It’s funny in a way. People just don’t expect to get hurt or injured and they’re honestly surprised when they do.
You know, if you’ve been involved in safety training and assessment for very long, that it’s inevitable that accidents will happen. It doesn’t matter how prepared or trained one might be, or if all the right equipment is being used. You can have all the right manuals with the most polished safety plan in a beautiful binder.
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Read More...With the current economy in turmoil, companies are cutting expenses and tightening budgets across the board. Safety programs are certainly not immune from these cutbacks but there are things you can do as a safety trainer to keep from getting the dreaded axe.
When times get tight, there’s no question that a lot of programs within a company can be greatly affected. Some are trimmed down, and some are dropped outright if they don’t appear to help the bottom line of profits and loss in a clear and direct way.
For some executives, safety training can fall into this grey area of necessity and value and it’s often one of the programs with a bullseye on it. But cutting safety programs can be a risky venture.
Being a safety professional, you know perhaps better than anyone, that with the upset in the economy, the threat of job loss, and other distractions, a worker’s ability to stay focused is greatly challenged. Simply put, workers get distracted with all of this chaos around them and distractions often result in accidents.
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