Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

Supervisors
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Are responsible and held accountable for their 
group’s health and safety performance.
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Conduct health and safety meetings for employ-
ees at least monthly.
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Enforce safe job procedures, such as those 
developed by job safety analyses.
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Report to manager and act upon any weaknesses 
in safe job procedures, as revealed by health and 
safety risk assessments and observations.
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Report jobs not covered by safe job procedures.
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Review unsafe acts and conditions and direct daily 
health and safety activities to correct the causes.
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Instruct employees in health and safety rules and 
regulations; make records of instruction; and 
enforce all health and safety rules and regulations.
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Make daily inspections of assigned work areas 
and take immediate steps to correct unsafe or 
unsatisfactory conditions; report to the manager 
those conditions that cannot be immediately 
corrected; instruct employees on housekeeping 
standards.
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Instruct employees that tools/equipment are to 
be inspected before each use; make spot checks 
of tools’/equipment’s condition.
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Instruct each new employee personally on job 
health and safety requirements in assigned work 
areas.
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Enforce the organization’s/site’s medical recom-
mendations with respect to an employee’s phys-
ical limitations. Report on employee’s apparent 
physical limitations to their manager; and request 
physical examination of the employee.
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Enforce personal protective equipment require-
ments; make spot checks to determine that pro-
tective apparel is being used; and periodically 
appraise condition of equipment.
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See that, in a case of serious injury, the injured 
employee receives prompt medical attention; isol-
ate the area or shut down equipment, as neces-
sary; and immediately report to the manager the 
facts regarding the employee’s accident or illness 
and any action taken. In serious incident cases, 
the supervisor determines the cause, takes 
immediate steps to correct an unsafe condition, 
and isolates area and/or shuts down the equip-
ment, as necessary. They immediately report 
facts and action taken to the manager.
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Make thorough investigation of all accidents, ser-
ious incidents, and cases of ill-health involving 
employees in assigned work areas; immediately 
after the accident, prepare a complete accident 
investigation report and include recommendations 
for preventing recurrence.
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Check changes in operating practices, proced ures, 
and conditions at the start of each shift/day and 
before relieving the ‘on-duty’ supervisor (if applica-
ble), noting health and safety-related incidents that 
have occurred since their last working period.
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Make, at the start of each shift/day, an immedi-
ate check to determine absentees. If site injury is 
claimed, an immediate investigation is instituted 
and the department manager is notifi ed.
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Make daily spot checks and take necessary cor-
rective action regarding housekeeping, unsafe 
acts or practices, unsafe conditions, job proced-
ures and adherence to health and safety rules.
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Attend all scheduled and assigned health and 
safety training meetings.
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Instruct personally or provide on-the-job instruction 
on safe and effi cient performance of assigned jobs.
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Act on all employee health and safety complaints 
and suggestions.
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Maintain, in their assigned area, health and safety 
signs and notice boards in a clean and legible 
condition.