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Category: Safety Management
It’s Just Good Business
All business owners want to be successful and one very essential component of a successful business is safety and health. If you own a business, safety and health is an aspect that you have to really take a close look at. There are many reasons why safety and health are crucial to employers and employees in the workplace. Again, a successful business consists of safety and health.
There are a wide variety of reasons why safety and health is crucial for running a successful business, but here are a few:
- It demonstrates that the business is socially responsible.
- It enhances and protects brand value and it’s image.
- It increases the productivity of employees and enhances pride in their work.
- It enhances the worker’s commitment to their company.
- It builds a healthier workforce and increases the worker’s competency levels.
- It allows for control of risk and decreases business disruption.
- It allows for control of insurance costs, including workers’ compensation, resulting in decreasing business costs.
- It allows businesses to meet the safety and health expectations of their customers.
- It encourages the worker force to have an active life.
Every business could take pleasure in various benefits if they invest in safety and health. Its simple improvements could increase profitability, competitiveness and also motivate the employees. By having a safety and health system, the workplace could have an effective and efficient framework to help minimize and/or eliminate workplace injuries, accidents, medical illnesses and even death. Don’t forget that this means savings for the business.
As a business owner, you are morally and legally responsible for the safety and health of many components in your business, such as your employees, other workers affected by the workplace and also yourself. The primary goal of safety and health is to nourish and foster the working environment for all individuals in the workplace. Keeping everyone safe and healthy will surely increase the efficiency and productivity of the entire business, which will lead to a successful and prosperous business.
Contact STS Solutions, Inc. and let’s work together to enable a safe and healthy work environment.
OSHA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Beginning January 1, 2015, there will be a change to what covered employers are required to report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Employers will now be required to report all work-related fatalities within 8 hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye with 24 hours of learning of incident.
Previously, employers were required to report all workplace fatalities and when three or more workers were hospitalized in the same incident.
OSHA states that the updated reporting requirements will enable employers and workers to prevent future injuries by identifying and eliminating the most serious workplace hazards.
Employers have three options for reporting these severe incidents to OSHA. They can call their nearest area office during normal business hours, call the 24-hour OSHA hotline at 1.800.321.6742, or they can report online at www.osha.gov/report_online.