Safety in the Workplace

Teacher

Abegail

Course Features

Lectures 28
Quizzes 1
Duration 18 hours
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 7
Assessments Yes

Curriculum

13 Sections
28 Lessons
18 Hours

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Session One: Course Overview
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- 1.1
  Course Overview
Session Two: Defining a Safety Culture
In order to create a culture that respects, promotes, and advocates safety, we need to determine exactly what it looks like and what we are already doing well. What is already working well in your workplace? In this session, you will define safety and a safety culture, and consider their integral nature with your organization.
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Session Three: Governing Bodies and Resources
Each region has safety legislation that pertains to them specifically, including safe work practices, proactive measures, responses to incidents, and sometimes training, penalties, and more. In this session, you will review your pre-assignment and see what other information is available to you in terms of governance and resources.
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Session Four: Getting Started
One integral aspect of any workplace is the safety committee. Do you have one in your workplace already? If so, it is a great idea to get involved, learn about the good work they are doing, and see how you can help. In this session, you will learn about creating a safety committee and the first meeting. If this will be your first safety meeting, there is a lot to learn!
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- 4.1
  Creating a Safety Committee
- 4.2
  The Safety Committee’s First Meeting
Session Five: Identifying Hazards
We want to ensure that our workplaces are safe. We know that sometimes people are in a hurry and want to take shortcuts, but when people’s health and safety are at risk, we have to do what is right. In this session, you will learn one of the essential health and safety practices: identification of workplace hazards.
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Session Six: Resolving Hazards
Once hazards have been identified, the focus shifts from identification to resolution. This is an essential task for everyone in the workplace. It also teaches us many useful things that we can apply at home. In this session, you will work with three methods of resolution and apply what you are learning in a case study.
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- 6.1
  The Three Methods
- 6.2
  Hazard Resolution for the Acme Widget Company
Session Seven: Taking Proactive Measures
Our goals include incident reduction through taking proactive measures and avoiding issues before they take place. Workplaces have tremendous opportunity to access safety training and resources to make workplaces safer than ever. In this session, you will learn about hiring with safety in mind and the important benefits of safety training.
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- 7.1
  Hiring for Safety
Session Eight: Identifying Groups at Risk
With years of collecting data and observing workplace practices, we understand how certain groups of people can be at significantly higher risk than others. If you consider your current workplace, do you see this trend too? In this session, you will learn about identifying groups at risk of injury and how to minimize the risks for them.
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- 8.1
  Identifying Groups at Risk
Session Nine: Writing a Safety Plan
Writing a safety plan allows us to decide where we can have the greatest impact in the shortest amount of time. If you have a plan for car or bicycle maintenance, then you are already demonstrating the value of a safety plan. In this session, you will learn the elements that should be included in every safety plan.
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- 9.1
  Elements of the Plan
- 9.2
  Additional Tips
Session Ten: Implementing the Plan
Some really good plans have died due to inattention and failure to implement. This is part of the reason that the entire organization (especially the leadership) endorses and then actively promotes a safety culture. In this session, you will explore what is needed to implement the plan and follow through with what is necessary.
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- 10.1
  Implementing the Plan
- 10.2
  Challenges and Solutions
Session Eleven: Incident Management
Near misses, incidents, accidents, injuries, illness, investigations, and lost time are all part of the language of health and safety in the workplace. What areas are you looking at for the greatest impact? In this session, you will consider a case study and consider a response to the incident, as well as documenting and investigating what happened.
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Session Twelve: Reviewing the Program
In order to have a safety plan that is effective and to which people will adhere, it is important to review it regularly and to keep it up to date. Plans that are not refreshed and do not receive attention tend to have little impact over time. In this session, you will learn the steps to reviewing the safety program and when to re-evaluate hazards.
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- 12.1
  Review Process
- 12.2
  Personal Action Plan
Assessment
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- 13.1
  Safety in the Workplace
  20 Questions