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FROM: Grant County Central Safety Committee
RE: Safety Policies & Procedures
DATE:
Dear Commissioners,
The Central Safety Committee representatives wish to recommend updating the current safety
policies and procedures. The committee feels this will not only benefit the employees of Grant County
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but contribute to the overall environment at Grant County for employees, customers, vendors visitors
etc.
Grant County Personnel Policy #1104.2.1 refers to the "...adopted and still active Safety Risk
Management Policies & Procedures Manual (drafted) of March 1996". We believe that "still active"
infers that this set of policies are the official safety policies of Grant County. According to the OSHA web
page Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs: Program Evaluation and Improvement
(n.d.), it is advised that a program (policies & procedures) be evaluated initially after drafing/ado tion
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and then periodically after that, at least annually (para. 1). These evaluations ensure that:
• The system is working as intended, and
• That all policy referrals are current, etc.
The website PowerDMS (2020) states that outdated policies may fail to comply with new laws
and regulations, may not address new technologies, and can leave an organization at risk due to
inconsistent practices (para. 2). Paragraph five of the same webpage informs the reader the
governmental laws and regulations are subject to constant change, and that this change can affect
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company policies and procedures.