In Minnesota, employers in certain North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes are required to create and implement a comprehensive written safety and health program called “A Workplace Accident and Injury Reduction” (AWAIR) program. The NAICS list includes industries with an incidence rate or a severity rate above the Minnesota average. The list is revised every five years.
An employer covered by this section must establish a written AWAIR program that includes:
- how managers, supervisors and employees are responsible for implementing the program and how continued participation of management will be established, measured and maintained;
- the methods used to identify, analyze and control new or existing hazards, conditions and operations;
- how the program will be communicated to all affected employees so they are informed of work-related hazards and controls;
- how workplace accidents will be investigated and corrective action implemented;
- and how safe work practices and rules will be enforced.
An employer must conduct and document a review of the workplace accident and injury reduction program at least annually and document how the procedures included in the program are being met.
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Safety and health program
Citations
Federal: Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act
Minnesota: MRS 182.653 Rights and duties of employers.; Minnesota AWAIR program
