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 Commission of the European
Communities
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Steel Industry Safety and Health Commission

• Check Questionnaire
of the accident prevention
organisation within
the enterprise

LUXEMBOURG - 1974
 INTRODUCTION

In 1967 the General Commission for Safety and Health in the Iron and.
Steel Industry adopted, on a proposal from the Working Party on "Accident
Prevention Organisation", the ten principles which in its opinion form the
basis of an effective accident prevention policy within the enterprise. These
principles are set out in the following pages.

With a view to the widest possible application of these principles, the

General Commission is submitting a check questionnaire which will enable each
enterprise to carry out its own enquiry into its internal accident prevention
organisation, and hopes that this enquiry will be conducted in collaboration
with workers'representatives.

This questionnaire, which was prepared by the Working Party on Accident

Prevention Organisation, consists of 46 questions dealing with important
aspects of accident prevention. All questions are framed in such a way that
from the point of view of accident prevention principles, a positive reply
is to be considered, preferable to a negative reply. Where several replies
are given to a particular question, they are set out in decreasing order of
preference, reply a) being preferable to reply b ) , reply b) being preferable
to reply c), and so on.

The General Commission would point out that large-scale iron and steel
enterprises may find it worthwhile to make use of this check questionnaire
at works level rather than that of the enterprise as a whole (although certain
questions relate to the role of top management). This would enhance the value
of the information obtained from this internal enquiry, and avoid both positive
and negative replies being given to the same question, according to the parti-
cular part of the works being considered.
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PRINCIPLES OP ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Experience shows that the introduction of an efficient accident preven-

tion system requires a certain number of organisational arrangements and
practical measures which are within the competence of the enterprises them-
selves. The ten general principles given below are considered by the General
Commission to provide a basis for the effective promotion of safety within
the enterprise.

1. Top management regards the promotion of occupational safety and health

to be an essential part of its duties.

2. It should make its attitude known, preferably in writing, to all personnel,

in the form of clearly defined principles.

3. Safety and health activities should be integrated into production opera-

tions in such a way that they cannot be dissociated. The method of inte-
gration should be clearly defined for all departments and at all levels.

4. For all accident prevention measures it is essential for the management

of the enterprise and its various departments to be able to obtain advice
from a specialised safety department directly responsible to management,
but without thereby shedding their basic responsibilities in regard to
accident prevention (1).

(1) It may prove necessary to adapt this principle in the case of small
enterprises which do not have a safety department.
 -3

5· Every member of the hierarchy, irrespective of his rank is thus responsi-

ble for accident prevention actions in the sector under his control, and
must report thereon to his hierarchical superiors. Thus, when making staff
assessments, qualifications in accident prevention will carry the same
weight as other qualifications.

6. All accident prevention activities must be coordinated within a concerted

plan. The various stages of the plan are to be set out in periodic reports
stating the progress achieved, thus permitting it to be continuously
updated.

7. It is advisable to request the opinion of the workers' representatives

concerning the plan. As their collaboration in all aspects of occupational
safety is of the highest importance.

8. The plan should be based not only on a statistical analysis of past acci-
dents, but also on a thorough study - before any accidents occur - of the
risks inherent in each sector of activity.

9. Each planned accident prevention measure should comprise various phases :

preparation, application, one or more checks on its execution, analysis
and use of the findings.

10. Alongside these technical and organisational aspects of accident prevention,

safety training of all hierarchical levels an of all staff is of the highest
importance. Towards this end, every effort must be made to ensure that
safety training is carried out as an integral part of job training. Where
there is no such integration, the safety plan of the enterprise should
include additional training in this field.
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1. Have principles governing industrial safety and health been

established at the highest management level?

yes/no

2. Who took part in establishing these principles?

a) the management, the workers' representatives, the safety

department and the medical department

b) the management and the safety and industrial medicine

departments

c) the safety department

3. By what means were these principles disseminated within the

enterprise?

a) orally and in printed form

b) in printed form

c) orally

4. At what levels were these principles disseminated?

a) to all personnel

b) to executive and supervisory grades and to workers' representatives

c) to executive and supervisory grades

d) to workers' representatives

5. .'/ho comments on these principles of prevention?

a) executive and supervisory grades

b) the safety department

6. Has the management of the department an action programme for

implementing these principles?
yes/no
 7. Have all prevention measures been coordinated within this
programme?

yes/no

8. Have the long- and short-term objectives of this programme been

clearly defined and disseminated?

a) in writing

b) orally

9. To whom have these objectives been communicated?

a) to all personnel

b) to executive and supervisory grades and workers' representatives

c) to executive and supervisory grades

d) to executive grades

e) reserved to the safety department

10. Has each member of the personnel been familiarized with his
individual role in implementing this programme?

a) by personal contact and in writing

b) by personal contact

c) in writing

11. What are the programme's main objectives in the investigation

and elimination of risks?

a) investigation of all risks and sources of danger

b) inquiry into all accidents resulting in injuries

c) inquiry into all accidents resulting in the victim

being off work

d) inquiry into serious and fatal accidents

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12. Who drew up the action programme?

a) management, workers' representatives, safety department and

medical department

b) management, safety department and medical department

c) safety department

13. Are the statistics on which the programme is based

a) detailed statistics of all accidents that have occurred

(with or without injury)

h) statistics of all injuries (with or without stoppage

of work)
c
) statistics of disabling injuries

d) statistics of serious and fatal accidents?

