The buck stops with you as an Employer / Manager. You
have a responsibility to maintain a workplace that is safe and free
from risk, it is your responsibility to ensure all tasks are assessed
for risk of injury and that safe systems of work are in place. As an
Employer / Manager it is for you to ensure those systems are
communicated to all employees effectively and that adequate supervision
is maintained.
The buck stops with you as a Supervisor / Lead Hand It
is for you to ensure the employees under your supervision comply with
safety rules and that they work in a way that will not place themselves
or their fellow workers at risk of injury. Don’t turn a blind eye to
short cuts, they don’t save time and often result in injury.
The buck stops with you as an employee You need
to work in a way that will not place yourself or your fellow workers at
risk of injury. Don’t break rules to save time, if you injure yourself
the time you tried to save won’t help you one bit. If you are the cause
of an injury to a fellow worker no one is going to thank you for the
time you tried to save.
Remember, workplace safety is everybody’s responsibility.
