Safety Management: A Guide for Facility Managers

311 Pages·2008·29.48 MB·English

by  Joseph F. Gustin

Safety Management:
A Guide for Facility Managers
Second Edition
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Safety Management:
A Guide for
Facility Managers
Second Edition
Joseph F. Gustin
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gustin, Joseph F., 1947-
Safety management : a guide for facility managers / Joseph F. Gustin. --
2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88173-331-8 (alk. paper) -- ISBN 0-88173-512-4 (electronic) -- ISBN
0-8247-5040-3 (Taylor & Francis Distributor : alk. paper)
1. Industrial safety--United States--Management. 2. Facility management--
United States. I. Title.
T55.G795 2007
658.3’82--dc22
2007020689

Safety Management: A Guide For Facility Managers/by Joseph F. Gustin.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1—Understanding Safety as a Workforce Issue ......................... 1
Safety: The Workforce Issue ................................................................... 1
Implications For Employers ................................................................. 29
Risk Management: The Key to Cost Containment ........................... 31
Chapter 2—Rights and Responsibilities ................................................... 35
Rights, Responsibilities and Expectations ......................................... 35
Employer Rights ..................................................................................... 36
Types of Variances ................................................................................. 37
How to Comply ...................................................................................... 42
Types of Violations ................................................................................. 43
How to Contest Citations ..................................................................... 48
Worker Rights Under the OSH Act .................................................... 52
Statute Timeframes ................................................................................ 59
Worker Responsibilities ......................................................................... 61
Chapter 3—The Whistleblower Act ............................................................ 63
Whistleblower Laws Enforced by OSHA .......................................... 63
Unfavorable Employment Actions ...................................................... 64
Filing a Complaint ................................................................................. 64
How OSHA Determines Retaliation ................................................... 64
Limited Protections ................................................................................ 65
Whistleblower Protections in Various Industries ............................. 65
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act ........................................................................ 66
Chapter 4—Safety Regulations and Facility Liability ............................ 71
OSHA Standards .................................................................................... 71
The Standard-Setting Process ............................................................... 71
Safety and Health Regulations ............................................................ 76
General Industry Requirements .......................................................... 79
Other OSHA Requirements .................................................................. 80
Chapter 5—The Americans with Disabilities Act ................................... 85
Background ............................................................................................. 85
Title I and the Facility Manager .......................................................... 88
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Title II and the Facility Manager ......................................................... 92
Title III and the Facility Manager ....................................................... 97
Chapter 6—Assessing and Managing Risk ............................................ 113
Risk Management ................................................................................. 113
Risk Assessment ................................................................................... 115
Threat Assessment ............................................................................... 116
Vulnerability Assessment .................................................................... 122
Chapter 7—Violence in the Workplace .................................................... 133
Crime in the Workplace: An Overview ............................................ 133
Categories of Workplace Violence ............................................ 135
Employer Response ............................................................................. 138
Employer Requirements ............................................................. 139
The Written Safety Program ...................................................... 139
Recognizing the Warning Signs of Violence ........................... 141
Workplace Violence Prevention—Responsibilities ................. 142
Workplace Violence As a Liability Issue ................................. 153
Chapter 8—The Safety, Emergency Response &
Hazard Communication Planning Program .................................. 157
Purpose .................................................................................................. 157
Elements and Scope of the Written Safety Plan ............................. 158
Getting Started ...................................................................................... 161
Writing The Safety and Health Plan: How to Do It ...................... 166
Putting the Plan Together ................................................................... 169
Chapter 9—Preparing for the OSHA Inspection ................................... 171
The OSHA Inspection .......................................................................... 171
Inspection Priorities ............................................................................. 172
The Inspection Process ........................................................................ 174
The Inspection Results ........................................................................ 178
The Appeals Process ............................................................................ 180
Chapter 10—Keeping Accurate Records .................................................. 183
Introduction ........................................................................................... 183
Recordkeeping Agencies ..................................................................... 184
Recordkeeping Requirements ............................................................ 185
Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Procedures ......................... 188
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The New Recordkeeping Rule ........................................................... 194
Major Changes ...................................................................................... 196
Side-by-side Comparison of the Recordkeeping Rule ................... 200
Chapter 11—Change Management ........................................................... 209
Communication .................................................................................... 209
Developing A Communications Strategy ......................................... 210
Effectiveness of the Communications Strategy ............................... 212
Making the Strategy Work ................................................................. 213
Appendix I—Directory of Sources ........................................................... 215
Appendix II—OSHA Chronology ............................................................. 261
Appendix III—Self-Inspection Checklists .............................................. 269
Index ................................................................................................................ 293
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Preface
Safety is both a people and an environmental issue. It involves
people and productivity and the costs of managing each. It involves co-
ordinating policies and operations with industry standards and practices
as well as with government regulations.
This new, 2nd edition of Safety Management: A Guide For Facility
Managers, is written for facility managers and other professionals who
want to provide a safe and accessible environment for employees, stu-
dents, patients, customers and all other people who enter their facility.
The key to reducing safety and health hazards is an effective safety
management program. In turn, the cornerstone of a successful safety
management program is management commitment and employee in-
volvement—forming a team that more and more often includes the facil-
ity manager as an integral player.
Like the first edition of this book, Safety Management focuses on
managing the safety function. It provides the reader with a greater un-
derstanding of safety and health issues, including liability. It also enables
the readers to better carry out their responsibilities in ensuring a safe
working environment.
While the primary audience of Safety Management: A Guide for Facil-
ity Managers, 2nd ed., is the facility manager, other professional including
safety compliance officers, risk managers, human resources managers
and supervisors at all levels can also benefit from its contents—as both a
learning tool and as a reference.
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