In a recent Tweet it was noted the only game in town when it comes to workers’ compensation is cost containment. Cost containment arises out of the many and diverse ways an employer maintains a safe work environment. A safe work environment is the jumping off point for reducing the overall costs of injuries in the workplace, resulting in lower work comp costs. It’s like a mantra:
Implement a superior WC plan » Practice “Safe” work environment techniques » Workplace injuries drop » the COST of WC drops!
Awards Prove Safety Works in Cost Containment and Workers Comp Programs
Tennessee Company Wins Workplace Safety Award
McKenzie Valve & Machining Company Inc. received the SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program) award from the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, according to Commissioner James Neeley.
One of the state’s highest honors for workplace safety and health, the SHARP award is designed for employers with fewer than 250 workers in high-hazard industrial classifications. The main incentive for participation in the SHARP award program is the desire by employers to promote a safe and healthy workplace. The program also allows employers to be removed from programmed compliance inspection lists for a period of 12 months. (workersxzcompxzkit)
Or, you can be this employer
CANADA: How Workplace Safety Violations Raise Work Comp Costs
A provincial safety inspection of some 20 Calgary high-rise building sites discovered a number of violations–including workers improperly securing materials — in a review ordered following the death of a three-year-old girl by heavy steel roofing that blew off a building, also injuring the girl’s father and brother according to the Calgary Herald.
While the final numbers are not in, an Occupational Health and Safety spokesperson said inspectors discovered few safety threats with the exception of a few orders to secure materials and improve protection to keep employees from falling. OSHA did not issue a stop-work order. (workersxzcompxzkit)
Although the article didn’t say, here’s a lawsuit in the making, because it doesn’t matter what OSHA didn’t find, a child was killed and someone must pay and most likely that someone will be the employer.
Author Robert Elliott, senior vice president, Amaxx Risks Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers’ Compensation costs, including airlines, health care, manufacturing, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. He can be contacted at: Robert_Elliott@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com or 860-786-8286.
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