What Supervisors Should Know About Liability & Workplace Accidents
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The ground rules are changing when it comes to supervisor liability and workplace accidents. Courts and OSHA enforcement personnel are taking a closer look at who is to blame and what should have been done to prevent an accident before it occurred.
Nationally renowned safety expert Adele L. Abrams, Esq. CMSP, will explain what supervisors need to do to effectively manage workplace safety and incident control in a way that will reduce personal and corporate liability. This one-hour program will cover:
- Why personal penalties and criminal enforcement against supervisors and management agents is on the rise.
- Why inappropriate disclosure of information early in an investigation can prejudice OSHA/MSHA enforcement defense, tort and worker’s compensation liability litigation.
- Why supervisors are often the injured parties in serious workplace accidents.
- How to minimize risk and improve the safety culture through mentoring of workers and use of Job Safety Analysis.
- How to effectively document discipline, training and regulatory compliance.
- What should and should not be done in dealing with government officials at all levels during crisis situations.
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Learning Objectives:
- The wrong and right way to use safety incentives.
- Why some safety incentive programs can be insulting.
- Critical differences between incentives, rewards, and positive reinforcers.
- Why safety leaders should stop using the term “positive reinforcement.”
- What is “intrinsic reinforcement” and how can it be used to direct and motivate behavior?
- When rewards should be used without incentives.
- When do rewards stifle performance?
- How to deliver safety recognition.
- How to receive safety recognition.
- How to celebrate the achievement of safety milestones.
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Who Should Attend?
- Safety Managers
- Safety Directors
- Human Resource Professionals
- Executives
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Presented by:
Adele L. Abrams
Adele L. Abrams P.C.
Adele L. Abrams is an attorney, safety professional and trained mediator who is president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C. in Beltsville, MD, a firm focusing on employment, occupational and mine safety and health litigation and compliance assistance. Ms. Abrams is a regular columnist for numerous magazines on legal, employment, mine and occupational safety/health issues, and is co-author of several books related to mining, construction and occupational safety and health.
Ms. Abrams is a member of the Maryland and DC Bars, the U.S. District Courts of Maryland and DC, the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. She is a graduate of the George Washington University’s National Law Center and earned her B.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an approved trainer for OSHA 10 and 30 hour construction courses, as well as for MSHA Part 48 training, and also works as an expert witness on safety matters.
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CD (Full Presentation) + Transcript (PDF) + Audio CD - $319*
CD Only (Self Contained Video & Audio Presentation) - $217*
Audio CD Only - $199*
*All CD orders will be assessed a $20 Shipping & Handling Fee for CD and Conference Materials.
Questions About this AudioConference CD? Call 1-800-431-7571
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