Managing Safety: A Guide for Executives

What are accidents? Are they just statistics that your safety department sends to you monthly and which you glance over and ask yourself whether the safety professional you have employed is doing his job right? Aimed primarily at top and middle management, this book adopts the new approach to preventing serious incidents rather than minimal compliance with regulations. It takes you step-by-simple-step to show how accidents can be avoided with little effort and money, allowing you to reap the rewards such an injury-free culture brings: higher worker morale, better product quality, and maximum productivity. Plus the inner satisfaction of reaching a goal that is worth striving for, namely zero accidents.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–4): Chapter 2 Consequences of Accidents (pages 5–13): Chapter 3 A Small Experiment (pages 15–20): Chapter 4 Man or Machine? (pages 21–30): Chapter 5 Why Do Accidents Happen? (pages 31–40): Chapter 6 The Underlying Reasons (pages 41–44): Chapter 7 How to Make People not Take Risks (pages 45–51): Chapter 8 The Myths of Management (pages 53–62): Chapter 9 Who “Makes” Safety? (pages 63–71): Chapter 10 Management Tools (pages 73–76): Chapter 11 Pillar 1: Total Management Commitment (pages 77–82): Chapter 12 Pillar 2: Safety Visits – The Basics (pages 83–92): Chapter 13 Safety Visits – The System (pages 93–97): Chapter 14 Safety Visits – The Procedure (pages 99–109): Chapter 15 The Art of Talking (pages 111–120): Chapter 16 Pillar 3: Involving the Worker (pages 121–126): Chapter 17 Brainstorming (pages 127–134): Chapter 18 Pillar 4: Accident Investigation (pages 135–140): Chapter 19 The Methodology of an Accident Investigation (pages 141–150): Chapter 20 The Art of Questioning (pages 151–155): Chapter 21 Accident or Incident? (pages 157–160): Chapter 22 Responsibility & Authority (pages 161–167): Chapter 23 The Safety Committees (pages 169–173): Chapter 24 Lock Out – Tag Out (pages 175–179): Chapter 25 Communications (pages 181–188): Chapter 26 Other Managerial Tools (pages 189–194): Chapter 27 How to Proceed (pages 195–198):