Education & Training - Action Item 2

Action Item 2: Train employers, managers, and supervisors on their roles in the program.

Although employers, managers, and supervisors are responsible for workers' safety, few undergo training about safety-related concepts and techniques.

To complete this action item, management should do the following:

• Reinforce employers', managers', and supervisors' knowledge of their responsibilities under the OSH Act and the workers' rights guaranteed by the act.
• Train employers, managers, and supervisors on procedures for responding to workers' reports of injuries, illnesses, and incidents, including ways to avoid discouraging reporting.
• Instruct employers, managers, and supervisors on fundamental concepts and techniques for recognizing hazards and methods of controlling them, including the hierarchy of controls (see "Hazard Prevention and Control" on OSHA's website).
• Instruct employers, managers, and supervisors on incident investigation techniques, including root cause analysis.

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