Health and safety plans. Intimidating? Serious? It sounds like too much? Well, actually not so. First, you want a safety plan. It helps you, your employees, and other companies you work with to understand your safety requirements. Second, if you use the safety plan as a safety training tool you can educate and keep your crews up to speed with solid safety practices. Third, some governmental agencies, such as the Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA), like/require companies to have written safety plans. In the event of an OSHA inspection, audit or investigation, one of the first things they ask for is a written safety plan. Fourth and finally, a written safety plan is easy. The internet can be a big help here. Many companies in your industry (whatever that industry is) have posted their safety plans online. So, say you are a road contractor, search road contractor safety plans online. You will likely find several. CAUTION: While there are many safety plans available online be sure you and several of your top managers read the safety plan you find and fine-tune it to meet the needs of your company. If you simply cut and paste you will likely miss or include a safety element not applicable to your company. So, take a few minutes, search the internet and then read and have several of your top field managers read the proposed safety plan, and edit the downloaded plan to suit your company.
For more information go to https://www.osha.gov/shpguidelines/