-relatedshould investigate all accidents or
hazards and controls. 4. How, in thenear-miss events that occur. Although
event of a workplace accident, thedangerous, these events will help the
incident will be investigated and thensupervisor, as well as the safety
what corrective action will take place.director, rework the health and safety
5. The type of enforcement that will beprogram to provide a safer working
used for safe work rules and practices.environment. Workplace safety should be
Since workplace environments arecritically important to a company.
constantly changing and new employeesEmployees are one of the most important
are hired, the AWAIR program must beparts of a business, so keeping them
reviewed and analyzed for effectivenesssafe and informed about potential risks
at least annually. If workplace safetyand consequences should be a primary
is a real concern to an employer, thisconcern. Not only do accidents at work
task will not be difficult. Regardlessaffect human lives, but also can affect
of the job, employee safety should beworkers' compensation costs, training
reinforced constantly to keep employeesexpenses, productivity, and insurance
at a high level of performance. Arates. Violation of health and safety
healthy workplace for all employeesrules should be disciplined, while
should be a primary concern for anycompliance to the rules should be
company, and should be supported byrewarded. The key to a successful safety
company policy. To always reduce theprogram such as an AWAIR, is a clear set
number of accidents and injuries at aof goals and objectives for safety and
jobsite should always be a goal. A safehealth at the workplace. These goals
work environment is not an individualshould be understandable, informative,
job, however. It requires cooperationand enforced throughout the company in
between an employee, his/her co-workers,order to prevent accidents and preserve
and management. While employees are thelife. Not only will a company benefit
group that is most directly affected byfrom preventing these things, but the
a safety program, the managers andemployees will have a higher level of
supervisors are the ones who areperformance knowing how safe their work
responsible for creating and enforcingenvironment is, and how much the
the program. Many companies will have amanagement is concerned with their
safety director who is responsible forsafety.
organizing a program such as AWAIR.The Minnesota twin cities law firm of
Individual employees will reportSchwebel Goetz and Sieben can provide a
concerns to their supervisors. All theconstruction accident lawyer or attorney
supervisors and managers of the company,to Minneapolis MN construction injury
who are responsible for health andvictims.
safety at each specific worksite, will



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