Review, Evaluate, and Corrective Action

 Review, Evaluate, and Corrective Action 

Individuals require a diverse measure for them to assess health and performance, likewise organizations’ health and performance would be assessed via diverse measures (Drucker, 1999).

An organization has to mitigate exposures to occupational dangers which is the fundamental of safeguarding employees (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015)

“Performance has to be embedded into the organization and the management; the outcome needs to be measured, or judged -and it has to be continuously improved” (Drucker, 1999).

The purpose of reviewing the performance of the Health and Safety system is to identify the risks, analyze the root causes, recognize the action for corrective measures to lessen the impact if reoccurred, and control the risk affecting the organizational safety and health. 

Figure 1 below, indicates the Fishbone Model developed by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a diagnostic tool used worldwide for risk assessment in organizations. The head of the fish describes the direct cause of the problem, the backbone describes the surface causes, ribs describe the many indirect causes that can create major issues, and the small bones indicate the deeper root issues, mainly with the safety management system (OSHAcademy, 2021).

Figure 1 – Fishbone Diagram

Source: (OSHAcademy, 2021)

Figure 2 below describes the initial model used for solving OSH challenges is the hierarchy of controls model developed by NIOSH, which includes five ways to mitigate or eliminate a risk that is ranked in order of the effectiveness and, therefore, preference.

Figure 2 – NIOSH Hierarchy of Controls

Source: (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015)

Figure 2 highlights that the uppermost level of the NIOSH hierarchy of controls is hypothetically more effective as well as more protective when compared with the categories at the bottom of the hierarchy. Adherence and practice of the learning outcome from this hierarchy assist implementation of essentially safer systems, with reductions in risk of illness or injury (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).

References

Cdc.gov. 2015. Hierarchy of Controls | NIOSH | CDC. [online] Available at: <https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/hierarchy/default.html> [Accessed 4 September 2021].

Drucker, P. (1999) Management (revised ed) Claremont, California [online]. Available at http://103.5.132.213:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/146/20/Peter-F-Drucker-Management-Revised%20edition.pdf, [Accessed on 4th September 2021].

Oshatrain.org. (2021) Safety Management System Evaluation. [online] Available at: <https://oshatrain.org/courses/studyguides/716studyguide.pdf> [Accessed 4 September 2021].

Comments

  1. Nuwan Randika WijesingheSeptember 8, 2021 at 7:26 AM

    Agreed. As per the Chen, (2014), when workers know their employer is concerned about their health and safety, they feel better about coming to work every day, and they are also more likely to approach their jobs with a positive attitude. High morale tends to improve job satisfaction, which can ultimately lower employee turnover.

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    1. Chathuri CreasySeptember 9, 2021 at 4:55 AM

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    2. Chathuri CreasySeptember 9, 2021 at 6:35 AM

      Exactly, once an organization believes in safety culture, they believe in the safety of the employees, they value the employees, since well- being is embedded into the safety culture of an organization (Dibai et al, 2020).

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