Task:
You were recently hired as an Occupational Safety and Health consultant for Gemstone Fabricators, which is a mediumsized manufacturing facility that makes stainless steel counters, containers, and carts for the food prep and restaurantindustries. Several years ago, Gemstone decided it wanted to become an OSHA VPP site. It also wants to send theapplication to OSHA in the upcoming year. Further, there is a keen interest to align with the ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.In going through the application submission materials, you noticed something that threw up a red flag, however. Althoughthere was an accountability requirement specified in front-line workers' performance evaluation documentation for safetyperformance, there was no such requirement in the performance evaluation documentation for supervisors, managers, or executives. Your discussions with employees also suggest that, although the employer wants the front-line workers to beheavily involved in the safety effort, they are not always sure exactly what they are supposed to be doing to help move thecompany's safety programs forward.Another issue that concerns you is that the effort to implement a safety and health management systems approach appearsto be somewhat piecemeal. You are finding it difficult to identify a clear Plan-Do-Check-Act approach to continuousimprovement.
Please compose a two-page document for your client to include your evaluation of these deficiencies along with anexplanation of the significance of these problems in relation to the safety and health management systems approach. Yourgoal is to help the employer understand why these issues need to be attended to prior to submitting your application. In yourresponse, be sure to do the following things:
Include an introduction that establishes the issues and provides necessary background information.
Assess the importance of establishing safety accountability measures for managers, employees, and safetyprofessionals.
Appraise the assignment of safety-related job tasks.
Apply the Plan-Do-Check-Act framework to resolve a safety deficiency.
Response must be a minimum of two pages, and it should be in APA format. You must use a minimum of one scholarlyresource. Any information from this source should be cited and referenced in accordance with APA guidelines.