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['Safety and Health Programs and Training']
['Safety and Health Programs and Training']
06/01/2025
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Safety and Health Programs and Training
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Safety and Health Programs and Training
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Setting goals and objectives for your safety and health program
By establishing specific goals and objectives for your safety and health program, you set expectations for managers, supervisors, and workers, and for the program overall. The goals and objectives should focus on specific actions that will improve workplace safety and health. Consider the following examples:
“Improve safety and health performance next month.”
“Reduce recordable injuries in the upcoming year by 100 percent.”
Versus
“Make weekly inspections and make certain all hazards found are corrected within 24 hours.”
“Reduce recordable injury rate to 5.0.”
Question: Which set of examples is more likely to be successful?
Click below to see answers.
Setting goals and objectives for your safety and health program: Answers
Answer: The second set of examples is more likely to be successful. Keep in mind your goals and objectives should:
- Be understood by all those directly involved and be achievable with available resources.
- Be realistic and attainable but still present a significant challenge.
- Be based on performance measures, that is, indicators that tell the company whether they performed as expected.
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Safety and Health Programs and Training
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Safety and Health Programs and Training
Setting goals and objectives for your safety and health program
By establishing specific goals and objectives for your safety and health program, you set expectations for managers, supervisors, and workers, and for the program overall. The goals and objectives should focus on specific actions that will improve workplace safety and health. Consider the following examples:
“Improve safety and health performance next month.”
“Reduce recordable injuries in the upcoming year by 100 percent.”
Versus
“Make weekly inspections and make certain all hazards found are corrected within 24 hours.”
“Reduce recordable injury rate to 5.0.”
Question: Which set of examples is more likely to be successful?
Click below to see answers.
Setting goals and objectives for your safety and health program: Answers
Answer: The second set of examples is more likely to be successful. Keep in mind your goals and objectives should:
- Be understood by all those directly involved and be achievable with available resources.
- Be realistic and attainable but still present a significant challenge.
- Be based on performance measures, that is, indicators that tell the company whether they performed as expected.
By establishing specific goals and objectives for your safety and health program, you set expectations for managers, supervisors, and workers, and for the program overall. The goals and objectives should focus on specific actions that will improve workplace safety and health. Consider the following examples:
“Improve safety and health performance next month.”
“Reduce recordable injuries in the upcoming year by 100 percent.”
Versus
“Make weekly inspections and make certain all hazards found are corrected within 24 hours.”
“Reduce recordable injury rate to 5.0.”
Question: Which set of examples is more likely to be successful?
Click below to see answers.
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