Thursday, September 24, 2009

Emphasizing Workplace Safety and Health

Emphasizing Workplace Safety and Health

Why should we emphasize workplace safety and health?

Simple, it keeps people safe and healthful, and it decreases the long-term costs of doing business. But make sure your company is emphasizing accident prevention rather than loss control. Accident prevention is a proactive approach while loss control tends to be much more reactive.


In safety and health, you can pay now or pay later. It's smart to pay for safety and health before an accident occurs. For every proactive peso spent preventing workplace accidents, many more are saved in direct/indirect accident costs.


For every reactive peso spent on the direct costs of a worker's injury or illness, much more is spent to cover the indirect and unknown costs associated with the injury or illness. Read more on direct, indirect and unknown accident costs on my upcoming entries.

Lastly, tell your friends about this Cagayan de Oro Safety and Health network and you can also give your inputs and comments.

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