COSH

CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY & HEALTH COURSE

SAFETY OFFICER
RE-ENTRY PLAN
 Self-assessment of acquired skills and know-how.

 Visualize the expectation of:

 Your Superior
 Peers
 Subordinates
 Family
 Prepare a summary report based on the discussion, notes
taken, and hand-out information.

 Develop a plan to:

 Communicate your acquired know-how.

 Super-imposed acquired know-how to existing programs
 Identify hazards and propose corrective measures
 Monitor implementation to the extent of your authority

 Assist the company in keeping the interest on safety and health.

Objective: To introduce the COSH participant into his role to the safety & health committee.

Participants to the COSH training are now tasked to apply what they learned. The plan for their re-
entry to the Safety & Health Committee is outlined as follows:

A Review

• On their own, after completing the COSH training, participants are enjoined to review their notes, manuals,
workshop exercises and experiences.

B Application

• On return to company, they make a verbal or written report to their supervisor signifying their intention to apply the
contents of the COSH training. The simplest way to immediately use the material is by specific tasks, so as not to
get overwhelmed by the project.

1 Inspection
2 Investigation
C Implementation
• Study/review

• Once the reports (inspection) have been made, they are submitted to the Safety Manager or
counterpart for analysis. Feasibility is determined & the new member may be asked for a simple
explanation of his report.
• The action plan is then out into effect in an experimental area, or may be applied directly to the
act/condition in question
• After the target date is met, results of the implementation are noted and discussed

D Evaluation
• Scoring/ranking of the expected results is done to quantify/qualify the data.

• Discussion of the results may be made by direct comparison.

• Other forms may require more intricate analysis like that of determination of p-values in standards
deviation
• Depending on the outcome and the nearness/farness (proximity/distance) from the expected output,
modifications can be made to tailor-fit the action plan.
• A final report is made to document the results and the action plan is applied to the greater part of the
company’s workplace.

E Repeat process
• Next step is to increase/broaden the scope of responsibility of the new member.
Inspection
If the new member intends to conduct his application by inspection, he may opt to be teamed
up with another member, or conduct inspection alone. Workplace inspection is by far the best
way to begin. It involves 3 steps:

• Identification of hazards
• Evaluation of hazards
• Control of hazards

• Identification of hazards:

• Unsafe act

• Act of Omission
• Act of Commission

• Unsafe Condition

• Physical
• Chemical
• Biological
• Ergonomic
• Mechanical
 • Evaluation of hazards:
Indicate why you identified the act/condition to be unsafe by:

• Comparing against
• Company standards
• International standards (TLV, PEL, OSHS)
• Conducting workplace monitoring procedures or simply determining what procedure to conduct.

• Control the hazard through any or a combination of three methods

• Engineering control
• Administrative control
• Personal Protective Equipment

Making an Inspection Report

This is carried out by an action plan directed toward the control of the hazard. A report is made that includes:

• Problem
• Action plan
• Accountability
• Target date
• Output
Investigation

If the new member intends to conduct his application by investigation, he may opt to be teamed
up with another member or conduct investigation alone. Results and processes may be
compared later.

• Steps to follow are:

• Gather information
• Analyze the facts
• Make recommendation

• Gathering information is initiated through

• Witness interview – follows the different techniques to elicit information and details of the events that
transpired
• Physical evidence – done initially by sketching or taking pictures of the accident scene for reference.
Should other materials be present that can contribute to explaining the accident, they must be logged
and examined carefully.
• Review of written records – referring to previous accident records, and other data in the company’s file.
• Analysis of the Data, as discussed in the COSH is by
• Change analysis
• Fault tree method
• Fish-bone analysis
• Process safety review
• Job safety analysis
• Making recommendations is carried out by an action plan directed toward the primary
and secondary caused of the accident. A report is made that includes:
• Problem
• Action plan
• Accountability
• Target date
• Output
RE-ENTRY PLANNING

• The participant has to integrate his learning with the real situation in his workplace. He/She has to
plan what he/she is going to do when he/she gets back his/her company. This will also help the
participant prepare his report, which is frequently expected by their superiors and management.
This kind of reporting will help the management evaluate and assess the usefulness of the training
program, to their workers and company as well. The following question will help the participants
reflect in the needs of his company, and guide him in planning applicable activities he/she is going
to recommend for implementation.
• From what I have learned from my company:
• Fully complied on the following
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• Moderately complied on the following:
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• Has complied on the following:
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• What actions do I intend to take/do to apply them in the company?
• How much time am I going to use to implement this action?
• What need to be able to implement this action (people, equipment, procedures)
• Needs/ Required Activities Approaches Time Asst./ Support
Remarks
 Toolbox Safety Meeting

Teamwork Builds Self Confidence!

Division of Work Saves Time and Effort!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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