How to Sell Your Boss on Safety

Management

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The Challenge• Success in safety is an absence of injuries, illnesses, lost

time and claims payouts• It can be tough to sell reductions in negatives compared to

increases in positives• Management teams will need to see clear proof that safety

program investments will improve their business

Worker Productivity• Your employees will

accomplish tasks as fast as they safely can

• Equipment and procedural changes that make a task safer can also make it faster and more efficient

• Workers who feel physically safe on the job are more likely to stay, in turn reducing training and hiring costs

Worker Safety• Bottom line benefits are important, but safety managers

and executives do care about worker safety• Argue from the “people” side of things as well as the

financial side• Decision makers want to believe their investments will

improve a company's finances and safety and job satisfaction among employees

Lost Time• Almost every injury leads to lost production time and

increased costs• Production lines must be temporarily shut down, injured

employees must take time away from work, and administrators have to record and report each incident

• With incident investigation and reporting software, you can track years' worth of accident data, calculate the costs in time, and explain the bottom line benefits of safety programs in concrete terms

Workers’ Compensation Costs• Fewer injuries means fewer workers' compensation claims

and lower related costs• According to a study by Safety and Health Magazine, 2012

injuries cost an average of $1,400 per injured worker. This figure takes into account the additional hours other employees must work to offset the loss in productivity

• Each medically consulted injury in 2012 also cost $39,000 in wage losses, medical expenses, administrative costs and employer costs

• Studies have shown there’s a return of $2 to $6 for every dollar spent on injury prevention, according to the National Safety Council

Efficiency• Rigorous process safety

management eliminates dangerous options for accomplishing tasks

• Having few viable options for completing each task allows for clear directions for each employee

• Overall, stringent safety policies lead to more efficient work procedures

Delegation of Administrative Responsibilities

• Efficient work processes save employees' time and allow you to delegate safety-related responsibilities to other workers

Delegated responsibilities include:• Completing audits• Reviewing material safety data sheets• Incident reporting• Reviewing OSHA compliance and

obligations

Company-wide Buy-in• Investments in safety programs have a positive ripple effect

throughout a company• More efficient work processes allow workers to become

more involved in safety management themselves• Employees then take on more appreciation and interest in

safety policies, the workplace becomes safer, and accident related costs decrease even more

About BasicSafeBasicSafe is an internet based integrated approach to managing

safe work cultures and compliance with regulatory requirements. Extensive programming based on proven safety methodologies that target employee training and information

access are the backbone of the BasicSafe suite.

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