Safety Depends Upon Various Factors- IIPP Is One OF Them

The importance of an effective Injury and Illness Prevention Plan IIPP is as much as to have a formula of some product. IIPP is usually modified according ot the needs of the business entities and it plays a vital role in the maintenance of workplace safety.

Safety is usually measure by the accidents, injuries and near misses that happen at a workplace. The most authentic way to reduce the possibility of injuries and accidents at a workplace is by addressing the employees that the management cares about their safety and to broadcast that message a project manager/HR manager is the perfect personnel. 

More on that, Safety Incentive Programs are also a key platform to tell the employees that the company will entertain them with handsome incentives for keeping themselves secure and off-course the business assets. Safety training is important and necessary, to be honest it is a must have requirement for all the businesses. As the workplace safety responsibility is over HR manager, so the contribution of him/her is truly valuable for the welfare of the employees, the business and also him/her self.

Safety Incentive Programs or Cheering Parties

Though its an old news but its clouds are still surveilling and it was about the termination of Safety Incentive Programs, because what the higher authorities of OSHA think of is that “the safety programs are discouraging employees/workers to lie about the accidents and injuries that really happen at workplace”.
The exact words of DR. Michaels were
“We also disapprove of incentive programs that, for example, offer a pizza party or allow workers to enter a raffle for a new truck. These incentive programs can discourage employees from reporting injuries because they want to receive the reward.”
and carrying it on he said that, OSHA inspectors are also searching for such type of incentive programs and they will pros n cons the the very aspects of them to make sure that the workers are not lying about the injuries and accidents that happen at workplace.

So, there must be some small programs like the OSHA authorities mentioned but not for the purpose of safety but they can be arranged on the completion of projects, achievements of targets etc to let the workers know that company cares about them and cheers them on their performance. To run effective an legit safety incentive programs the owner or the managing authorities must consult with a well known Safety Consulting Agency member.

Turn Safety Meeting Into A Successful Safety Program

As we know that safety of a workplace depends upon to main factors one is Behavior and the other is Conditions, though they are further categorized into various forms but the Workplace Safety depends upon these two main factors. It is the duty of the business owners to provide appropriate equipments and resources to the workers to make sure that the peoples working in the organization are safe.

To make the workers realize the importance of the safety of their life and also the environment where they have to perform their duties, scheduled Safety Meetings must be organized. These meetings not only remind them the importance of the safe workplace but it will also help them in raising their morale. The real challenge of safety meetings is that the information, by its very mature, is replicated many times, so a long term employees has heard it all before. There is a great assessment of risk in physically demanding jobs, complexity leads to accidents. When the organizer turns the safety meeting into real meant of safety and the relevant information is being shared around, ideas and suggestions are being shared, workers are realizing the importance of safety, then he has done his job perfectly and the basic purpose of safety meeting is being achieved by him/her.

The Top Four Factors of Workplace Safety!

When it is about the safety of the workplace then so many things come up in the mind but the under-mention factors are the most important factors on which the workplace safety depends:

• Business Owner / Project Manger
• Safety Trainer
• Workers
• Safety Equipment

Business Owner / Project Manger :

first thing comes first, its the business operates who holds the main string of his/her workplace safety. An efficient owner cares as much about the safety of the workplace as much he is concern about the promotion of the business. The reason is, proper workplace safety will help him to escape from OSHA, reduce the workplace injuries, growth in work output and also it will help in the development of good will and cost effective production (the other factor of the workplace safety).

Safety Trainer:

safety trainer also play a very important role in the maintenance of workplace safety. Though it depends upon the owner that to whom he/she going to pick up for the training of their workers and an efficient safety trainer is the one who not only train the workers about what to do as an accident happen and also how to handle the safety equipments? But he is the one who amend the behavior of the workers too. Because workplace safety is mostly disturbed by the non serious behavior of the workers.

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Some of the key factors that are directly connected with the Workplace Safety

Though the business entities are under the direct influence of OSHA but you are not suppose to maintain the workplace safety only for the OSHA inspectors. OSHA is not only working of the workers but if you try to figure out then you will come to know that the rules and regulations of OSHA are superbly for the betterment of the business as well. Like if there is a breach in the safety policy of your business then accident would be a regular part of the business place and believe it or not they worth more than what an insurance company pays to you. Some of the key factors that are directly connected with the Workplace Safety are:

• A penalty could be imposed by OSHA.
• Loss in the goodwill of the business.
• Trust of the workers.
• Drainage of workers.
• Raise in cost of projects.
• Delay in completion of projects.
• Difficulty in finding trained workers at adequate cost.
• Extra expenses on medication of workers and fixture of workplace.
• The most severe scenario is, when a work dies because of an accident

Safety Training is the only solution that can drive you out through is grim mess of workplace safety issues and you don't need to worry about OSHA penalties as your workers would be trained by some professional and so on.