8 CSR 50-7.040 - Certification Requirements: Safety Engineering and Management Program
(1) The
criteria of a certified safety engineering and management program, as
established by an insurance carrier, shall include:
(A) Administration.
1. The insurance carrier shall notify each
insured employer at the time of the initial purchase of a policy and, annually
thereafter, of the availability of its services pertaining to a comprehensive
safety engineering and management program.
2. The insurance carrier shall designate and
appoint a person to be responsible for the initiation and management of its
program.
3. The insurance carrier
shall coordinate or supervise the collection of information relating to worker
safety to measure the effectiveness of the safety program, including the effect
of the program on the employer's injury and occupational disease incidence
rate, the severity of injuries that do occur and other reports as required by
the division;
(B)
Implementation and Management.
1. The
insurance carrier shall establish a program designed to address the worker
safety and health needs of its insured employer. The program shall be put in
the form of a written outline and shall include-
A. Provisions for providing an employer with
resources to address safety and health issues and advising an employer of the
availability of resources and individuals competent to address safety and
health concerns;
B. Provisions for
assisting an insured employer to develop a comprehensive safety and health
program, pertaining to the specific needs of that employer;
C. Provisions for assisting an insured
employer to identify health hazard exposure, as may be applicable;
and
D. Provisions for assisting an
insured employer to conduct effective accident investigation
procedures.
2. The
insurance carrier, upon request, shall perform a review of its insured
employer's written program(s), and shall assist the employer in establishing a
minimally acceptable written program(s). The program(s) shall be based on
objectively determinable risks or loss control factors associated with an
individual employer.
3. The
insurance carrier, upon request, shall perform a safety and health review
audit, which shall include on-site inspections, consultations or surveys as
deemed appropriate and necessary to assist the employer in identifying actual
or potential health and safety hazards.
4. The insurance carrier, upon request, shall
provide or recommend available resources for case file management. The focus of
case file management shall be on returning the injured employee to work as soon
as medically possible. The insurance carrier should provide education and/or
assistance to the employer in the development of modified duty programs and
internal case management; and
(C) Education.
1. The insurance carrier shall establish an
educational training and information program designed to educate employers in
the identification of health and safety hazards and the prevention of
occupational injuries and illnesses.
2. The insurance carrier, upon request, shall
make available to any insured employer, educational resources or information
pertaining to:
A. Engineering and work
practice controls;
B. General
safety management techniques; and
C. Such other information as may be
appropriate.
Notes
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