_____42. Top management provides competent safety and health staff assistance to line managers and supervisors.

Attributes

• Competent safety and health personnel are made available as a resource to assist line managers and supervisors.
• Clerical support is available as needed for safety and health related functions.
• Safety and health issues are a priority topic during production meetings.
• Outside resources such as trade associations, private and public consultants are obtained as necessary.
• Safety and health staff are available as a resource

Discussion

• Staff support encompasses a wide range of activities and assistance. For example, this element may involve top management providing a part-time or full-time safety director, as appropriate. The existence of a competent full-time safety manager, empowered and positioned organizationally near top management, is one of the most certain indicators of an advanced safety and health system and of the top manager‘s commitment to its effectiveness. In larger organizations, this element may concern the justified need for specialized professionals (such as a plant nurse or industrial hygienist).
• The exact nature of the staff support provided by a top manager should fit the particular needs and circumstances of your organization. In organizations with a company trainer, the top manager may dedicate a portion of the trainer‘s time to safety and health training. Some organizations need secretarial support for their safety and health committee, and many organizations need clerical support for maintenance of Form 300 logs and filing First Reports of Injury.
• Providing competent safety and health staff support to line managers and supervisors is characteristic of the highest performing safety and health systems, and it contributes incrementally to excellence in these systems once the basic elements, particularly Attribute 26 and Attribute 41, are in place.

Module	Elements
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9	26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Quiz
10	34 35 36 37 38 39 Quiz
11	40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Quiz
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