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Author: Far Horizons
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Make a plan
- Participants need to know what will happen with the learning from this process. Have some suggestions for consideration.
- Whilst the safety of the workplace is primarily a management responsibility, there is good reason to take a shared employee/management approach to implementing solutions (i.e.
"controls"). Right now you have employees actively engaged. Why sacrifice this in the follow up stages? Keep the commitment hot by recognising it and accommodating ongoing
participation.
- Think about, and discuss, whether the feasibility of the recommendations from this session (that's right: recommendations!) will be considered by management or by management
and employee representatives.
- Determine a timetable for reviewing the effectiveness of this hazard management activity, whether it be days, weeks or months.
Act on the recommendations where possible
- Identify required resources
- Implement change
- Keep employees in the "feedback loop" about progress.
Review the controls
- The review might show that the changes have been highly effective. Great! Keep it up.
- If the review shows that improvements has not been up to expectation, use this as an opportunity to build employee engagement and go through the process again, more focussed on the
priority hazards previously identified.
In practice, a strategy such as this is relativity low in demand on management and employees. For most participants, it will be a couple of hours or less from their day, but they will see
the benefits on an ongoing basis.
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