I’m sure you’re thinking you’ve heard it all about the importance of safety and how crucial it is to your company. But have you really thought about what impact it can have on your work environment? How implementing safety efforts can be beneficial to your reputation as a company? Well I’m here to tell you just how significant safety is to your company, not just long term but the immediate impact.
Employees are any company’s best asset, so don’t you think it’s essential that we protect those assets to the best of our ability? The answer every time will be YES! Implementing safety allows internally employees to feel valued and appreciated by the company and what better feeling than to feel respected at work. So employees are more inclined to support your company’s vision and to assist in consistently reaching that vision. Additionally, employees feel more empowered to participate and contribute to companies goals. According to OSHA, “Each year, approximately 6,000 employees in this country die from workplace injuries while another 50,000 die from illnesses caused by exposure to workplace hazards” (OSHA). This information emphasizes how important safety is to your company and how serious safety is to your employees.
Now let’s talk about how implementing safety features, will aid in your reputation externally and what a buzz worthy PR strategy to promote your efforts towards a safer work environment. As stated by OSHA, “Workplaces with successful safety and health management systems reduce injury and illness costs 20-40%” (OSHA). By implementing safety into your daily work environment, the company in returns gets to cut costs on injury and illness (and what company wouldn’t want that?). Further, your company will become more recognized on being a company that values their employee’s safety and how appealing is that to potential employees!
So if you’re wondering if investing in safety equipment, procedures, and leaders is going to reap a return on your investment, I’m here to tell you absolutely YES! Investing in your number one asset is always going to be beneficial to your overall productivity. Whatever you plan to do with safety, always think of your employees first and if it’s going to have a benefit on their well-being then do it! You might be interested in some of Gorbel®’s fall protection safety equipment, look it over:
https://www.gorbel.com/products/fall-protection.