Excerpt: Things are going great. You have a good group of peopleworking with you, and you really enjoy your job as a supervisor. All of asudden your boss says, “Safety is your responsibility.” Oh no, not another job.Now you’re burdened with accident reports, safety training, making sureemployees follow safety rules and wear appropriate personal protectiveequipment when required. Wow, it’s enough to make you want to cry. Safety isyour responsibility. You’re a supervisor. You’re responsible for everythingyour employees do, or fail to do. Nothing new. The company’s safety manager orcoordinator isn’t responsible for safety. The supervisor is the only personhaving direct control over employees. Therefore, the supervisor is absolutelyresponsible and accountable for safety. There are company policies, procedures,and rules relating to employee safety. It’s usually found in a safety manual.Supervisors must know these policies and ensure through training and educatingthat all employees know of these rules, procedures, and policies. Thesupervisor must ensure employees know and understand they have an individualresponsibility for their behavior and actions. It’s a condition of employment.Employees are responsible for their individual safety which means they mustfollow the rules work and act safely, and know that it is as important as allother jobs they do.