Occupational Health & Safety Program
Successful businesses realize that health and safety is more than a legal obligation. Workplace injuries and illness can be devastating for any business. When a worker suffers an injury or illness, there is a personal loss that can’t be measured in dollars. For your business, that injury can mean the loss or absence of a valued employee with specialized knowledge and skills.
Consider the costs associated with a workplace injury:
- Additional training of new employees or temporary help
- Damage to property, equipment or product
- Downtime for other workers
- Valuable time to complete related paper work
- Increased WCB premiums
- Lower morale and productivity
- Disruption in production scheduling
- Prosecution and fines
- Impact on the worker's life
Protecting workers from injury and illness isn’t just the law; it’s also the right thing to do. Informed employers realize that health and safety is good business, and that safety pays in more ways than one. A safe business is usually a successful business. Many businesses, large and small, have found that the quality of their product(s) improve with a proper safety program in place. Like quality, safety has to start at the top with management leadership and commitment. Developing and maintaining an effective OH&S program, with high standards of performance will result in identifying workplace hazards and reducing workplace injuries and illness.
Whether your organization is large or small, the following points are essential:
- Sincere and active management leadership
- Desire for a safe and healthy workplace
- Effective training and supervision of workers
- Active participation and cooperation between management and workers