QWE Practice Guideline: 420: Provide a healthy and safe environment

Target group: All organizations that employ persons with disabilities

Practice Description

Safety and wellness offerings for all staff with extension of a safe environment for customers and visitors.

Resources Needed

• Safety/Wellness Manager to develop and implement offerings as well as maintain documentation.

Implementation Process

Process

• Agency-wide safety program that is fully supported by organizational leadership
• Safety program includes: 
  • Representative safety committee
  • Safety coordinator for each of 50+ sites
  • Tracking and communicating key measures, results, and corrective actions
  • Monetary and non-monetary recognition and incentives for safety performance
• Safety training is comprehensive and meets OSHA guidelines
• Safety training is conducted once a month
• System is in place to track employee participation
• Agency-wide wellness offerings that include programs for personal health management, such as smoking cessation, physical fitness, weight loss, etc. 

Documentation

• Standard operating procedures for all safety requirements
• Training curriculum and participation tracking
• Job aids in workspaces

Outcomes/Results

• Creates a culture of safety
• Decreases occupational injury

NPA: Goodwill Easter Seals - Miami Valley
Location: Dayton, OH
Date Submitted: 2013
Website: https://gesmv.org/

Resources: Quality Work Environment Workbook