1. Sherwin Williams
Victorville Facility

2. Team Introductions Juanita Rodriguez-Human Resources
Eagle Eyes – Team Lead
Ricardo Garcia- Maintenance Mechanic
Haz Busters – Team Member
My name is Juanita Rodriguez, I am the HR Manager at the SW Victorville, CA plant, I’ve been with the company over 4 years and in HR over 25 (Self intro). Together we are going to introduce to you a safety program that we use at our site. But first, Ricardo is going to give us a Safety Grabber.

3. Safety Grabber! Be aware of dangers when you do any of the following:
Preventive Maintenance
Leaks
Exposed Wires
Worn out parts
Missing hardware
A safety Grabber is a topic related to safety inside and outside of the workplace. This morning’s Safety Grabber is….
Always be aware of safety hazards around you. So in this case my advise is that every time you do preventive maintenance on machinery look out for potential hazards. For example, leaks, exposed wires, worn out parts, missing hardware.

4. Site Background Located in Victorville California 54 Employees Strong
84 miles north east of Los Angeles, and 184 south of Las Vegas.
54 Employees Strong
Estimated 4.6 Million Gallons of products in 2016
Proud to be a VPP Star Site since 2011

5. Products & Customers Products Marine Coatings Industrial Maintenance
Traffic Markings
Wood Stains
Our facility manufactures a variety of paints coatings and stains. For example, marine coatings that you would probably see on navy ships, industrial maintenance such as the Hollywood. CA sign, or traffic markings such as the one seen here and most recently wood stains.

6. THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS!
Today we are going to present to you a safety program which has been very successful at our site and thought we would share with you in the event you might want to consider implementing at your workplace. If you’d like a copy of the presentation, we will be more than happy to share it with you, just give us your business card.
This program’s main objective is to help find the “snake in the grass” so to speak in regards to safety hazards.
We will explain this program in more detail now.

7. Self Inspections Purpose Scope
Requirements: Cal/OSHA Title (a)(4) “include procedures for identifying and evaluating workplace hazards including scheduled periodic inspections to identify unsafe conditions and work practices.”
This program entails monthly safety self-inspections performed by members of management and employees. The purpose of self-inspections is to keep our workplace safe find the “Snake in the Grass” so to speak. The scope of this inspections covers all departments and areas of our facility. In addition, it is an important part of our overall safety program as this fulfills the requirements of Cal/OSHA Title (a)(4) (read).

8. S-W Victorville Self Inspections
The VPP Elements
Management Commitment
Employee Involvement
Hazard Prevention & Control
Continuous Improvement
Our program also ties in to the elements of VPP which are (read).

9. Introduction of Program
Manager & CSC buy in
Divided teams amongst managers/supervisors
Created a “Team Name” contest
Areas assigned
Six month rotation
The program steps we took prior to implementation were the following:
We presented the concept to the management team, then it was presented to the Central Safety Committee.
For example my teams name is Eagle Eyes, others had the Haz Busters, Safety Avengers

10. Self Inspection Training
Introduction Training
Purpose and Scope of Program
Shared hazard recognition photos
Explained assigned areas of inspection
Reviewed Recordkeeping Forms
Audit Checklist
Action Item Spreadsheet .

11. Tracking & Follow Up
Audit Checklist
Action Item Tracker .

12. Audit Checklist

13. Action Item Tracker

14. Communication Visual Communication Central Safety Committee
Plant Wide Meetings
Roundtables
Cover main areas of concern identified
Action steps taken
Projects created as a result
Solicit employee questions, feedback

15. Employee Incentive Year-end Incentive for participation
120 inspections (10 teams & 10 inspection per month) qualify for monetary incentive/per employee

16. Questions?