Guidelines for Evaluating Safety Performance
Cal State Fullerton’s safety policy states that each individual
has a personal responsibility for the prevention of campus
accidents. While department heads are responsible for maintaining
a safe work environment and supervisors are must provide training
on safe practices, all employees are required to follow established
safety procedures and practices in the performance of their
duties. It’s therefore recommended that safety performance
be incorporated as part of the periodic and annual Performance
Evaluation process. The following are guidelines for rating
employees and supervisors.
Safety Performance Evaluations
Performance evaluations at all levels must include an assessment
of the individual's commitment to and performance of the accident
prevention needs of his/her position. The following are examples
of factors that should be considered when evaluating an employee's
safety performance.
- Adherence to defined safety practices.
- Use of provided safety equipment.
- Reporting of unsafe acts, conditions, and
equipment.
- Offering suggestions for solutions to safety
problems.
- Planning of work to include checking safety
of equipment and procedures before starting.
- Early reporting of illness or injury that
may arise as a result of the job.
- Providing support to safety efforts.
Some Special Requirements for Supervisors
- Provide careful orientation to new employees
on safety requirements.
- Provide instruction to employees on safe
practices for hazards unique to their job assignments.
- Clearly inform employees which conditions
are safety infractions.
- Consistently and effectively enforce the
safety program, including sanctions for employees who violate
the safety program.
- Ensure that employees have supervised work
experience before they are allowed to perform hazardous
operations on their own.
- Ensure that if an employee is injured a
Report of Employee Injury form is filled within 24 hours
and the incident investigated to reduce the potential of
a reoccurance.
- Ensure rapid correction of identified safety
hazards through adoption of interim solutions and permanent
corrections.
- Provide early return-to-work opportunities
that assure compliance with medical limitations
Revised: 9/16/2004 TW