Larry T. Olivan Safety Manager, Oro Loma Sanitary District

• Background includes:

• 15 yrs. as Safety Manager

• 8 yrs Route Supervisor and

Driver Trainer

• 25 yrs in Law Enforcement

Investigation of all major

accidents/incidents.

• Experience:

Traffic officer/certified

traffic accident re-

constructionist.

Service includes time spent

as a detective, traffic officer,

and patrol officer.

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• What makes a LEADER

GOALS

• Today we will discussing your leadership in

Safety - Are you Proactive or Reactive

• Do you listen when your crew makes a

safety suggestion

• Are you empowering your crew to take

command of their own safety

• Does your crew have faith in you to report

injuries, or damage and that they will be

treated fairly

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• What does Safety mean to you?

• Do you work with or against your safety manager?

• Is safety really Safety First or is getting the job

done your first priority?

• Is safety a hindrance to your daily production?

• Do you schedule too much work for your crew so

they have to take shortcuts to get done?

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• Do you encourage your crew do better?

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• Qualities of Leadership

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• Are you a Manager or a LEADER?

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• Do you remind your crew that their safety is

for their family?

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• What type of safety equipment do you

purchase?

• Do you buy the kind they want or the cheap

stuff that’s just good enough?

• Would you wear the PPE you bought for

your crew?

• Would you trust your life on it or your

eyesight with the equipment you buy?

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• Safety Training

• Do you have scheduled safety meetings

• Are your safety meetings just reading from a

paper or do you make them interesting

• Is your crew required to attend safety meetings

• Are they required to make up meetings they

may have missed

• Do you have morning safety briefings to get

ready for the day

• Do you have safety training on schedules

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

Are you willing to accept change

if you’re not flexible how do you expect your

crew to be flexible

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• Are you a leader or a manager

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• Do you do daily route safety audits

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• How do you reward your crew when

they’ve done an exceptional job

• How does your crew respond when you’re

not around or on vacation

• Are they continuing to work safe.

• Have you instilled in them the concept of safety

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• OLSD ACCIDENT

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• How do you handle work related injuries.

• BULL’S EYE

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• How do I develop my LEADERSHIP skills?

LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY

• DO YOU HAVE ANY SAFETY SLOGANS

• IT’S YOUR LIFE

• IT’S YOUR SAFETY

•IT’S YOUR CHOICE