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Office Safety enters the office, and "taken off" when he walks out the front door In cooperation with the personnel or indus trial relations department, a continual edu cational program in on-the-job and off-the-job safety should be established forall employees, beginning with the supervisors Many firms have formal safety programs for office em ployees--movies, talks, first aid classes Whether formally or informally presented, safety can always be present it can be dis cussed in merit-rating reviews, the NSC "Travel Safety Guide" can be given to an em ployee a few weeks before he goes on vaca tion, safety can be covered during training and m procedure manuals, it can be men tioned when discussing on-the-job and offthe-job activities It can even be reflected m the personal habits and example of the boss, no matter what line level Good example. Another aspect of company safety is the requirement that all office em ployees who must enter production areas where safety hats, eye protection, and ear protection are necessary should be pro vided with these items and should be re quired to wear them Every employee who visits the plant should have a card of the general safety rules that apply to the plant, and he should be familiar with them The same requirement should be enforced for all visitors Rigorous enforcement, coupled with a good overall safety program, builds respect for the company in both employee's and visitor's minds To build management cooperation with the program of wearing required protec tion when entenng general areas, the safety departments of some firms supply executives with prescription ground safety glasses and safety hats personalized with conspicious de cals showing their name and position m the company Of course, some members of the top management will still prefer a plain safety hat, and they should have them if they wish The point is that safety rules should apply to everybody if the program is to work at all Involving the executive staff in the office safety program will strengthen the safety pro gram throughout the company (See Fig 15-1 ) Full management backing. Finally, a com pany safety program cannot succeed unless it has the wholehearted backing of its top man agement The supervisor must know that his accident prevention performance is watched and that good performance is appreciated Supervisors should personally investigate each accidental injury and they should report what caused the accident and what steps have been taken to prevent a recurrence Also, when safety inspections are made and acci dent hazards are found, the report of these hazards should go to the vice president or other top officer in charge of the department This top executive should then request a re port of corrective measures directly from the supervisor responsible for the hazard This procedure will go a long way to making a safety expert of every company supervisor, and to reducing the office accident problem to negligible size References Amencan Management Assn , 135 West 50th St, New York NY 10020 Effective Communication on thejob, rev ed 1963 American Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, N Y 10018 Performance Specifications and Methods of Test for Transparent Safety Glazing Material Used in Buildings, Z97 1 Safety Requirements for Floor and Wall Openings, Railings, and Toe Boards, A12 1 Kiefer, Norvin C `The Nature and Prevention of On-the-job Accidents to Office Workers," 1967 National Safety Congress Transactions, v 12, pp 22-28 _____ `Office Safety," Journal of Occupational Medicine, 9 11 (Nov 1967) National Fire Protection Assn , 60 Batterymarch St, Boston, Mass 02110 Life Safety Code, Standard 101 388