HPM 10.6 - Occupational Safety Manual Flashcards
The purpose of the Occupational Safety Manual is to provide direction to commanders to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for all employees and to comply with existing safety and health regulatory authority.
True
Supervisors are _____ for ensuring that their subordinates receive appropriate health and safety training, monitoring employee job performance, and ensuring that employees follow healthy and safe work practices.
Responsible
Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that reported unsafe or unhealthy conditions are documented on the _____, Hazard Report/Inspection.
CHP 113B
Supervisors _____ correct unsafe practices or conditions as soon as observed or reported.
Shall
Supervisors _____ investigate accidents, injuries, and exposures to determine whether or not unsafe work procedures or conditions were causative.
Shall
The _____ is the policy-level occupational safety organization within the Department. The DOSB is the departmental arbitrator in interpreting rules, standards, policies, procedures, and definitions relative to departmental safety programs.
Departmental Occupational Safety Board (DOSB)
The _____ is the occupational safety committee which assists the commander in achieving compliance with occupational safety requirements and resolving health and safety issues in the local command.
Command Occupational Safety Committee (COSC)
The COSC _____ identify accident-producing errors which stem from departmental or Division policies or procedures, as well as those which originate at the command level.
Shall
The COSC shall review vehicle accident, injury, occupational illness, and exposure to hazardous substances reports to determine errors in skills, procedures, equipment, or motivation. The COSC does not determine “preventability” which is the responsibility of the _____.
Commander
The members of the COSC shall conduct periodic inspections, at least _____, of facilities and equipment to identify potentially unsafe work conditions, practices, or situations.
Semiannually
The members of the COSC shall be appointed by the commander. The commander will normally serve as the chairperson and shall recommend personnel for committee membership who represent all _____ _____ _____, as well as local management, appointed for a minimum of one year.
Collective bargaining units
The COSC shall meet at least _____ upon notification by the chairperson. The COSC meetings should be held within 15 calendar days following a DOSC or EOOSC meeting.
Quarterly
Minutes _____ be prepared in accordance with GO 1.5 and distributed to the committee members, with a copy to their respective Division within ten working days following the meeting. Action items shall be highlighted in the meeting minutes.
Shall
The _____ _____ _____ shall be responsible for carrying out the directions of the commander in support of the command’s occupational safety program. The duties shall include assisting the commander in developing, implementing, administering, and maintaining the command’s program. This includes responsibility for ensuring that local command policies and procedures are current, appropriate, and adequate.
Command Safety Coordinator (CSC)
A newly-appointed Command Safety Coordinator (CSC) shall conduct a command self-inspection utilizing the CHP 680T, Command Illness and Injury Case Management – Inspection Checklist, and the CHP 681I, Command Occupational Safety – Inspection Checklist, within _____ days of their appointment.
Thirty (30)
