An Engaged Workforce Can Improve Safety
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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.
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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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