Organizational Behavior Management: Safety Process Evaluation Report

This report provides an assessment of safety processes within an organization, likely "Dunder Mifflin, Inc." as indicated in the document. It begins by outlining existing safety measures, including protective equipment, medical coverage, proper lighting, and compound fencing. The report then details a preliminary design for a safety process, including steps for risk identification, management leadership, staff training, and process enforcement. An observation process and checklist is included, evaluating equipment safety and employee adherence to safety protocols. The assessment highlights both positive practices and areas needing improvement, such as the use of warning lights and adherence to steam cut-off procedures. The report references several academic sources to support its analysis and recommendations, focusing on behavioral approaches to safety management.

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT 1
Organizational behavior management
Name
Insitution

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Safety process assessment
Account for safety efforts
The management body of the Dunder miffing, Inc has initiated various safety programs within
the company, and this was confirmed during the two days work inspection. Safety measures
within the company include the provision of protective res to all the staff working in the
manufacturing department, provision of medical cover to the team, proper and effective lighting
within the company, and adequate fencing for the compound to avoid any intruder.
By providing protective clothing and helmets to the staff, physical injuries are prevented in case
of emergency; there will be no or less body contact with the manufacturing chemicals, which are
very corrosive when in connection with the body. The company will spend fewer resources in
treating such risks in case of occurrence hence saves on the medical expenses in case of
emergency (Kockmann, et al., 2017).
The provision of medical cover to the staff members was the best safety measure since the
company will not incur the direct cost of medication in case of an emergency (Fadeel, et al.,
2018).This implies that an insurance company will take the direct expenses of medicines and not
the company itself.
Proper lighting of the company is one of the best safety practices since it keeps and enhances the
clear vision of the workers while operating the machines. This will help to void injuries in the
company, which might be caused by a lack of proper lighting.

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Preliminary design
Design and implementation steps
steps Activities Description
1 Identify the related risk The step requires the risk assessor to
identify and assess the potential hazards
within the organization (Ahmad, et al.,
2019).
2 Lead from the top It is the responsibility of the manager to
lead by setting an example on how the
staff should void or control risk
3 Train and educate the staff Training the staff on the risk control
process will help to reduce the potential
risks in the company
4 Enforce and evaluate the process Enforcing the risk treatment process is the
final step which is concerned with
determining the effectiveness of the
treatment plan induced by the manager
(Ghosh, Ahmed, Khan & Rusli, 2020).

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Observation process and checklist
Equipments Safety use Concerns
Proper use of mix station Yes
Proper use of forklifts yes
Use of warning light when
working in warehouse
No Most of the employees were
ignorant to the warning lights
Proper steam cut-off and
bleed-down before
disconnecting steam hoses
No Some of workers were in
hurry to complete the
procedure
Proper use of hand tools Yes

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References
Ahmad, S. I., Hashim, H., Hassim, M. H., & Rashid, R. (2019). Development of hazard
prevention strategies for inherent safety assessment during early stage of process
design. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 121, 271-280.
Fadeel, B., Farcal, L., Hardy, B., Vázquez-Campos, S., Hristozov, D., Marcomini, A., ... &
Savolainen, K. (2018). Advanced tools for the safety assessment of
nanomaterials. Nature nanotechnology, 13(7), 537-543.
Ghosh, A., Ahmed, S., Khan, F., & Rusli, R. (2020). Process Safety Assessment Considering
Multivariate Non-linear Dependence Among Process Variables. Process Safety and
Environmental Protection, 135, 70-80.
Kockmann, N., Thenée, P., Fleischer-Trebes, C., Laudadio, G., & Noël, T. (2017). Safety
assessment in development and operation of modular continuous-flow
processes. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2(3), 258-280.