What do your safety programs say about your commitment to your employee’s safety?

It’s a question every company large, medium, or small, from one employee to thousands, must face. First, is safety a core value of your company? Do you have an experienced safety professional/facilitator overseeing your program? Are you empowering and holding your other departments responsible for managing their safety programs? If you answered no, then you need to read further.

Safety should be every manager’s sole responsibility, with the assistance of a safety professional facilitating understanding, guidance, and training. The safety professional should be a facilitator rather than a manager. Why? Because most companies have one safety professional and run three shifts, making it impossible for that safety professional to manage everything. Then, on the other hand, they don’t normally have any other staff to manage.

Employees and supervisors/department heads have a unique bond and trust. Plus, the supervisor should have an idea of the safety hazards that his/her employees are exposed to.

If you don’t have an effective safety program, then you may want to invest in one. First, determine that safety is and will be a core value from the day of this decision. Second, set expectations that every person in your company will understand and discuss, and then it’s time to hold everyone accountable.

Listed below are three reasons you need to evaluate your safety programs, or it could ruin your business and business relationships.

Your safety program is only as effective as your employees make it…..if they don’t know your safety programs, it’s time they learn.

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Remember, SAFETY isn’t an option, it’s the LAW.