How can I get employees to actively think about safety at work to lower workers comp. or patient accidents?

Answer 1

Contact your insurance agent and ask to have the insurance company to make a visit to your workplace, it's best if they send a risk control specialist and a claims adjuster. They can help you establish better safety regulations and help you figure out ways to enforce them. The most important thing is that you post the safety regulations in many places and make sure the employees know about them. Back injuries are the worst, so make sure you have set and safe procedures for lifting. In some states, if the employee is hurt and knowingly violated a safety rule, the claim can be denied (so it won't really affect your e mod). Also, make sure that you are established as a drug-free workplace. Then if an employee is injured, make sure the treatment center does a post-accident drug screen. If the employee tests postive for anything, some states allow the claim to be denied or benefits reduced. Make sure that the employees know that not only will their claims possibly be denied for violating the safety regulations or the drug-free policy, their employment will also be terminated. Make sure that you go the extra mile when it comes to safety equiptment. I'm not sure what type of business it is, but this can really help prevent or lessen the damage of accidents. If you do not have a set treatment center for employees to go, contact your insurance company and ask for suggestions, many times the insurance company will have contracts with some treatment centers and that will lower the cost of the claim. Send your employees to a treatment center that regularly handles work comp claims, such as an occupational clinic. It is also very important to know the laws in your state, check out www.workerscompensation.com, this is a really great resource and can help you better understand work comp.

I also think that ifyouonlyknew's idea of rewarding the employee's for keeping the place accident-free is a good idea. I've seen some employers do things like give out t-shirts or have a free lunch for all of their employees if they go so many months without an accident. The cost-effectiveness of this really depends on how many employees you have though and how high your premiums are.

Good luck and I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Let it be known that those who do not follow the proper saftey rules will notice when it is time for their raises or bonuses and those that do will be very pleased with theirs. Of start a safest employee of the month thing where the winner will get an extra 1/2 hour for lunch 2 times during the month or even just once a month on the day they are chosen or some kind of something . or for each week or month that an employee has been noticably using safety precautions they this sounds stupid but will recieve a star and once they have earned so many stars they get some kind of a bonus or something like a coupon for a free lunch or dinner something that will make the employee happy that they won something and their extra use of caution has been noticed and apreciated but something that only costs a fraction of what you would of paid on the workers comp. Everyone likes feeling like their extra effort at something is appriciated especially if it is helping to save the company money.

Answer 3

Put safety measures/rules into the employee manual/handout. Most companies have written employee manuals which the employees must follow - if they don't follow it, they can be fired to violating company policies. In my office, the first incident gets you a verbal warning, then 2 written warnings, then after that, you can be fired.

Also, many companies also offer lunchtime or off-hours seminars. You can offer to pay workers for 30 minutes of overtime, etc. just for attending a workplace seminar about safety, etc. And afterwards, you can make them sign a letter stasting that they attended the seminar and understand the safety procedures discussed, etc.

Answer 4

Repetition. If it's a dangerous job, you need to have regular safety meetings and show videos to new employees. On the rigs, they have a safety meeting before every shift, and employees have to sign a book saying they partook in the meeting. Repetition is the best way to learn anything.