Information - Cooperation - Motivation. September Recap Key Components to an Effective Safety Culture

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1 Union County Safety Council Newsletter October 2018 EDITION Information - Cooperation - Motivation September Recap Key Components to an Effective Safety Culture Do you THINK your company can go an entire year without a lost time accident or do you BELIEVE they can? An effective safety culture consists of beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes. Each company should aspire to operational excellence. In order to do that, you need to achieve operational discipline which means complying with a set of wellthought-out and well-defined processes, and consistently executing them correctly. This will not happen all at once. Change comes from hundreds of little wins. You can go from thinking to believing by achieving those little wins. Operational discipline is not just about safety. It is about improving the execution and performance of all work practices across your organization to a point where leaders and employees consistently and continuously address the day-to-day operational needs of the company in a timely, safe, and efficient manner. The DuPont Bradley Curve is a tool to help measure how a company s goals for organizational excellence becomes incorporated within company culture. (You can Google this for more detail) It is not important what management believes, it is important what employees believe. Responsibility for encouraging safety culture may start with management, but it trickles down to each individual in the company. Everyone has a part in keeping themselves and others safe. People should live by safety rules not only on the job but at home. Creating an effective safety culture is an ongoing process and is a large commitment on behalf of the entire company. Safety initiatives fail due to no plan to stick to, lack of buy-in or support, and competing priorities in the organization (such as production). You can effectively market your safety message by keeping the same message but change the approach. October 10 Lunch and Learn 11:15 a.m. 940 London Ave Guest Speaker: Kevin Ream, Stratosphere Quality Lunch Sponsor: Bulk Transit Sponsor Your Union County Safety Council Officers, October September 2019 President Brian Dostanko (Human Resources Director, City of Marysville ( ) Vice-President Robert Cricket McClintock (Union Rural Electric) ( ) Secretary Rachel Gwilliams (Honda Trading America Corp) ( ) Safety Manager Angie Venable (Union County Chamber of Commerce) ( )

2 Do not forget to fill out your UCSC Survey! How we are doing? What would you like to see next year? This is your chance to be heard. Help us plan your Safety Council! BWC will be conducting routine maintenance that will impact internet and phone services on Saturday, October 13. Due to this scheduled shutdown, BWC s website will not be accessible nor will their automated phone service. All other BWC phones will go directly to voic . Website users will see a static page of information explaining the outage and will not be able to access any of the site s functionality. All systems will be up and running by start of business Monday, October 15.

3 Your Union County Safety Council can help! Be sure to complete the Survey Monkey form that you received earlier from Brian Dostanko. During each Lunch & Learn we will be sharing an event a fellow Safety Council member experienced. Through discussion, we can learn lessons to prevent a similar event from happening at your facility. A near miss is an opportunity to correct a potential problem before a more serious incident occurs.

4 Ohio Wood Pallet Manufacturer Cited After Employee Amputation ( Buckeye Diamond Logistics, Inc. a Columbus-based company which operates as BDL Supply - was cited for lockout/tag-out violations after an employee s finger was amputated while working with an energized pallet stack machine. OSHA investigators determined that the company failed to develop lockout/tag-out procedures, install machine guards, train employees on procedures to prevent unintentional machine start -up during service and maintenance, and exposing employees to electrical hazards. OSHA cited the company for similar violations at its Lima and South Charleston, Ohio facilities in The company faces proposed penalties of $191,794 for two repeated and four serious violations. ** also has a location in Marysville Interactive Charts Reveal Ohio Workers Comp Claims Trends ( Have you checked out the data charts BWC created in partnership with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health? The charts display summaries of 1.2 million Ohio workers comp injury claims. This interactive tool, covering claims from 2001 to 2011, displays injury trends by year, industry, and diagnosis or cause of injury. Check them out! They can help you better understand the injuries occurring in your industry.

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6 Observe National Fire Prevention Week ( Does your workplace have fire extinguishers? Do you know where they are or how to use them? Portable fire extinguishers can be very effective in combating small fires, but only if you know how to use them. In 2017, US fire departments reported more than 1.3 million fires resulting in more than 3,400 civilian deaths and $23 billion in property damage. The National Fire Protection Association reminds us to Look. Listen. Learn. Be Aware. Fires can happen anywhere. History of National Fire Prevention Week President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance in 1925, commemorating the tragedy of the Great Chicago Fire. Since then, this week has become the longest running US public health observance on the importance of fire safety. Fire Safety When Traveling When traveling for conferences or working off-site, make sure you and other employees do not leave safety at the door. According to the US Fire Administration, more than 3,900 hotel and motel fires are reported annually, causing more than $100 million in property damage. Having a fire safety plan and checklist can make all the difference. So, when traveling: Always look for hotels and motels that have hard-wired smoke alarms and automatic sprinklers in every guest room Once on site, locate exits and alarms, and read up of their emergency evacuation plan Always keep emergency preparedness at the top of mind, even when out of the office Bring Safety Home ( Every 90 seconds a house fire is reported in the United States. Take a look at the following tips from the National Safety Council to keep your household safe: Plan and practice an emergency escape route with your family Learn how to maneuver a fire extinguisher If your clothes catch on fire... Stop, drop, and roll Install smoke alarms (ionization and photoelectric) and carbon monoxide alarms Know at least two ways to exit a room Make sure to participate in Home Fire Drill Day on October 13th to teach your family what to do if a home fire should occur. There are many fun and engaging tools available to help reinforce learning. Protecting your loved ones from a fire can be as simple as having a plan and checklist.

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