14. In what form are these statistics presented?

a) written reports (numerical values, diagrams and comments)

b) diagrams and statistical tables

c) numerical values

15. In what way does the management, at the highest level, partici-
pate in the implementation of the action programme?

a) by frequent study of safety problems and of the results of

the programme and by taking decisions thereon

b) by infrequent study of these problems and results

and by taking the most important decisions

16. Is the action programme regularly brought up to date and distri-

buted in its revised form?

yes/no
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17. Is management at the highest level regularly kept informed of the

progress made in implementing the programme?

a) each week

b) each month

c) each quarter

d) each year

1Θ. Does a joint safety commission or machinery for collaboration with

workers' representatives exist at enterprise level?

yes/no

1 9 . Does a j o i n t s a f e t y commission or machinery f o r c o l l a b o r a t i o n with

workers' r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s e x i s t at d i v i s i o n a l l e v e l ?

yes/no

20. Does a j o i n t s a f e t y commission or machinery f o r c o l l a b o r a t i o n with

workers' r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s e x i s t a t departmental l e v e l ?

yes/no

21. Among the methods used for the selection and promotion of executive
and supervisory grades, which are the ones concerned with
prevention?
a
) period of training in the safety department

b) rigid systems of courses, success in which leads to engage­

ment or promotion

c) another method

d) no method
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22. Among the criteria for selection and promotion of executive and
supervisory grades, which are the ones concerned with prevention?

a) satisfactory knowledge and practical experience of accident

prevention

b) interest felt in safety

c) other criterion

d) no criterion

23. Is training in industrial safety and hygiene given to executive

grades?
yes/no

24. Are advanced and r e f r e s h e r courses i n i n d u s t r i a l s a f e t y and

hygiene organised for executive grades?

yes/no

25. Does the management of each division -participate actively in

prevention measures?

yes/no

26. Are safety instructions embodied in work instructions?

yes/no

If y e s , a r e they drawn up by:

a) the workers concerned, t h e i r foremen, the s a f e t y d e p a r t -

ment and, where n e c e s s a r y , the e x e c u t i v e and s u p e r v i s o r y
grades concerned

b) supervisory grades, the executives concerned

and the s a f e t y department
o) supervisory grades and the executives concerned

d) the s a f e t y department?
27. Are these instructions decided;

a) after detailed analysis of the work

b) because of the requirements of the department

c) when an accident occurs?

28. Are specific prevention measures laid down for exceptional and/or
particularly dangerous work?
yes/no

If yes:
- is a concerted plan worked out, where necessary, by the various
departments concerned?

yes/no

- is official authorization by a responsible person needed?

yes/no

29. Is training in industrial safety and hygiene given for super-

visory staff?
yes/no

30. Are advanced and r e f r e s h e r courses in i n d u s t r i a l s a f e t y and

hygiene organised for supervisory Btaff?
yes/no

31. Do supervisory staff regularly and actively take part in

prevention activities in the sector in which they perform
their duties?
yes/no
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32. Are new employees properly instructed in safety matters on

their engagement?'*'

yes/no

33. Does training in safety form part of job training?

yes/no

If yes:

a) for all jobs

b) for certain jobs

34. Is the safety department consulted on the subject-matter of

job training?
yes/no

35· Who prepares special training programmes (e.g. rescue and first-
aid, firefighting. etc.)?

a) all the parties concerned

b) the training department and the industrial safety and medicine department

c) the training department in consultation with the other

department s

d) the safety department and the medical department

e) the training department

f ) executive and supervisory grades

36. Do workers transferred from one department to another receive

proper instruction before taking up their new duties?

yes/no

+) The .Vorking Party considers that, to be effective, any initiation

into safety and health matters must include at least: a general
briefing on the subject, a works visit, a meeting with the
industrial physician and intensive training in the job at the
workplace.
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37. Do workers with special responsibilities in the matter of

safety (e.g. travelling-crane operators, crane drivers.
slingers, drivers of lorries, trains and tractors, machinists,
etc.) receive special training suited to their jobs?

yes/no

38. V/ho carries out the first investigation in the event of

an accident?

a) the section foreman

b) the senior foreman

c) a member of the executive staff

d) the safety department

39· Are dutieB analysed systematically with a view to establishing

ing a standard method for performing them in safety?
yes/no

40. Is the safety department directly responsible to

the management?

yes/no

41. Have members of the safety department received specialized

training in safety going beyond any experience they may
have acquired within the enterprise?
yes/no

42. Are workers' safety representatives given

training in safety by the enterprise?
yes/no

43. Are safety inspections regularly carried out in

all sectors of the works?

yes/no
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44. Is account taken of safety and hygiene requirements when

considering the design of new plant and machinery?

yes/no

45· Are new plant and machinery carefully inspected from the safety
angle before being put into service?

yes/no

46. Where an outside enterprise engages in any activity within

the works, are the obligations of such an enterprise in the
matter of safety clearly defined?

yes/ino
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