A general task list for safety ombudsmen
Frey, Sixten (2022)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022061017331
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022061017331
Tiivistelmä
This is a thesis that aims to improve the role and know-how of the safety ombudsmen, by giving them more time and resources for their tasks and by increasing the co-operation between them, the managers, and their coworkers. This project was conducted with the occupational safety and health department of HOK-Elanto, which is part of S-Group, and is the largest co-operative shop under their jurisdiction. It's a customer owned, democratically managed company that employs around 6000 workers.
This thesis aims to better the co-operation of the ombudsmen and the organization. By improving their skills and increasing the time they need to properly complete their tasks and tour their stores for potential risks, the overall safety culture will rise in the workplaces. The
thesis is based on interviews and the experiences of different managers and workers while the theoretical framework provided useful data on setting up the requirements and the need for the ombudsmen.
The results of this study indicate that implementing an ombudsman in a workplace helps the organization to better improve the overall occupational safety. This creates a safer work environment and a better place to work. With a safer workplace, the less amount of incident related sick leaves will occur and will help the organization to be more productive.
This thesis aims to better the co-operation of the ombudsmen and the organization. By improving their skills and increasing the time they need to properly complete their tasks and tour their stores for potential risks, the overall safety culture will rise in the workplaces. The
thesis is based on interviews and the experiences of different managers and workers while the theoretical framework provided useful data on setting up the requirements and the need for the ombudsmen.
The results of this study indicate that implementing an ombudsman in a workplace helps the organization to better improve the overall occupational safety. This creates a safer work environment and a better place to work. With a safer workplace, the less amount of incident related sick leaves will occur and will help the organization to be more productive.