SAFETY SUPERVISION AND

LEADERSHIP

DIPON GAS CO. LTD

Health Safety and Environment
 OBJECTIVE
• After this training session, participants
will be able to implement effective
supervision at workplace
• Able to overseeing work activities to make
sure employees are safe
• Able to demonstrate safety leadership
 Supervisors are the key
• The supervisor is the person who can take
immediate and direct action to make sure
that his work area is safe and healthful for
all employees.
• The supervisor is the only person who can
control employees, machines and working
conditions on daily and full time basis.
• The supervisors bear the greatest
responsibility & accountabilities for
implementing safety and health program.
Safety is smart business!
• “Doing Safety” to primarily avoid Chevron
violations is probably the least effective
safety management approach.
• Develop a proactive safety and health
system, not only to meet the Chevron
requirements but also to achieve a long
term financial and cultural benefits.
 Supervisor Importance
• The supervisor bears the greatest
responsibility and accountability for
implementing the safety and health
program because
Supervisors works most directly
with the employee
Supervisor’s Responsibilities
• Provide a workplace free from recognized
hazards
• Examine workplace conditions to make sure they
conform to applicable Chevron standards
• Minimize or reduce hazards
• Make sure employees have and use safe tools
and equipment and properly maintain this
equipment
• Communicate safety policies, procedures, and
rules
• Provide appropriate PPE
 Supervisor’s Roles
• The Walk around Safety Inspection
• Make everyone an inspector
• Conduct Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
• Identifying Hazards
-To remember the five hazard areas, don't forget
the acronym, MEEPS:
Materials, Equipment, Environment, People and
System
• Correcting hazards
• Ensuring Accountability
The Hierarchy of Hazard Control Strategies
• Elimination
• Substitution
• Engineering controls
• Administrative controls
• Personal protective equipment
The Hierarchy of Hazard Control Strategies
cont..
Let's assume you are the supervisor of a
warehouse. Your five employees must lift and
carry 85-pound sacks of grain repeatedly to a
pallet during their eight-hour work shift. How
can you reduce or eliminate the possibility of an
injury from carrying the heavy bags?
The Hierarchy of Hazard Control Strategies
cont..
• Elimination: let's get rid of the heavy sacks of
grain. Well, that's probably not feasible, so let's
move on to the next strategy.
• Substitution: ah hah! I think we can work this.
Let's substitute the heavy sacks with sacks that
weigh less.
• Engineering Controls: maybe we could devise a
conveyor belt system that eliminates the need to
carry the bags
The Hierarchy of Hazard Control Strategies
cont..

• Administrative Control: let's change the work

procedure so that two employees are required to
carry a bag.
• Personal Protective Equipment: well, we can't
use the body belt because it doesn't really
protect anyone. I don't know what you could
use. Do you?
The Hierarchy of Hazard Control Strategies
cont..

The Solution
Use a combination substitution, engineering
controls, and administrative controls to reduce
the exposure to lifting and carrying heavy sacks
 Ensuring Accountability

The supervisor, as an "agent of the employer," is

charged with carrying out a very important
responsibility; that of holding employees
accountable for their actions. And, of course, the
supervisor himself is held accountable for
carrying out this very important leadership
responsibility.
 Accountability Systems
• Established standards of performance
• Resources to achieve those standards
• A system of measurement
• Appropriate application of effective
consequences
• A process to evaluate the accountability system
 Accountability Systems
• If you believe there are weaknesses in your
employer's accountability system, make sure to
take notes on the behaviors and conditions you
see in the workplace that may be pointing to
accountability system policies, plans, processes,
and procedures that are inadequate or missing
 Safety Leadership
Without effective leadership, the supervisor might
be able to manage quite well, but the resulting
work culture may be counterproductive.

• Tough-Caring Leadership
• Tough-Coercive Leadership
• Tough-Controlling Leadership
 Safety Leadership cont..
What Works: Tough-Caring Leadership
• The tough-caring leader is tough because
he cares about the employee's safety
• This leadership approach is also called the
"servant-leader" model because the leader
serves those he or leads
 Safety Leadership cont..
What Works: Tough-Caring Leadership cont.
• Positive reinforcement - "If you comply
with safety rules, report injuries and
hazards, I will personally recognize you.“
• Positive reinforcement - "If you get
involved in the safety committee, you will
be more promotable."
• Positive reinforcement - "If you suggest
and help make improvements, I will
personally recognize and reward you."
 Safety Leadership cont..
What Doesn't Work: Tough-Coercive
Leadership
• In this leadership approach, managers are
tough on safety to protect themselves: to
avoid penalties
• The manager's approach to controlling
performance may primarily rely on the
threat of punishment
• The culture is fear-driven
 Safety Leadership cont..
What Doesn't Work: Tough-Coercive
Leadership cont..
• Punishment - "If I go down...I'm taking you
all with me!" (I've heard this myself!)
• Punishment - "If you violate this safety
rule, you will be fired."
• Punishment - "If you report hazards, you
will be labeled a complainer."
• Negative reinforcement - "If you work
accident free, you won't be fired."
 Safety Leadership cont..
What Doesn't Work: Tough-Controlling
Leadership
• Managers primarily using this approach are
tough on safety to control losses
• They have high standards for behavior and
performance, and they control all aspects of
work to ensure compliance
 Safety Leadership cont..
What Doesn't Work: Tough-Controlling
Leadership
• Negative reinforcement - "If you have an
accident, you'll be disciplined."
• Negative reinforcement - "If you don't have an
accident, you won't lose your bonus."
• Positive reinforcement - "If you comply with
safety rules, you will be recognized."
 Safety Leadership cont..
What Leadership is NOT
• Leadership is not power
• Leadership is not status
• Leadership is not authority
• Leadership is not management
 Safety Leadership cont..
The Five Levels of Leadership
• Level One - The Boss
• Level Two - The Coach
• Level Three - The Producer
• Level Four - The Provider
• Level Five - The Champion
 Safety Leadership cont..

Management + Leadership = Culture

QUESTIONS?