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Hi all, This is my first post so be patient with me...please.
Regarding FA Box availability on site for personnel use, this does not mean that employees have free and unrestricted access to medical treatment in case of FA need. What it does mean is that the FA equipment be provided for use in FA need.
The requirement for recording FA falls under incident reporting as will every incident or accident. If an employee has an illness or injury that requires FA treatment it should be widely known that this is OK, but for HSSE to satisfactorily perform their duty in any incident investigation including FA treatments every employee needs to know that they must report all incidents.
In my past experience, I have discussed this with every employee. This recording actually is one of their benefits and not to be construed as a punishable offense. What I mean here is that the employee needs to know that if they follow through with recording FA treatments and their condition worsens such as infection setting in or something, the record is there of the FA to support their need for additional treatment above FA. It also benefits employees because any FA is just an indicator that something may be wrong or incomplete in regards to work place safety and requires investigation and possible corrective action, i.e. a different type of machine guard, or PPE change, or I have even seen shop supervisors threaten employees to suck up all FA treatments so they will look good.
In each of these cases, by not reporting all FA treatments each employee is shorting your company, HSSE Department and every other employee of the opportunity to correct a problem or at least be aware of situations that could cause more serious injury down the road.
My suggestion is that all FA kits be kept under sign in logs by management over supervisor level. In any case where an employee requires FA this individual will be aware of the need and can request a FA report from the area supervisor over the employee. This can be a short check sheet providing individual ID, if it was an injury requiring FA or an illness non work related such as head ache, bandage change for sanitation, etc...
Hope this helps.
Regarding FA Box availability on site for personnel use, this does not mean that employees have free and unrestricted access to medical treatment in case of FA need. What it does mean is that the FA equipment be provided for use in FA need.
The requirement for recording FA falls under incident reporting as will every incident or accident. If an employee has an illness or injury that requires FA treatment it should be widely known that this is OK, but for HSSE to satisfactorily perform their duty in any incident investigation including FA treatments every employee needs to know that they must report all incidents.
In my past experience, I have discussed this with every employee. This recording actually is one of their benefits and not to be construed as a punishable offense. What I mean here is that the employee needs to know that if they follow through with recording FA treatments and their condition worsens such as infection setting in or something, the record is there of the FA to support their need for additional treatment above FA. It also benefits employees because any FA is just an indicator that something may be wrong or incomplete in regards to work place safety and requires investigation and possible corrective action, i.e. a different type of machine guard, or PPE change, or I have even seen shop supervisors threaten employees to suck up all FA treatments so they will look good.
In each of these cases, by not reporting all FA treatments each employee is shorting your company, HSSE Department and every other employee of the opportunity to correct a problem or at least be aware of situations that could cause more serious injury down the road.
My suggestion is that all FA kits be kept under sign in logs by management over supervisor level. In any case where an employee requires FA this individual will be aware of the need and can request a FA report from the area supervisor over the employee. This can be a short check sheet providing individual ID, if it was an injury requiring FA or an illness non work related such as head ache, bandage change for sanitation, etc...
Hope this helps.