The Supervisor's Safety Responsibilities
The supervisor's attitude plays an important part in obtaining or preventing the acceptance of safe and healthful work practices, policies, and procedures.
It is the supervisor's responsibility to identify potential hazards, identify methods to control or eliminate wellsite hazards, ensure workers use safe and healthful work practices, and make sure everyone receives safety and health training to do their work.
Immediate supervisors should review, investigate, and take any necessary and appropriate action on all employee reports of hazards or potential hazards.
Related Employer Responsibilities
According to OSHA, employers also have these general safety responsibilities:
- Provide employees with sanitary and safe working conditions [29 CFR 1926.20(a)]
- Assign safety and health responsibilities [29 CFR 1926.20(b)].
- Give safety and health designees authority to correct hazards [29 CFR 1926.32(f)].
- Assure employees that they may voice safety and health concerns without fear of reprisal [29 CFR 1903.11(d)].
- Inform employees of hazards [29 CFR 1926.21(b), 29 CFR 1926.33, 29 CFR 1926.59, 29 CFR 1926.454, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart Z].
- Coordinate hazard communication with other employers on site [29 CFR 1926.59, 29 CFR 1926.65, 29 CFR 1926.652].
- Post the OSHA State or Federal Poster [29 CFR 1903.2(a)].
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