1. Management Principles
Workplace Safety Management
Craig W. Fontaine, Ph.D.

2. Health, Safety, and Security
A general state of physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Safety
A condition in which the physical well-being of people is protected.
Security
The protection of employees and organizational facilities.

3. Typical Division of Responsibilities: Health, Safety, and Security

4. Legal Requirements for Safety and Health
Workers’ Compensation
A legally-mandated insurance fund that provides compensation to employees for work-related injuries.
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave for their serious health conditions.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Employers attempting to return injured employees to “light duty” work may undercut the essential functions of the job.

5. Workers’ Compensation Injuries
Source: Based on data from Liberty Mutual Group, in “Insurer Ranks Leading Worker’s Comp Injuries,” National Underwriter, March 19, 2001, 7.

6. Selected Child Labor Hazardous Occupations

7. Occupational Safety and Health Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
Passed to assure safe and healthful working conditions.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) administers provisions of the Act.
OSHA Enforcement Standards regulate equipment and working environments:
The “general duty” of employers to provide safe and healthy working conditions.
Notification and posters are required of employers to inform employees of OSHA’s safety and health standards.

8. Private Industry Injury Rate
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2001.

9. OSHA Provisions and Standards
Hazard Communication
Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS) Lock out/tag out regulations
Blood-borne Pathogens
Protection for workers exposed to blood and other substances from AIDS
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Hazard analysis, training, and provision of PPE to employees
Cumulative Stress Disorders (CTDs)
Protection from muscle and skeletal injuries from repetitive tasks
Work Assignments
Protection for reproductive health and refusal to perform unsafe work

10. Guide to Recordability of Cases Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
Source: U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, What Every Employer Needs to Know About OSHA Record Keeping (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office).

11. On-the-Spot Inspections
OSHA Inspections
On-the-Spot Inspections
Compliance officers
Marshall v. Barlow’s, Inc.
Dealing with an Inspection
Citations and Violations
Imminent danger
Serious
Other than serious
De minimis
Willful and repeated

12. Most Frequently Cited OSHA Violations (General Industry, Non-Construction)
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Available at

13. Workplace Injuries by Employment Size
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2001.

14. Approaches to Effective Safety Management

15. Other Safety Issues Employee and Workplace Safety
Safety Policies and Discipline
Safety Committees
Employee and Workplace Safety
Employee Motivation and Incentives
Safety Training and Communications

16. Phases of Accident Investigation

17. Emotional/ Mental Health Concerns
Smoking at Work
Substance Abuse
Emotional/ Mental Health Concerns
Workplace Air Quality
Workplace Health Issues

18. Common Signs of Substance Abuse

19. Health Promotion Levels
Source: Developed by Kay F. Ryan (Nebraska Methodist College) and Robert L. Mathis (University of Nebraska at Omaha). May not be reproduced without permission.

20. Top Eight Security Concerns at Work:
Workplace violence
Internet/intranet security
Business interruption/disaster recovery
Fraud/white collar crime
Employee selection/screening concerns
General employee theft
Unethical business conduct
Computer hardware/software theft

21. Profile of a Potentially Violent Employee

22. Workplace Violence Issues Training in Detection and Prevention
Domestic Causes
Management Responses
Workplace Violence Issues
Training in Detection and Prevention

23. Security Management Security Audit Controlled Access Computer Security
Workplace Security