Total Safety Management

Total Safety Management

Chapter 28

Total Safety Management

Management of workplace safety and health according to TQM principles

TQM

Customer focus

Obsession with quality

Scientific approach

Long-term commitment

Teamwork

Continual process improvement

Education and training

Freedom through control

Unity of purpose

Empowerment

TSM

Customer input on safety and health features

Obsessed with safety

Identify the causes

Long term commitment

Safety is everyone’s responsibility

Search for a safer way

Safety requires on-going education

Freedom to apply initiatives for a safer way

Safety and health are company priorities

Empowerment for safety

Need for change

Transform S & H from compliance mode to a performance basis

Key element in every organizations strategic plan

Competitive adavantage

TSM in Action

Steering committee

Formulation of policies

Approval of regulations

Allocation of resources

Approval of Improvement Project Team proposals

TSM in Action

Improvement Project Teams

ad hoc to pursue specific projects

Potential hazard identification triggers the call for an IPT

Cross-functional - all stakeholders

Disbanded when the project is completed

TSM Model for Implementation

Planning and preparation

Executive level commitment

TSM steering committee

Mold the team

Committee training

Organization’s vision & guidance principles

Mission and objectives

Communicate and inform

TSM Model for Implementation

Identification and assessment

Strengths and weaknesses

Advocates and resistors

Document employee perceptions

Tailor implementation

Identify specific projects

TSM Model for Implementation

Execution

Establish, train, and activate improvement teams

Activate the feedback loop

Establish a TSM culture