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BRIEFING:
Safety Coordinator |
An
individual should be designated as the organization's
in-house Safety Coordinator. This person has
primary responsibility for establishing, implementing
and maintaining safety and health
programs.
The
Safety Coordinator may enlist one or more others in the
organization to assist in specific assignments, and to
serve as a back-up in the Safety Coordinator's absence.
The
Safety Coordinator will review and establish written
safety programs as part of a Master Safety
Plan.
The
written Master
Safety Plan
serves as a blueprint and management's master reference
of safety rules and safe work procedures for the
organization.
Specific
written programs are required by OSHA. The Master
Safety Plan should be a collection and coordination of
individual written programs so that they are credible,
documented and easily communicated throughout the
organization.
Other
Safety Coordinator responsibilities may include:
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Resolve questions, approve and/or recommend necessary expenditures to correct unsafe
conditions.
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Make regular facility, shop,
facility and job site safety inspections.
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Implement and monitor an effective
safety and health training program.
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Enforce
compliance with safe work practices and company safety
rules through counseling, re-training and, if
necessary, disciplinary action.
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Investigate accidents and near
misses.
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Review
first aid incidents to for hazards needing
correction.
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Ensure that recordable injuries are
documented on the OSHA 300.
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Ensure that specific programs (i.e. hazard communication,
bloodborne pathogens, respiratory protection, confined space entry)
are implemented consistently.
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Written
Master Safety Plan on CD-ROM
Written
Accident Prevention Plan
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