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Utah Government Trust webinar urges clear, current policies to reduce risk and meet OSHA standards
Summary
In a loss-prevention webinar, a Utah Government Trust presenter urged local-government employers to treat policies as living documents, align procedures with OSHA and consensus standards, document work with forms and retention controls, tailor boilerplate, and schedule annual and triennial legal reviews.
Jason, a presenter with the Utah Government Trust, told attendees in a loss-prevention webinar that written policies and procedures are the organization’s primary safety and compliance tools and that ‘‘What does your policy state?’’ should be the first question when operational issues arise.
He said policies are guiding principles that support an organization’s mission, and procedures are the step-by-step processes that make policies work. Using a manufacturing anecdote about a punch press that ejected metal slugs, Jason illustrated how missing or unclear procedures can cause injury and urged agencies to prioritize procedures for critical tasks such as confined-space entry and trenching.
The presentation advised public employers to identify the aspects and impacts of their operations, consult primary…
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