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natural disasters and fires to make sure your understanding workers compensation, com-
workers know how to effectively respond in plying with government safety regulations,
emergency situations. completing safety inspections, and controlling
employee accident costs, as needed.
Safety Training
Safety Inspections
1. Make sure you have a safety orientation plan
in place. Complete the orientation before 1. Formal safety inspections should be conducted
workers begin a new job. Workers need hands regularly by supervisors or other management
on job training. staff. Document the results of these inspec-
2. Train your supervisory personnel so they can tions.
conduct safety inspections related to work- 2. On a daily basis, supervisors should routinely
place safety hazards or applicable regulations conduct informal safety inspections with any
in their area on a regular basis. negative findings documented and corrected.
3. Review your winery operations to determine 3. Consider developing customized safety inspec-
the safety training needs for all work areas. tion checklists for each area to ensure your
This would include areas such as: emergen- inspections are thorough and consistent.
cy response to fire or injury, confined space, 4. Have a follow-up system in place to make
electrical safety, handling of chemicals, fall sure that systematic corrective action is being
prevention and wearing of personal protective taken on the deficiencies noted during safety
equipment, just to mention a few. inspections.
4. Supervisory safety training sessions should 5. Regularly update your safety inspection pro-
be held regularly, addressing the following: cedures and checklists by utilizing information
accident investigation, conducting safety talks, generated in accident investigation reports so
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