How Do You Create Safety Rules For The Workplace?
Workplace safety is critical to every business. Your employees need the assurance that you care for their well-being. Their well-being is important, but injuries also cost employers. PBS’s “Frontline” reported that all costs associated with injuries were estimated to equal 3 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and that indirect costs of lost wages and fringe benefits were estimated to be $103.7 billion. Every dollar counts when you’re running a business, so safety rules can help you avoid losing money and time to employee injuries. Create a formal list of all of your current safety rules. For example, employees must wear steel-toed shoes, hard hats and protective eyewear, and they must dispose of chemicals in the prescribed manner. Investigate the existence of safety rules specific to your industry. You may have chemicals to handle, to store and eventually to eliminate. Match your company’s rules to the industry requirements. Walk around your business, and look for places
