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I2P2 Part 2: Getting Started and Seven Parts of the Plan

Friday, September 30th, 2011

In the first post, we discussed what an effective I2P2 plan (Illness and Injury Prevention Planning, or sometimes IIPP) does, and the business case for implementing the I2P2 plan. This post gets a little more into how to set up the planning process for success. Begin at the top of your organization, with a committee of strategic leadership members.

In this planning phase, you’ll need to:

•Document the implementation process from the beginning; I2P2 is a company policy and needs to be documented as such.
–Demonstrate commitment to protection and continual improvement of employee health and safety
–Demonstrate that employees will be encouraged to effectively participate
–It helps to use existing workplace health and safety requirements as a framework ( such as 300 logs).
–Make sure it is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Seven Parts

There are seven parts to a successful implementation of an I2P2 plan. It works based on “Plan-Do-Check-act” planning proceedure.

Using these seven steps, your business systemically eliminates underlying root causes of deficiencies, and moves toward long-term solution rather than one-time fix.

Example: inspection finds unguarded machine. Machine gets fixed and also process in place to discover underlying reason why machine is broken. Process might lead to replacing guards with more effective design, or replace the machines themselves so hazard is eliminated.

This illustration shows how the seven parts work together.

 

 

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Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (I2P2) Part 1: Getting Started

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

What Does I2P2 Do?

Most fatalities and life altering events that happen at workplaces don’t result from unknown or unpredictable circumstances, or from weird occurrences. The vast majority of these incidents continue to include the basics:

  • Mobile equipment mishaps (distracted driving)
  • falls
  • contact with objects/ equipment

Most of these accidents are preventable, and that’s where your Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (abbreviated as IIPP or I2P2) fixes the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

The business case for an I2P2 plan:

1.Saves Money
  • Less worker time off work
  • Fewer injury claims
  • Less paperwork
  • Avoid liability in some situations
  • Cost shift from short term “putting out fires” safety strategy to long-term preventive planning.
2.Streamlines Processes
  • Shown to improve organizational productivity and financial performance
  • Improves employee job performance
Remember, Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets, so you want to get a system in place that starts eliminating injuries and illnesses from your workplace. That’s where an I2P2 plan comes into play. In the next two parts of this article, I’ll go over the parts of an I2P2 plan and how to get the ball rolling to put one in place at your dealership.

 

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OSHA Administrator Announces Priorities: I2P2 and Electronic Reporting

Monday, June 21st, 2010

I just got back from ASSE 2010 where OSHA Administrator David Michaels Outlined some of the upcoming goals and priorities for OSHA. He made it clear that OSHA is looking to reinvent itself in some ways to become a stronger and more relevant agency with more personnel in enforcement, higher fines and a greater emphasis on prevention across all industries.

Looking to the future, he outlined top priorities OSHA is looking to address; with the top two being near and dear to KPA: Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (I2P2) and Electronic Recordkeeping.

We’ve been watching discussion of a federal Injury and Illness prevention standard grow and ebb over the past decade. It now looks like OSHA is making it their top priority. According to Michaels, this standard “could change workplace health and safety on a level we haven’t seen since OSH Act.” We couldn’t agree more. These regulations could have a tremendous effect on small business such as was felt when California passed their I2P2 standards. If done correctly, it can do a lot to shift the focus of safety from compliance to prevention. This is certainly one to watch as the discussions progress.

The number two priority, electronic recordkeeping, is another we’ve been following. With our online software solutions, we’re already tracking all of the information required for injury and illness records for our clients and would love to have a streamlined interface to report this information to OSHA at our client’s request. It will be interesting to see what OSHA comes up with for their data collection system. Again, depending on the implementation, the new regulation could have a big impact on small business and as a result OSHA is seeking more input from this sector. If you would like to have your opinion heard, you can submit it here.

This regulation is moving along quickly with OSHA’s prediction of a final rule by 2011.  We’ll keep you posted as more details emerge.

See our OSHA Safety Standards section for more information about the proposed OSHA I2P2 Standard.

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