Supervisor's Role in Safety and Health

This course is designed for both general industry and construction first line supervision, safety and health committee members, and management personnel. Topics covered include employee safety and health training, accident investigation, hazard recognition, and self-inspection techniques. This course gives tips to supervision on methods to integrate health and safety into their daily duties and responsibilities. Using MIOSHA General Industry and Construction standards and required written programs as a baseline, supervisors are given suggestions to improve their safety and health hazard recognition skills.

• Identify a supervisor’s major duties and responsibilities and how to integrate duties for safety and health.
• Recognize workplace hazards and corrective actions.
• Review common MIOSHA General Industry and Construction violations.
• Identify required job specific training.
• Identify how to conduct a self-inspection.
• Conduct an accident investigation and complete associated paperwork.

Host or Publisher Kirtland Workforce Development