Element 1: Formal Standards of Performance
OSHA has developed rules in occupational safety and health that are standards of performance for employers. Employers are required to, likewise, establish their own standards that includes safety programs, plans, policies, processes, procedures, practices, job descriptions, and rules. Employers must clearly convey these safety standards of performance to employees by doing the following:
- Make sure safety policies and disciplinary procedures are clearly stated in writing and made available to everyone.
- Educate all employees, both management and labor, on these policies and procedures.
- Make sure employees certify they have read, understood, and will comply with those safety policies and procedures.
- Do this when they are hired, and annually thereafter.
If standards of acceptable behavior and performance are not established and clearly communicated to employees, then an effective accountability system is impossible. Management may not be justified in administering discipline without clearly written and communicated standards.
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1-5. Make sure safety policies and disciplinary procedures _____.
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