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Page 1: Safety and Go Together - crops.extension.iastate.edu · Safety and Quality Go Together Gretchen A. Mosher, PhD AAI Showcase, ... Quality Management Systems QMS are • Disciplined

Safety and Quality Go Together

Gretchen A. Mosher, PhDAAI Showcase, 

Grain and Feed Forum

Page 2: Safety and Go Together - crops.extension.iastate.edu · Safety and Quality Go Together Gretchen A. Mosher, PhD AAI Showcase, ... Quality Management Systems QMS are • Disciplined

When does quality matter?

Source: Grain Journal Nov 4 2010

Page 3: Safety and Go Together - crops.extension.iastate.edu · Safety and Quality Go Together Gretchen A. Mosher, PhD AAI Showcase, ... Quality Management Systems QMS are • Disciplined

Managing more than quality

QUALITY

Security

Speed

Cost

CustomersCompliance

Safety

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Quality is one of many concerns• Customer service• Speed/ Productivity• Personnel safety • Food safety• Profits • Biosecurity• Site security• Environmental 

Quality directly impacts storage, marketability, and end use!

Page 5: Safety and Go Together - crops.extension.iastate.edu · Safety and Quality Go Together Gretchen A. Mosher, PhD AAI Showcase, ... Quality Management Systems QMS are • Disciplined

Quality Management Systems 

QMS are• Disciplined structures for organization of production

• Require structured format for documenting

• Focus on consistency and repeatability 

QMS are not• Strict standards on what to do and not to do

• Inflexible • Generic checklists / audits

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Quality management in agriculture

• Respond to security regulations (food safety, environmental, bioterror)

• Increased operating efficiency• Better ability to meet customer demands• Tighter control and management of inventory• Better definition of processes• Poor decisions mean lost profit!

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Safety in the Workplace• Preventing injury and fatalities is a continuing challenge

– 4,547 recorded occupational fatalities in 2010 (BLS, 2011)– 3 million cases of non‐fatal occupational injuries reported in 2010, with nearly 2 million requiring day off work , job restriction or job transfer

– Fatality and injury rates in agriculture higher than other industries  – 37 per 100,000 vs. 3 per 100,000

• Majority of fatalities and injuries occur as a result of:– Employees actions– Taking shortcuts & not following procedures

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How important is safety?• Reduces absences and days lost to injury• Decreases insurance premium costs • Enables enterprises to meet and exceed

customer expectations• Increases motivation and the commitment

of employees to the business • Mistakes are expensive!

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Safety and quality are a lot alike• Common characteristics:

– Driven by management, often top‐down– Focus on continuous improvement– Training procedures and standardized operating procedures play important role

– Emphasis is on prevention rather than reaction• Several processes can be used in both applications

– Process documentation– Improvement and standardization of processes– Statistical process control– Decision‐making based on data, trends, and evidence

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Addressing Safety and Quality with QMS

• Recall QMS does not tell you what to do• Use to increase consistency and repeatability in processes – safety and quality

• Knowledge about your organization and its processes helps in decision‐making:– Receipt, storage, shipping options to preserve quality

– Safety procedures– Compliance documentation

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Constraints??

PEOPLE!PEOPLE! PEOPLE!

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People Connections Between Safety and Quality

• Safety is a more fundamental need than quality

• Workers who feel unsafe will not make quality a priority

• Both are dependent on employee actions• Employee actions may be controlled by limits of the system

• Perceptions are important to success of programs

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More connections

• Quality guru Deming saw safety and quality as complimentary workplace goals

• Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Safety Quality

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Safety & Quality in Agriculture• Out‐of‐condition grain has been cited as a major factor in engulfments

• Poor quality grain:– Does not handle or convey well – Uses more power & capacity– Attributed to:

• Shorter “shelf life”• Food safety issues (mold, damage)

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Interactions Between Safety & QualityEngulfments infrequent and low profile but entirely preventable2010 ‐ record number of engulfment incidents  Higher number at commercial grain elevators than previouslyHigh fatality rates  

• 1969 – 1995, 80% (Freeman et al, 1998) • 1964‐2005, 74% (Roberts & Field, 2010)

Corn primary entrapment medium

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Out‐of‐condition grain 

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Connections in Employees’ Minds• Do employees see safety and quality as parallel or complimentary goals?– We asked about 180 employees from three elevator companies in Iowa

– Do these feelings differ for different personnel?• Managers – set safety and quality policies• Supervisors – implement and enforce safety and quality policies 

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Data on Strength of Relationships• Employees perceived a very strong relationship between safety and quality 

• Stronger quality feelings about management than supervisors

• Follows theory from safety and quality experts• To increase likelihood of success of quality programs, engage your supervisors in quality management!

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Wrapping up … 

• Quality can and should be integrated with other workplace goals

• Workers will not focus on quality outcomes unless their safety needs are met

• In grain handling, high quality grain prevents safety incidents

• Safety and quality are strongly linked in employees’ minds

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Safety

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Thank you for your attention. Questions?

Gretchen A. Mosher, PhDIowa State University