Course Description
Is your company a safe place to work? How do you know?
Did you know that OSHA has established benchmarks for each industry? These benchmarks allow OSHA to measure your organizations safety record against the national average for your industry. If you exceed that national average, expect a visit from your local OSHA office!
The good news is that you can proactively measure your safety record and take steps to improve it as necessary!
Learning Objectives:
- Get management "buy-in" by communicating your safety programs "ROI"
- How your workers comp costs can be reduced by a establishing your safety program
- How OSHA established your injury benchmark
- How to set realistic and attainable safety goals that encourage compliance
- Using a safety committee to keep your injury goals on track
- The dangers of implementing a safety incentive program
- How to measure your company's injury rate
Brief SummaryReducing costs, improving morale, avoiding fines, increase productivity – these are just a few of the benefits of safety benchmarking and effective goal setting.
By attending this sixty minute webinar, you’ll learn how to easily establish safety related goals that will save your company money and most importantly – keep your employees safe!
About Your Presenter:
David A. Casavant, CFM is Executive Director of the Workplace Safety Awareness Council, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to keeping America’s workforce safe.
He is a certified BOMI instructor and OSHA 501 trainer. He has been a featured speaker at World WorkPlace, American Management Association, Rockhurst University, Buildings magazine, NeoCon, and the NFM&T conference in addition to dozens of corporate clients each year.
In an average year Mr. Casavant speaks to over 2,000 health & safety and human resource professionals in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Continuing Education CreditsThis audio conference is approved for 1.5 hours of HRCI credit.
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.