Things About Safety Officers 1 – Should Safety Officers Be Assessed?
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The workshop safety officer took three days off due to family matters, using his annual leave; paid leave does not result in any deduction from salary. Coincidentally, the safety inspection agency came for an inspection, and one of the managers requested that the fire alarm system be tested. Those who accompanied them during the inspection did not have a thorough understanding of it, which led to criticism from the safety inspection agency. The company’s management became angry and deducted 1,000 yuan from the workshop’s budget. When it came time to distribute bonuses, the workshop supervisor deducted money from the safety officer, as no one else was responsible for this matter. The safety officer was frustrated – he was evaluated even though he was not present. He had provided training on the fire alarm system, and most of the workers in the workshop were able to use it properly. Those who accompanied the inspectors were mainly the workshop’s technical staff and company managers, who did not have a good grasp of the system; however, they were not part of the group that received training from the safety officer. Do you think it is appropriate to assess safety officers?
It’s appropriate, but the safety officer should also have the authority to assess whether others possess the relevant skills. This is called the consistency of responsibility and authority.
Even if an incident occurs in our factory, the area safety officers are also held accountable; as a result, the safety officers collude with the workshop staff to conceal minor injuries
If the operators have been trained and can use it correctly, then the safety officer shouldn’t be held accountable; it’s the department leaders who are too bureaucratic.
It should be assessed, but not everything
Still, the safety officers have limited powers and cannot oversee managers in other workshops. Relying on safety officers alone is not enough to ensure safety – do those other managers not deserve relevant safety incentives?
Treating penalties as a powerful tool to promote safety efforts results in those who are involved in actual safety-related activities either avoiding them or despising them. Why does no one other than that safety officer know about it? Old problems: insufficient training, unclear responsibilities. One more thing that needs to be mentioned – responsibilities, powers, and benefits must be aligned; otherwise, how can motivation be stimulated? Everyone knows it