Workplace Inspections
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The NB Safety Council Inc. offers a one (1) day WORKPLACE INSPECTION COURSE. Inadequate housekeeping leads to approximately 70% of workplace accidents. A planned workplace inspection is one of the best ways to identify and correct problems before an accident takes place. Proactive safety programs reduce losses from accidents and improve productivity. NOTE: This is Module Two of the Joint Health & Safety Committee Certificate Program
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Managers and Supervisors
- Safety Officers, Health and Safety Committee Members
- Employees
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
The Course involves lecture, class discussion, and audio visual. Participants will learn to define the necessary steps to conduct a successful workplace inspection and to accurately complete a workplace inspection form. Every effort will be made to address concerns specific to the participants' requirements. (This is Module Two leading to a JOHSC Certificate.)
Topics covered by the WORKPLACE INSPECTION include:
- Inspections - a definition
- Group discussion - why conduct workplace inspections, benefits of workplace inspections, frustrations of conducting inspections
- Planned Inspections
- Benefits of Inspections
- Management Control Loop - identification of work, establishing standards, measuring compliance to standards, evaluating performance, commending compliance and correcting deficiencies
- Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Housekeeping - video 'Good Housekeeping Practices'
- Collecting information - hazard classification, workplace inspection checklist, floor plan
- Critical Parts/Items - definition, 'Principal of the Critical Few 80/20', five steps to a critical parts inventory, advantage of a critical parts inventory
- Types of Inspections
- Fire Hazards - video
- Inspection Preparation
- Inspection System 'Loop'
- Conducting a Workplace Inspection
- Follow up to Inspection Recommendations
