Accident Prevention Program - Wash. State

 

 

 

Accident Prevention Program (APP) for

RESPONSIBILITY

The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIP Program) administrator, Aisha Salahuddin, Human Resources Manager, has the authority and responsibility for implementing the provisions of this program for CivicWell.

 

All managers and supervisors are responsible for implementing and maintaining the Accident Prevention Program in their work areas and for answering employee questions about the APP Program.

 

COMPLIANCE

All employees, including managers and supervisors, are responsible for complying with safe and healthful work practices. Our system of ensuring that all employees comply with these practices include one or more of the following checked practices:

Informing employees of the provisions of our APP Program. Evaluating the safety performance of all employee in the workplace.

Recognizing employees who perform safe and healthful work practices. Providing training to employees whose safety performance is deficient.

Disciplining employees for failure to comply with safe and healthful work practices after a verbal warning from the safety committee.

COMMUNICATION

All managers and supervisors are responsible for communicating with all employees about occupational safety and health in a form readily understandable by all employees. Our communication system encourages all employees to inform their managers and supervisors about workplace hazards without fear of reprisal.

 

Our communication system includes one or more of the following checked items:

 

New employee orientation including a discussion of safety and health policies and procedures.

Review of our APP Program.

Workplace safety and health training programs. Regularly scheduled safety meetings.

Posted or distributed safety information.

A system for employees to inform management about workplace hazards by

 

submitting documentation to Human Resources.

 

HAZARD ASSESSMENT

 

Periodic inspections to identify and evaluate workplace hazards shall be performed by a competent observer in the following areas of our workplace:

 

Competent Observer

Area

Aisha Salahuddin/Michele Warren

Copy Room

Aisha Salahuddin/Michele Warren

Conference Room

Aisha Salahuddin/Michele Warren

Kitchen

Aisha Salahuddin/Michele Warren

Offices

Aisha Salahuddin/Michele Warren

Cubicles

Aisha Salahuddin/Michele Warren

Lobby

 

Periodic inspections are performed according to the following schedule:

 

  1. Quarterly

  2. When we initially establish our APP Program.

  3. When new substances, processes, procedures, or equipment that present potential new hazards are introduced into our workplace.

  4. When new, previously unidentified hazards are recognized.

  5. When occupational injuries and illnesses occur.

  6. Whenever workplace conditions warrant an inspection.

 

ACCIDENT/EXPOSURE INVESTIGATIONS

Procedures for investigating workplace accidents and hazardous substance exposures include:

 

  1. Visiting the accident scene as soon as possible.

  2. Interviewing injured employees and witnesses.

  3. Examining the workplace for factors associated with the accident/exposure.

  4. Determining the cause of the accident/exposure.

  5. Taking corrective action to prevent the accident/exposure from reoccurring.

  6. Recording the findings and corrective actions taken.

 

HAZARD CORRECTION

Unsafe or unhealthy work conditions, practices or procedures shall be corrected in a timely manner based on the severity of the hazards. Hazards shall be corrected according to the following procedures:

 

  1. When observed or discovered.

  2. When an imminent hazard exists that cannot be immediately abated without endangering employee(s) and/or property, we will remove all exposed employees from the area except those necessary to correct the existing condition. Employees necessary to correct the hazardous condition shall be provided with the necessary protection.

 

TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION

 

All employees, including managers and supervisors, shall have training and instruction on general and job-specific safety and health practices. Training and instruction is provided as follows:

 

  1. When the APP Program is first established.

  2. To all new employees.

  3. To all employees given new job assignments for which training has not previously been provided.

  4. Whenever new substances, processes, procedures, or equipment are introduced to the workplace and present a new hazard.

  5. Whenever we are made aware of a new or previously unrecognized hazard.

  6. To supervisors to familiarize them with the safety and health hazards to which employees under their immediate direction and control may be exposed.

  7. To all employees with respect to hazards specific to each employee’s job assignment (included in onboarding).

 

We provide training to employees and supervisors on topics such as but not limited to:

 

  • Basic life safety (including emergency preparedness)

  • General office safety

  • Trip and fall hazards

  • Electrical

  • Maintenance

  • Workplace violence

  • Driving defensively

  • Health maintenance during the cold and flu season

 

General workplace safety and health practices include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

  1. Implementation and maintenance of the APP Program.

  2. Emergency action and fire prevention plan.

  3. Provisions for medical services and first aid, including emergency procedures.

  4. Prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, including proper lifting techniques.

  5. Proper housekeeping, such as keeping stairways and aisles clear, work areas neat and orderly, and promptly cleaning up spills.

