Industry Standards: Are You OK Being Near-Average When It Comes to Injuries?
Few companies strive to be average. It’s a poor business ideal that sets expectations too low to create year-over-year growth and profit. Because average is a static state. It doesn’t win awards, create momentum, or bolster prestige. And any company willing to settle for being average would have their commitment called into question. Yet many […]
What to Expect During an OSHA Inspection (and How to Prepare)
A quick way to sound off internal alarms throughout an organization is the announcement that an OSHA inspector has arrived. The perception that surrounds OSHA inspections tends to trend negatively even though the inspections provide necessary oversight and guidance to many businesses and industries. These negative perceptions tend to cause panic in workplaces leading to […]
Proactive or Reactive: Prevent Injuries Today or Clean Up Tomorrow?
Safety is purely a numbers game for some employers. These decision-makers treat safety as a budget to be balanced via a tally of metrics at the end of each quarter or semi-annual cycle. The system they employ generally uses injury totals, workers compensation payouts, and OSHA citations to dictate where the company’s safety budget should […]
A Safe Investment: Spend a Fraction of What You’ll Save — in Lives and Money
A prevailing principle in business is that business-owners need to spend money to make money. This adage is brought up to refer to business costs that seem obvious — advertising costs, overhead, materials, and prime real estate. But one avenue rarely mentioned in this discussion is safety. Many executives and decision makers are more than […]
Outside Looking In: Benefits of an Outside Safety Professional
Second opinions are an important tool used in many industries to help make critical business decisions. We see them employed regularly in medicine, law, real estate, finance, and even construction — as the old adage goes, measure twice, cut once. The reason second opinions are so highly regarded in a variety of applications is because […]
The Downstream Costs of a Work-Related Injury
The impact of a work-related injury is immediate. The injured employee’s work ceases as they are examined by a medical professional, worker’s compensation paperwork begins to be filled out and filed, and the employee is sent home to recover. This scenario and the associated costs are fairly standard for most facility managers and supervisors. But […]
The Differences Between Safety Management and Safety Culture
“Safety management” and “safety culture” as phrases are so close linguistically that they are likely used interchangeably by most. But these terms each serve specific purposes. Understanding where the nuances lie between what makes up safety management and what falls under safety culture will help strengthen both processes for businesses. Let’s start by looking at […]
Blowing the Dust Off: 4 Tips to Update Your Safety Manuals
For most organizations, safety manuals exist as foundational documents. They provide detailed, necessary guidance for employees and supervisors trying to navigate their duties. Manuals need to stay relevant to continue playing a critical role for employees. Letting details and codes become outdated leads to confusion in the workplace and accidents on the job. This means […]
Don’t Get Cited for Not Reporting: OSHA’s Record-keeping Deadline on the Horizon
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] The deadline for most employers to submit their logs on injury and illness data to OSHA is fast approaching, so make sure your data is compiled, logged, and submitted on time. The Deadline to Submit As we have written about in the past, according to OSHA’s Final Rule for recordkeeping regulation, March 2nd, […]
Fatal Injuries on the Rise: It’s Time to Refocus Safety
Advancements in technology and automation continue to improve workflow and efficiency across industries, revolutionizing what work looks like for many organizations. As these dynamic systems are applied to new processes in businesses, it’s important that they do not also bring along complacency for safety standards. A common misconception when adopting and integrating the latest tech […]
Inside Safety Pro vs. Outside Safety Pro: Which is Better?
For an organization to make the most informed decisions regarding their safety program, a fully comprehensive view of the situation — the data, the safety culture, and how the organization operates — is required. To some organizations, this means turning to a trusted, internal safety professional, to leverage their proprietary knowledge of the organization’s inner […]
You Need to Be Safer But Don’t Know Where to Start
When the latest safety numbers come in and an uptick in on-site injuries is noticed, naturally, the alarm bells start ringing. Not only are injuries costly, but continued employee safety and morale are the backbone of quality, efficient work. However, getting to the core of the issue requires dedicated time and resources, which can be […]
