The plants construction safety engineer is responsible to the plant/

construction manager, the employee relations manager and the

personnel manager for:

Developing and executing an effective program of safety

engineering and industrial hygiene within the plant/site, with the
appropriate procedures.

Developing and directing safety engineering and safety inspection

personnel associated with the plant/site.

Developing and directing safety training programs and procedures

within the plant / site.

The Safety Officer will establish and maintain the following

relationships within the company:

With the Plant/ Construction Manager.

The Safety Officer

is accountable to this executive for the proper interpretation
and fulfillment of duties and responsibilities in concurrence
with the dictates of the corporate manager of safety and
hygiene.

With the Department Heads and Supervisors. The Safety

Officer is responsible for providing advise and guidance
about safety and industrial hygiene appropriate to their
processes, installations and procedures of the plant/site.

With Employees.
The Safety Officer is
responsible for providing advice and guidance
about any employees specific job or work area in
the interest of preventing accidents and controlling
property damage.

With Unions. The Safety Officer is responsible

for fulfilling his contractual obligations regarding
matters of safety and health.

Outside the Company. The Safety Officer must

establish relationships with professional and
organizational groups.

The Safety Officer is accountable to the plant/construction

manager for his/her actions and their consequences.
Performance will be judged on the following criteria:

Reduction of the Frequency and Severity of Accidents.

The same criteria for measurement must be consistently
used throughout the company.

Reduction of Costs stemming from accidents.

Weightings must be used to correct for dissimilarities
between operations in different areas of the company.

The efficiency and smoothness of a departments

operations vis-a-vis operations of the plant as a whole.

The number of people employed in a plant/ site is not the only factor
in determining whether the safety program should be in the hand of a
full-time safety professional. The nature of the operation will indicate
what the need should be. The trend is to employ a full-time safety
professional for the following reasons :

Compliance to Rule 1047 of the Occupational Safety and Health

Standards (OSHS).

The high degree of union involvement now developing in Safety

Health and Environmental.

Challenges in machine design, plant layout, product safety and the

great need for fire prevention and security.

The way people think about the profit motives of a company.

The principal function of the Safety Officer is to act as the employers

principal assistant and consultant in the application of programs to
remove the hazards from the workplace and to correct unsafe work
practices. For this purpose, the Safety Officer has the following duties:

Serves as Secretary to the Health and Safety Committee. As such, he

shall:
a. prepare minutes of the meeting
b. report status of recommendations made
c. notify members of the meetings and
d. submit to the employer a report of the activities of the committee
including recommendations made.

Acts in an advisory capacity on all matters pertaining to health and

safety for the guidance of employer and the workers.

Conducts investigations of accidents as

member of the Health and Safety Committee and
submit his separate report and analysis of
accidents to the employer.

Coordinates all health and safety training

programs for the employees and employer.

Conducts health and safety inspection as

member of the committee.

 Maintains or helps in the maintenance

of an
efficient accident record system and coordinates
actions taken by supervisor to eliminate accident
causes.

Provides assistance to government agencies

in the conduct of safety and health inspection,
accident investigation or any other related
programs.

For purposes of effectiveness in a workplace

where full time safety man is required, he shall
report directly to the employer.

What can I do to sell and promote safety?

1. Know yourself, your product (safety) and your
customers (workers)
2. Take advantage to promote safety:
a. In meetings
b. With Individuals
c. Through printed materials
d. With awards and recognition
e. By personal example
3. Apply the principles of :
a. Communication
b. Participation
c. Reciprocation
d. Recognition
e. Repetition
of your safety promotion activities.

PRINCIPLE of COMMUNICATION
Motivation to accomplish results tends to increase as
people are informed about matters affecting those
results
PRINCIPLE of PARTICIPATION
Motivation to accomplish results tends to increase as people are given
the opportunity to participate in matters affecting those results
PRINCIPLE of RECIPROCATION
People tend to be motivated to accomplish what you want to
the
extent you show interest in the results they want to achieve
PRINCIPLE of RECOGNITION
Motivation to accomplish results tends to increase as people
are given recognition for their contribution to those results
PRINCIPLE of REPETITION
The more often a message is repeated,
the more likely it is to be remembered

How can I obtain and maintain compliance

with rules and regulations?
1. In the preparation of rules:
a. Get employee participation
b. Keep rules short and simple
c. Keep rules as practical as possible
d. Give the reasons for the rules
2. In the presentation of rules:
a. Suggest workers preview
b. Show and tell during the discussion
c. Test people knowledge of the rules
3. In the enforcement of rules:
a. Communicate the rules, the reasons for them and the
related disciplinary policy and procedures
b. Show consistency
c. Keep good records.
4. For reinforcement of rules, refer to them frequently in both formal
and informal, individual and group contacts.
5. Perhaps the most important of all, set the best leadership example.

Whats this thing called Constructive Correction or

Positive Discipline?
It means to teach so as to mold. It recognizes that most of the real reasons
for substandard performance call for coaching rather than punishment.
1. The punitive approach to corrective discipline relies almost totally on:
a. Warnings
b. Reprimands
c. Threats
d. Other forms of punishment
2. The positive approach is one of :
a. Helping
b. Coaching
c. Mutual problem solving
Preventive discipline involves the communication, training and motivation
activities that enable people to comply with the rules and meet the
performance standards.

How can I obtain and maintain proper use of

protective equipment?
1.

Promote the need for the equipment and the benefits it

brings.
2. Let people participate in selecting personal protective
equipment.
3. Ensure proper personal fitting, sanitation and waste
control.
4. Show sensitivity to individual problems with specific
equipment items.
5. Allow a period of adjustment to newly-required equipment.
6. Consistently enforce compliance with requirements for
protective equipment.
7. Recognize and reinforce proper use of the equipment.
8. Serve as a living model of proper usage.

How can I increase conservation awareness

regarding equipment and materials?
Emphasize conservation in group meetings.
2. Use a suggestion system to increase
conservation awareness.
3. In your personal contacts, share ideas and
information about equipment and materials
conservation.
4. Use special projects for conservation of critical
items.
5. Set up a system to recover items that are
unnecessary where they are and return them
to their proper places.
1.

 TRAINING is that activity which

precedes LEARNING
LEARNING changes the way people
THINK,
and by THINKING differently people
BEHAVE differently
- Dr. Howard Wilson

Site SO to return to
respective companies
More aware on Safety
& implement what
they have learned.

Site SO of the
different
companies enter
the training

Training Activities :
Lecture / Discussions
Workshop /
Interaction
Etc.

More
understanding/
change of
attitudes
towards safety
More
knowledge/
skills on safety
matters

 All around us we see CHANGE.

CHANGE is the normal state of any
individual. Without CHANGE a
person dies, a company goes out of
business, and a society decays.
The normal CHANGES are those that
come about naturally,
those that are not forced . . .
- Dr. Howard Wilson