Responsibility in Workplace Accidents

RESPONSIBILITY IN WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS A company or organization should be responsible for the safety and health of all employees working in the institution. Because employee safety and health are part of the smooth running of the business process carried out to obtain benefits or profits from the organization. Something that is done based on responsibility will provide more optimal results when compared to doing something based on necessity or following the wishes of others. Doing work with an awareness of responsibility will be much more enjoyable when compared to work that is done because it is forced. The paradigm that makes K3 only to fulfill or implement regulatory requirements from the government or customer requests will not be effective in maintaining occupational safety and health in a sustainable manner to achieve the expected business benefits. In general, companies implement various safety management systems only to meet the demands of the law or customer requests. The implementation of a safety management system based on this paradigm is only the implementation of a safety management system on paper. All parties are busy creating safety work procedures and various benchmarks for safety system performance in accordance with the requirements. The procedures created are not really implemented because in essence the implementers in the field do not understand the procedures. Moreover, if the preparation of the procedure is assisted by a consultant who is ready with various examples of work safety systems and procedures that are ready to be replicated. So that the procedure created is not appropriate or suitable for the operating system in the company. Managers and supervisors are busy fixing and completing safety documents when the audit is about to be carried out by management or other audit bodies. Various forms of falsification of data and figures are carried out in order to avoid findings that can lead to failure or revocation of the safety management system certificate. Work permits for contractors that have not been completed and signed by authorized managers or supervisors must be rewritten, accident reports that occurred several months ago have not been made immediately, corrective actions that have not been carried out immediately are carried out just to complete the documents, and many more forms of falsification of documents and data are carried out. All of this will not help the company to achieve maximum business performance to obtain maximum profit. The certificate and recognition of the safety management system obtained are merely symbols or pride displayed in the main lobby or in the president director's room without contributing anything to improving the business process in the company. To obtain maximum contribution from the safety management system to the business process, the old paradigm that makes government regulations or customer requests the basis for implementing the safety management system must be changed to a new paradigm where the implementation of the safety management system is the company's responsibility. What is the difference between the new paradigm and the old paradigm? Of course, it is very different. Although it seems simple, the changes needed are very large and fundamental. The impact of this paradigm change is also very powerful on the performance of business processes in companies that have implemented it. European and American multinational companies such as Dow Chemical, Dupont, 3M, BASF, Unilever, Toyota and many other large companies that have made K3 a total corporate responsibility have obtained and reaped the results of the safety system performance in the form of company growth that provides business benefits. The implementation of an K3 management system based on corporate responsibility will have a positive impact on company performance. Because this sense of responsibility will create the seriousness of company management to implement an K3 management system. This sense of responsibility will only emerge if the company's leadership understands the purpose of implementing an K3 management system. Some important goals that must be understood by company leaders include the following: 1) The safety and health of company employees can improve company performance and productivity. 2) A safe work environment will provide comfort for employees to work so that it can increase motivation and work responsibility. 3) A high accident rate will harm the company both in terms of finance and the company's reputation in the eyes of customers so that it can reduce the company's competitiveness. 4) Implementing a good safety management system can improve product quality, production process efficiency, process output and reduce defective products, downtime due to accidents, customer complaints and waste or emissions to the environment. All goals of implementing a safety management system are for the benefit of the organization, not the government or customers. It is fitting that the implementation of a safety management system is the responsibility or even a necessity for an organization if it wants to remain competitive, especially in an era like this.