Include Safety Committees
Safety committees function best when they understand their purpose is to play the role of an internal consultant to the employer. The safety committee can assist by helping the employer analyze and evaluate CSHM programs and making written recommendations to improve the program where applicable.
Determine the Benchmark
To conduct an evaluation, we need to take the information gathered from the baseline survey and rate it against an established benchmark. A benchmark is a standard by which the system can be measured or judged, for instance, we might say XYZ's CSMS is the "benchmark of quality" in our industry.
OSHA has two excellent partnership programs to help companies achieve their benchmarks:
OSHAcademy and the American Society of Safety Engineers have excellent publications. We recommend purchasing:
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
3-11. An industry standard by which all others are judged is called _____.
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