PROMOTING SAFETY BY TRAINING SUPERVISORS AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES FOR DAILY SAFETY WORK

Safety at Finnish work places is mainly considered to be the task of a separate safety organization, e.g., a safety manager and safety deleg ates. However, it is the supervisor who is responsible for the daily s afety in the departments. The Finnish paper industry has developed a s upplementary system for the safety organization to carry out safety wo rk in the factories. The monitoring and improving of the daily safety has been delegated to small groups in the production departments. Thes e small groups consist of the supervisor and the safety representative (worker member) of the work area. Sometimes also a department manager or a member of the maintenance department may participate in the work group. A training program was designed to give basic knowledge and sk ills for the groups. The course has helped the participants to better outline their duties and activities within the safety field.