An Engaged Workforce Can Improve Safety
Businesses are finding out that employee engagement can help reduce the frequency of workplace injuries.
It all starts with a strong safety program using a systematic process to identify and control workplace hazards, as well as an ongoing focus on the health and wellness of your employees.
There are a number of key elements to a safety improvement process. The focus should be on the identification of exposure, implementation of controls, as well as ensuring employees follow established safe work practices.
An Engaged Workforce Can Improve Saftey
An engaged workforce can have up to 48% fewer safety incidents.1
FIVE KEY ELEMENTS FOR YOUR SAFETY IMPORVEMENT PROCESS
- Hazard recognition and control
Focus on the task in which an employee injury is most likely to occur and use engineering or administrative controls to eliminate, minimize or isolate them. - Pinpoint safe work practices
Utilize Joe Safety Analysis (JSA) or similar tools to determine hazards and develop and communicate the safe work practices and procedures. - Observation and feedback
Make periodic observations and give employees feedback, both positive reinforcement, as we as coaching when safe work practices are not properly followed. - Process management
Define roles and responsibilities for each employee. Senior managers, supervisors and employees all need to know what is expected of them and be held accountable to those expectations. - Performance measurement
Measurement will tell you if your safety performance is improving and whether everyone is performing as expected.
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