5-STAR Leadership
Managers and supervisors demonstrate commitment by fulfilling their "5-STAR" leadership responsibilities and obligations.
The key 5-STAR leadership elements 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 sound psychological environment - schedules, workloads, recognition, etc. so employees do not work under harmful stress.
You can learn more about this topic in Course 712 Safety Supervision and Leadership.
Proactive vs. reactive safety leadership
Integrating safety and health concerns into everyday work allows for a proactive approach to safety. In a proactive approach, hazards and unsafe behaviors are addressed before an injury or illness occurs. In a reactive safety culture, safety is not a problem until after an injury or accident occurs.
Value vs. Priority
Safety must be elevated so that it is considered a critical value as opposed to something that must be done or accomplished as priorities allow. How can you tell when safety is a value vs. a priority on the worksite? Simple: Values don't change; priorities do, especially when the going gets tough.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
1-3. Integrating safety and health concerns into the everyday work allows for a _____ approach to safety.
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