Safety

Safe & Engaged Employees

One injury is too many.  No one wants to see another person hurt. The pain and cost of the injury extends beyond the affected individual into emotional and economic consequences for family, friends, and co-workers.  So it’s not just about numbers, but the numbers are important.

A safety program is a great investment. One study shows that for every $1 invested in safety programs, the savings range between $3 and $6. A disabling injury costs a company $39,000.  Furthermore, each worker must produce $1,100 in goods and services to offset the cost of work injuries.  For a typical Fortune 500 company, this means that the there are tens of millions of dollars to be saved by reducing injuries in the workplace.  In addition to these savings, the corresponding increase in employee engagement will also drive millions of dollars worth of productivity and customer satisfaction.

What are you doing to ensure safety is embedded in the culture of your organization? Is your current safety program performing to your expectations?

Clear Benefits of Safety

Successfully integrating safety and moving from safety programs to a safety culture will lead to

• Fewer accidents and injuries
• Lower insurance premiums
• Greater employee productivity and retention
• Higher employee engagement

Beyond Safety Programs

You want your employees to do the right thing at the right time for the right reason, even when no one else is looking.  And that’s how CSI defines employee engagement. Safety performance and safety programs require more than motivational posters and awards for key safety milestones. A safety culture is developed and supported by leadership, recognition practices, clear & consistent communication, and engaged employees.

Like many other aspects of company culture, safety is a leadership issue.  Do leaders have the knowledge about safety to effectively communicate the vision?  Have leaders developed the skills related to safe work practices to lead by example and to identify & reward the right behaviors as safe behaviors?  And do leaders know how to recognize and reward employees in meaningful ways that demonstrate that each person matters to the organization? The CSI Layered Learning model focuses on application and reinforcement of leadership and safety-related information with built in measurement and tracking. Individuals engage in a process of learning and applying new behaviors in no more than 15-20 minutes per week.  And safety is reinforced by its integration with the recognition program and the overall employee engagement process.

Recognition practices also contribute to a culture of safety.  CSI offers a comprehensive approach to recognition.  Supported by our advanced performance technology (SaaS – Software as a Service), CSI can deliver a results-oriented approach that incorporates on-the-spot, peer-to-peer and manager-to-employee recognition of safe behaviors, safety milestones, and any other critical metric for your organization.

Raising awareness of safety through clear & consistent communication is another critical component of a safety culture.  And when informed leaders and co-workers (who’ve been proactively reinforced for safe behaviors) deliver the message, it sticks.  An engaged workforce is the result of learning, recognition, and culture.

Safety Culture

Speak with our safety and engagement experts and transform your safety program into a safety culture driven by employee engagement.

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