  6. Prohibiting horseplay, scuffling, or other acts that tend to adversely influence safety.

  7. Proper storage to prevent stacking goods in an unstable manner and storing goods against doors, exits, fire extinguishing equipment and electrical panels.

  8. Proper reporting of hazards and accidents to supervisors.

  9. Hazard communication, including employee awareness of potential chemical hazards, and proper labeling of containers.

  10. Proper storage and handling of toxic and hazardous substances, including prohibiting eating or storing food and beverages in areas where they can become contaminated.

 

EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO THE APP

Our employees – or their designated representatives - have the right to examine and receive a copy of our APP. The Local Government Commission will do one of the following:

 

  1. Provide access in a reasonable time, place, and manner, but in no event later than five (5) business days after the request for access is received from an employee or designated representative.

    1. Whenever an employee or designated representative requests a copy of the Program, we will provide the requester a printed copy of the Program, unless the employee or designated representative agrees to receive an electronic copy of the Program.

    2. A printed copy of the Program will be provided free of charge. If the employee or designated representative requests additional copies of the Program within one (1) year of the previous request and the Program has not been updated with new information since the prior copy was provided, we may charge reasonable, non-discriminatory reproduction costs for the additional copies.

  2. Provide unobstructed access through a company server or website, which allows an employee to review, print, and email the current version of the Program. Unobstructed access means that the employee, as part of their regular work duties, predictably and routinely uses the electronic means to communicate with management or employees.

 

 

Any copy provided to an employee or their designated representative need not include any of the records of the steps taken to implement and maintain the written APP Program.

 

An employee must provide written authorization in order to make someone their “designated representative.” A recognized or certified collective bargaining agent will be treated automatically as a designated representative for the purpose of access to the company APP. The written authorization must include the following information:

 

  • The name and signature of the employee authorizing the designated representative.

  • The date of the request.

  • The name of the designated representative.

  • The date upon which the written authorization will expire (if less than 1 year).

 

RECORDKEEPING

We have checked one of the following categories as our recordkeeping policy.

 

Our establishment has twenty or more employees therefore we have taken the following steps to implement and maintain our IIP Program:

 

  1. Records of hazard assessment inspections, including the person(s) or persons conducting the inspection, the unsafe conditions and work practices that have been identified and the action taken to correct the identified unsafe conditions and work practices, are recorded on a hazard assessment and correction form.

  2. Documentation of safety and health training for each employee, including the employee's name or other identifier, training dates, type(s) of training, and training providers are recorded on a employee training and instruction form.

 

Inspection records and training documentation will be maintained according to the following checked schedule:

 

For one year, except for training records of employees who have worked for less than one year which are provided to the employee upon termination of employment.

 

 

 

 

HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND CORRECTION RECORD

 

Date of Inspection: [Enter date]

Person Conducting Inspection: [Enter name]

Unsafe Condition or Work Practice: [Provide details, including root causes]

Corrective Action Taken: [Provide

details, including solutions to root causes]

 

Date of Inspection: [Enter date]

Person Conducting Inspection: [Enter name]

Unsafe Condition or Work Practice: [Provide details, including root causes]

Corrective Action Taken: [Provide details, including solutions to root causes]

 

Date of Inspection: [Enter date]

Person Conducting Inspection: [Enter name]

Unsafe Condition or Work Practice: [Provide details, including root causes]

Corrective Action Taken: [Provide details, including solutions to root causes]

 

 

Date of Inspection: [Enter date]

Person Conducting Inspection: [Enter name]

Unsafe Condition or Work Practice: [Provide details, including root causes]

Corrective Action Taken: [Provide details, including solutions to root causes]

 

 

 

 

ACCIDENT/EXPOSURE INVESTIGATION REPORT

 

Date & Time of Accident: [Enter information]

Location: [Provide details]

Accident Description: [Enter details, including all events that lead up to the incident]

Employees Involved: [Enter information]

The underlying cause(s) of the accident/exposure: [Detail all root causes]

Corrective Actions Taken: [Provide details, including potential solutions to the root causes]

 

 

 

 

Manager Responsible: [Enter name] Date Completed: [Enter date]

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION RECORD

 

EMPLOYEE NAME

TRAINING DATES

TYPE OF

TRAINING

TRAINERS

[Enter employee full name]

[Enter training date(s)]

[Enter course name(s)]

[Enter name of trainer(s)]