Supervisor Responsibilities
The supervisor's attitude plays an important part in obtaining or preventing the acceptance of safe and healthful work practices, policies, and procedures. As an agent of the employer, it is the supervisor's responsibility to identify potential hazards, identify methods to control or eliminate worksite hazards, ensure workers use safe and healthful work practices, and make sure everyone receives safety and health training to do their work.
Immediate supervisors should review, investigate, and take any necessary and appropriate action on all employee reports of hazards or potential hazards. The OSHA test for "adequate" proactive supervision requires supervisors to detect and correct hazards before any employee is injured.
OSHA Requirements for supervisors include:
- provide employees with sanitary and safe working conditions,
- assign safety and health responsibilities,
- give safety and health designers authority to correct hazards,
- ensure employees they may voice safety and health concerns without fear of reprisal,
- inform employees of hazards,
- coordinate hazard communication with other employers on site and
- post the OSHA State or Federal Poster.
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1-7. To be considered "adequate," proactive supervision should _____.
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