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Injury and Illness Prevention Programs

What Injury and Illness Prevention Program resources are available?

The following references characterize and further explain safety and health programs.

General

• $afety Pays Program. Assists employers in estimating the costs of occupational injuries and illnesses and the impact on a company's profitability.
• Making the Business Case for Safety and Health. Informational website showing that employers who implement effective safety and health management systems may expect to significantly reduce injuries and illnesses and reduce the costs associated with these injuries and illnesses, including workers' compensation payments, medical expenses, and lost productivity.
• Voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Fact Sheet. Informational fact sheet that highlights OSHA's safety and health program management guidelines.
• Elements of an Effective Safety and Health Program. Summary of OSHA's safety and health program management guidelines.
• OSHA's Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. Safety and health program management guidelines for use by employers to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses.
• Small Business Handbook. The handbook helps small business employers meet the legal requirements imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
• Safety & Health Management Systems eTool. There are four crucial questions you should be asking when it comes to safety and health programs. The detailed answers are found in the four modules of this eTool.
• Draft Proposed Safety and Health Program Rule. The 1998 draft of a proposed rule,which was never published, would have required employers to establish a workplace safety and health program to ensure compliance with OSHA standards. The information contained therein is not required but may be useful in developing a comprehensive safety and health program.

Hazard Identification

• Job Hazard Analysis. Explains what a job hazard analysis is and offers guidelines to help employers conduct their own step-by-step analysis.

Prevention & Control

• OSHA has published many guidance documents addressing workplace hazards.

Training

• Safety and Health Programs Training. Assists trainers conducting an OSHA 10-hour general industry outreach training for workers. This material emphasizes hazard identification, avoidance, and control.

Evaluation

• Tools for a Safety and Health Program Assessment. Explains the three basic methods for assessing safety and health program effectiveness and provides more detailed information on how to use these tools to evaluate each element and subsidiary component of a safety and health program.
• Program Evaluation Profile (PEP). Provides an example auditing tool to assist in the evaluation of a safety and health program.
• Does It Really Work? How to Evaluate Safety and Health Changes in the Workplace. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-135, (2004, March).
• Construction Industry Program Evaluation. An evaluation tool tailored to the construction industry.