Your Workers Compensation Safety Plan Is The Critical Roadmap To Success

 

Recent studies have demonstrated that only 75% of organizations have formal written safety plans and just over half (52%) hold management accountable for their safety program's success. Also, four out of every five employers do not publish their safety goals throughout the organization. This is inspite of recommendations from OSHA.

 

A successful safety program requires management commitment and this commitment deserves serious and thorough planning in order to accomplish the ultimate goal of maintaining “zero injuries.” Otherwise, the organization’s collective safety and health efforts will fall short of expectations and will waste valuable time and resources. To make matters worse, employees will view the organization’s efforts as “just another management fad,” and the overall effort will not be taken seriously.

 

If properly developed the annual injury prevention plan will provide the following benefits to the organization in its effort to minimize work-related injuries:

  • Top Management Commitment Is Obtained. This planning document should receive top management support. Once approved, the safety and health team will have complete assurance that management fully supports their efforts and that sufficient resources are being allocated to accomplish stated goals.

  • All Team Members Are On The Same Page. Everyone on the safety and health team will be aware of their responsibilities and organizational goals. As a result, collective efforts will be focused in the same direction.

  • The Safety And Health Team Is Empowered. Once approved by top management, all members of the safety and health team will be empowered to execute the annual injury prevention plan and will be accountable for its proper implementation.

  • Results Are Monitored And Measured. A key benefit of the annual injury prevention plan is that specific goals are prepared in measurable ways. Therefore, the safety and health team will know if its collective efforts were executed successfully or if additional focus is needed in certain areas.

  • Valuable Feedback Is Provided For Further Planning And Implementation. Because the injury prevention plan is monitored on an on-going basis, the Safety Director will be supplied with reliable information to help in understanding which efforts are working and what needs further improvement or focus.

In short, the annual safety and health plan is the road map to accomplishing the organization’s safety and health goals with the full support of upper management. Taking this step seriously will pay huge dividends down the road.

 

You can now benchmark your safety plan against industry best practices using CompEraser’s Safety And Health Benchmark Survey. If you agree that the critical first step in making quantum improvements in your safety and health program, and reducing your total worker injury costs, is to evaluate what you have in place and measure its effectiveness then this FREE, no obligation, on-line safety assessment is for you. Nowhere else can you get such a fast, easy to use elf-evaluation that will immediately analyze the twelve major components that drive your worker injury costs, including the formalization of your safety team. Go to www.CompEraser.com today.