Excerpt: First of all, let’s state there are company policies, procedures, and rules relating to employee safety. They’re usually found in a safety manual. Supervisors must know these policies, and ensure through training and education that all employees know of these rules, procedures, and policies. Supervisors, be sure that employees know and understand that they have individual responsibility for their behavior and actions. Usually there’s a legal requirement that all employees must be trained in general and specific hazards to which they may be exposed. This must be done before they start the job. Included in general would be the work they perform, the clothing, footwear, personal protection, the company’s policies on wearing jewlry, machine safety, and guarding. Electrical safety, drug and alcohol policy, and of course safe lifting. Specific hazards relate to machinery and certain processes. Hazard communication is training anyone using, storing, handling, or disposing of chemical and hazardous material. Supervisors must enforce their company’s hazardous communication plan by training employees on chemical labeling requirements, explaining what information is contained on material safety data sheets, or MSDS. If an employee contributes to or causes an accident, action must be taken to ensure the employee is educated in what action he or she did wrong, how to correct the deficiency….