Workplace Safety
Accident prevention begins with employers’ commitment to make safety part of workplace culture and each employee’s willingness to accept responsibility for their own safety. Everyone should understand workplace hazards and how to avoid them.
LUBA's loss control consultants are committed to keeping your employees safe, healthy and on the job. We design customized, cost-effective safety programs created and implemented with employee participation.
Click here for LUBA's downloadable Loss Control Approach
Written Safety Programs
Our Loss Control consultants help write custom safety programs that include a table of contents which exceed the Louisiana Department of Labor 10-Point Safety Plan, as well as documentation that meets OSHA standards for:
- Confined space entry
- Fall protection
- Personal protective equipment
- Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
- Respiratory protection
- Hazard communication
Safety Management Tools
LUBA offers employee safety-management tools like employee training matrix reports, new-hire orientation checklists and facility inspection checklists.
Onsite Consultations
LUBA provides onsite consultation to identify policyholders’ specific needs. We help analyze accident trends and teach employees how most accidents result from unsafe behavior and decisions. Our onsite consultants perform an array of services:
- Advise policyholders of the simplest and most effective methods that have the greatest impact on protecting employees.
- Advise how to conduct effective safety meetings.
- Monitor progress and arrange regular meetings to adjust for changes in policyholder operations, growth and culture.
- Help with supervisory safety training.
Safety Meeting Handouts
Loss Control consultants provide prepared safety-meeting handouts on a variety of topics, including:
- Three Questions for Safety Awareness
- Accident Investigation
- Heat Exhaustion
- Electrical Safety
- Proper Lifting Techniques
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
- Safe Driving Awareness
- Three Point Contact Rule
- Welding, Cutting and Brazing
- Excavation & Trenching Basics, Protective Systems and Soil Classifications
- Confined Space Basics and Entry Procedures
- Back Injury Prevention Guides for Health Care Providers
- Guidelines for Nursing Homes
“Sample” Drug and Alcohol Testing Policies
This is a comprehensive policy written to follow the Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol program and based on a five-panel drug screen.
LA Sample Drug & Alcohol Policy
MS Sample Drug & Alcohol Policy
Second Injury Fund Procedures
LUBA helps advise and provide post-hire medical history questionnaires.
LA Second Injury Fund Questionnaire
Early Return to Work Programs (ERTW)
We’ll help develop ERTW programs that are safe and keep your company in compliance.
Online resources:
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA Education/Outreach
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S.Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Safety Council
Safety Council – Baton Rouge
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
National Fire Protection Agency
American Society of Safety Engineers
Louisiana Office of Workers’ Compensation DOL
