Would you consider safety to be your company’s number one priority? Many companies care about safety, but only when they have to. It is not present in their mission or vision statements nor is it woven into the everyday fiber of the organization. Looking past safety policies and binders of training material on dusty shelves often reveals that companies are not nearly as safe as they appear on paper. This common mistake is a reactionary occurrence that can greatly risk the health and safety of employees, as well as cost employers significant sums.
Far beyond ensuring employees are checking off mandatory trainings, a company with a strong safety culture is one that seeks out potential risks and goes the distance to prevent them from happening. One way to do this is to adopt new risk-based systems to preemptively assess hazards and liability, rather than handling incidents reactively. This can be a significant strategy that companies utilize to protect employees and maintain profitability, and therefore competitiveness. This is the future of safety — protecting employees from injury or fatality well before the opportunity for the...
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