803 Scaffold Safety Program Management

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Accountability

Accountability ranks right at the top with management commitment as a critical ingredient in a company's scaffold safety program. When you are held accountable, your performance is measured against specific criteria and consequences (discipline or recognition) are administered appropriate to the level or quality of performance. Employers have a responsibility to provide everything workers need to do the job safely. If employers don't do that, then justification for discipline is not established.

It's important to understand employers should make sure adequate physical resources (tools, equipment, machinery, materials, etc.), training, time to do the job, and supervision have been provided before they consider administering discipline for non-compliance while working on a scaffold.

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1-6. Why is holding employees accountable an important part of a company's scaffold safety program?

Employees are more likely to take shortcuts to get the job done quickly

Employee performance is measured and the appropriate positive or negative consequence can be applied

Employer liability and responsibility is reduced

Employees will be more likely to use common sense when approaching safety

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