Everyone's commitments were documented, as well as any necessary capital outlays. Inspection process Don't wait for audits to uncover problems. One site took an extremely proactive approach to finding and fixing safety problems before formal inspections were conducted. If the supervisor has already identified the same finding and recorded and submitted corrective action, then no demerits are recorded. The department with the highest score receives a pizza at a monthly luncheon.
Scores become part of each manager's performance appraisal.
Inspection teams are highly trained, and team members rotate to ensure objectivity. Every new piece of equipment that is installed is assigned a two-part, sequentially numbered green tag. The area supervisor can lose his job if a machine is used for production without all four required signatures on both sections of the tag. EHS, maintenance, line management, and engineering must sign off. Once all signatures have been received, the bottom half is filed and the top half stays on the machine.