Goal – For employees to “own” day-to-day workplace safety and understand the potential hazards associated with each job position.

Develop exposure lists for each job position, department or process:

• List the major categories of safety hazards that are routinely encountered.
• Include your employees in the process to ensure all potential hazards are included.

Develop major training points for each identified exposure:

• List training points to control each safety hazard.
• Keep the scope and detail of the training points minimal to ensure your employees are able to remember them easily.
• An exposure list and corresponding training points are imperative to developing Daily Safety Focus (DSF).

DSF training for employees

• Supervisors should provide DSF training to all employees under their direction.
• Training should include provisions and review of the DSF with employees.
• Direct employees should “own” DSF (e.g., commit the DSF to memory, consider the DSF daily, and act to implement DSF major training points).
• Discuss the consequences for non-compliance with DSF with your employees.
• Employees should sign a completion certificate stating they received DSF training.

Supervisory oversight of DSF

• Observe work practices daily to monitor application of DSF.
• Interact with employees to enforce/reinforce DSF compliance.
• Promote employees’ ownership of DSF at every opportunity.
• To maximize visibility of the DSF lists, post them in locations where they apply.

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