3 Ways to Improve Workplace Safety

If you’re looking for some ideas on how to improve your company’s safety performance, these three suggestions can help.

1. Discuss safety at every opportunity. Workplace safety should always be on your meeting agenda. Communicate to your staff why safety is so important and make everyone aware of how safety affects them personally. Post safety goals and policies in prominent places and share safety trends for your industry via company intranet or email.
2. Collect injury statistics and claim types at your company. Study your injury rate and break down injuries by product category to spot hazards or dangerous trends. Interview employees who have been injured. Understand what’s causing your claims so you can accurately address your problem areas.
3. Use best practices. Search the Internet for information about what’s working at other companies. You can find information from company press releases, insurance company Web sites and special interest groups. Combine what you learn with your existing safety program.

You can find out more about safety trends and programs by visiting OSHA’s Web site at www.osha.gov. Keep your employees up to date so they can help make safety a priority at your company.

Check out our safety education resources and help your employees keep safety job 1.