The "FIVE STAR" Responsibilities
The "FIVE STARS" Safety Supervision Model
This course introduces you to key elements that help supervisors demonstrate the "5-STARS" of safety supervision. The key 5-STARS of safety supervision and leadership are:
- Supervision - overseeing work activities to make sure employees are safe.
- Training - conducting safety education and training.
- Accountability - insisting everyone complies with company safety policies and rules.
- Resources - providing physical resources (tools, equipment, materials, etc.) so employees can work safely.
- Support - creating a supportive psychosocial work environment (schedules, workloads, recognition, etc.) so employees do not work under undue stress.
S - Supervision
Let's start with the basics. If you look up the word supervise in Webster's Dictionary, you'll see it is derived from the Latin term, "supervidere," which means "over-to see". Before the common use of the term, "supervisor," the term used most commonly was "overseer." To supervise now commonly means:
- observe and direct the execution of (a task, project, or activity).
- observe and direct the work of someone.
- keep watch over someone in the interest of their or others' security.
So, why are supervisors so important? They can take immediate, direct action to make sure their work areas are safe and healthful for all employees. To be effective, supervisors should do this before their employees get injured or killed on the job.
When an accident occurs, it may be difficult for the employer to prove to OSHA that adequate supervision has been provided. Why? Because having an accident implies failure on the part of the employer to detect and correct hazardous conditions and unsafe behaviors before an accident occurs.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
1-1. Adequate safety supervision requires supervisors to detect and correct hazards and unsafe behaviors _____.
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