Safety 2012 Proceedings

517 Successfully Implementing Safety Management Systems (I)

Instructor: Deborah R. Roy, MPH, RN, COHN-S, CET, CSP, L.L. Bean, Inc., Freeport, ME

Description: Safety and health management systems (OHSAS 18001, OSHA VPP or ANSI Z-10) can be utilized as best practices to reduce work-related injuries and illnesses and change the safety culture. This session will look at the concept of management systems and show the detailed steps one company used to successfully implement safety and health management systems using the OSHA VPP roadmap.

Level: I