No one would argue that workplace safety is not important. But how important is it to your employees? If you don’t know, it may be time to evaluate the safety culture at your organization and think about what you can do to improve workplace safety.According to OSHA, an established safety culture can reduce your injury and illness costs by 20 to 40 percent. If you have high workers’ compensation costs or your premiums increase every year, analyzing the effectiveness of your company’s safety culture is a good way to start controlling your costs.
Here are 5 ways you can create a safety culture in your office:
- Develop a site safety vision including key policies, goals, measures, and strategic and operational plans.
- Implement a “buddy system” in which experienced individuals are paired up with newer workers.
- Align management and supervisors by establishing a shared vision of safety and health goals, and objectives versus production.
- Make health and safety part of workplace communications.
- Encourage workers to report health and safety concerns that they encounter and respond to their concerns in a timely fashion.
Workplace safety is a very deep — and very critical — topic for every organization, one filled with challenges and opportunities. And that’s where we can help.
