Top 5 Things That Should Happen the Minute OSHA Shows Up
The sudden arrival of an OSHA inspector immediately changes the energy at any facility. Employees and supervisors alike tend to be more on edge with an OSHA official on-site which can make the inspection more difficult and unpredictable. This can make the entire process much more difficult for an organization. A proactive culture of safety […]
How Optimum Partners with Your Existing Safety Team to Deliver Lasting Results
Every business has a specialty that makes it unique within its field. Every business also relies on fundamental capabilities to perform their necessary functions. A company needs to strike a balance between maintaining those fundamental capabilities such as accounting, tax services, licensing, and safety to be able to fully capitalize on their unique specialties. Employers […]
Live Online Safety Workshops Allow Safety Training to Continue Without COVID or Travel Headaches
The COVID-19 pandemic is finally slowing down as cities, states, and communities across the nation reopen at varying levels. And one major take-away from a year dealing with the coronavirus is the continued importance of safety preparedness and education. Safety training requirements are once again at the forefront as employers coordinate how employees are returning […]
OSHA Compliance: Why Routine Inspections are So Important
A major goal of every organization is to actively avoid OSHA citations. This goal makes sense to most employers as OSHA citations are a major setback and can leave a lasting negative impression on a business. Some companies believe maintaining the bare minimum of annual training and displaying OSHA posters around the workplace will be […]
Help Set Up Your Existing Safety Team for Long Term Success
Establishing a safety team within an organization is a solid step in the right direction toward continuous safety excellence. But many organizations make the mistake of pulling back and leaving the team to their own devices after kick-off. This is the quickest way a strong vision loses focus. Tapping natural safety leaders to form a […]
Where You Can Expect to Save Money From Hiring a Good Safety Management Company
A good investment should yield results. But what makes results good or bad can be difficult to quantify when they’re not paid back in direct dollars and cents. A good insurance policy may seem like a waste until the worst has come to pass. A cheap piece of furniture might seem like a great deal […]
Safety Management: The Limits on What Your Insurance Company Actually Does
Many organizations believe the coverage and advice provided by their insurance company is adequate to cover the safety of their employees. This is true in that insuring an organization and its employees are necessary parts of doing business and that the coverage provided can help a company after an incident has occurred. But an insurance […]
Save Time & Money: Automate Your New Hire and Ongoing Employee Training
Maintaining accurate records for employee training participation is a challenge as much as it is a necessity. Many organizations struggle to find the perfect method to both make trainings widely available and to ensure those trainings are completed. And these metrics are important—organizations need to fall within specific state and federal guidelines while establishing employees […]
Sustainable Safety Comes Through Your Culture, Not Your Policies
Organizational leaders tend to fixate on injury totals to highlight safety success. This is because injury totals provide a simple metric to easily track without spending time thinking about the health of an organization’s safety program. It encourages leaders to create a policy to prevent an injury after an injury has already happened. And this […]
5 Things Leadership Needs to Understand About Safety
Many organizational leaders underestimate the potential of making safety a priority for their business. These leaders disregard safety out of hand due to preconceived notions about the limited benefits provided by safety. These same leaders generally only pay attention to safety to track if injuries are suddenly spiking or if there are obvious OSHA violations […]
5 Warnings Your Current Safety Program is Slipping
Trusting when to stay the course during hard times is an admirable trait in a leader. But equally important is understanding a red flag versus a hardship. Identifying the difference between a minor hardship and a major warning sign — especially in safety — differentiates the good decision-makers from the foolhardy ones. Because staying the […]
4 Years and Counting: How Sustainable Sourcing Continues Winning Workplace Safety Awards
When Paul O’Neill took over as CEO of Alcoa, his first goal was to address worker safety. O’Neill stood before the Alcoa Board of Directors and said, “I intend to go for zero injuries.” The Board was expecting him to address revenue growth and initially seriously doubted their decision to put him in charge. Longer […]
