All company owners are legally obliged to provide safe and healthy
working conditions to their employees. This means that your workers must
be properly trained how to work safely and how to reduce the risk of
work-related accidents. They should be also provided with the proper
workplace facilities and personal safety tools, gears, manuals and
whatever it is necessary to help them prevent injury in your company. It
is in everyone’s interest that no one gets hurt in your company,
especially yours no matter if you are running a large or small
manufacturing business.
Work-related accidents that occur due to improper safety standards
can be devastating for all manufacturers, especially the smaller ones.
Accidents at workplace that occur because the management has failed to
assure the basic safety standards do not only result in injury lawsuits
that cannot end well for the company owner but also damage the company’s
reputation. And when you get a bad reputation, you may face
difficulties finding a qualified workforce because no one wants to work
in unsafe working conditions. What is more, the customers tend to react
to reports of injuries at workplace too and may intentionally choose the
products from the competition that does not have any problems providing
safe and healthy working conditions to its employees.
The above mentioned effects of improper safety standards are very
rare, however, they are not impossible. Nevertheless, even minor
injuries can be very costly for the manufacturing business. A pair of
hands less to work is the immediate effect of every injury which in turn
almost always results in lower productivity because most manufacturers
cannot afford to have a few extra employees just in case if someone gets
hurt. In addition, there are always people who will take advantage of a
minor injury at workplace and turn it into a vacation. And the more the
employees are getting injured at their workplace the lesser the
productivity and subsequently the profits, not to mention that higher
number of accidents automatically results in higher insurance premiums.
As you see, you do not want your employees injuring themselves at
their workplace for both moral and financial reasons. You should
therefore make sure that your company meets all the safety standards and
make any additional safety improvements in order to reduce the risk of
injury of your employees. By doing everything you can to help your
employees to preserve their health and reduce the risk of work-related
accidents, you will not only reduce the expenses of absence from work
but you will also increase productivity both directly and indirectly.
Studies show that low number of workplace accidents are closely related
to satisfaction at workplace, while satisfied workers are always more
productive than those who are unsatisfied, or even worse suffering from
occupational health problems. What is more, satisfied workers and good
workplace safety measures will help you build a positive reputation
which in turn will help you increase your sales and attract the best
workers.
sumber : http://www.manufacturingadvice.org.uk/workplace-safety.html
