Supervisors fill an important role in every workplace. Employers rely on them to mentor, monitor and help motivate workers to uphold adopted safety standards. As a supervisor, it is your job to ensure that the workers you supervise understand the organization’s health and safety expectations and live up to them.
✔Lead by example by demonstrating a positive attitude toward health, safety, and good related habits. Make safety awareness part of the job.
✔Show up on site wearing the personal protective equipment you want your workers to wear.
✔Keep your eyes and ears out for potential hazards, and address these with the workers. Workers who move to another area or begin a new job must be made aware of any safety and health risks through new orientation.
✔Assist in incident investigations. Supervisors are often most knowledgeable about processes in their department.
✔Enforce safety rules/procedures/practices. Failure to enforce will result in unsafe working conditions and potential workplace incidents which may result in the supervisor being held legally responsible.
✔Conduct ‘Safety Talks’ with staff regularly. This serves as refresher training and reminds workers of potential safety and health risks in the workplace.
✔Coach new workers on the importance of safety. Creating an environment where they can approach you when they need clarification on a task or job can reduce the risk of a serious incident.
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