| How do you answer a question from a safety | | | | knows your company better than you). Further |
| inspector such as "Where is your health and | | | | ABB Safety Net will research requirements for |
| safety program manual?" or "Where is the safety | | | | your region to make your program comply with |
| documentation on this injured worker?" Don't | | | | legal requirements such as: "do you need a formal |
| know. Well, a safety inspector might answer you | | | | committee?", "need first aid training?", "what |
| with a fine or even jail time for a business owner | | | | needs to be posted?", or even being "certified?" |
| and manager. Recently a fine was issued for | | | | Now, the written plan is ready what's next? You |
| $70,000 to a greeting card shop's owner. The | | | | must live and maintain the plan. Documentation is |
| greeting card shop had no health and safety plan | | | | everything for your and your employee's |
| in place and had no formal safety training for | | | | protection. ABB Safety Net will provide an |
| employees. The employee was changing a simple | | | | employee's safety manual and a form to sign. |
| light bulb and fell from a step stool. The employee | | | | ABB Safety Net will also provide simple forms for |
| was stepping on the top step marked "not a | | | | daily start-ups, monthly walk-throughs, quarterly |
| step" and lost her balance and fell to the floor. | | | | meetings, and annual meetings. To aid in |
| The solution is simple-to have step stools high | | | | maintenance for your health and safety plan, ABB |
| enough to reach the light. A simple procedure on | | | | Safety Net will e-mail these forms as a reminder |
| how to use and a signed training record would | | | | of the occurrences when they are due. ABB |
| have prevented the fine and possibly the accident | | | | Safety Net will even e-mail a random fire drill to |
| in the first place. | | | | test for fire safety. |
| Setting a health and safety program, besides | | | | What happens when an accident does occur? |
| being required by law, in place will reduce costs. | | | | With a working plan in place you will have all |
| Having this program in place will reduce accidents | | | | needed forms and you will have all documentation |
| and will lead to lower company worker's insurance | | | | in place. You will even have an investigation |
| premiums. The average claim for an injured | | | | procedure in place to aid in preventing the |
| worker is $68,000 that is billed to the company. | | | | accident from occurring again. Just as in the |
| A working program will: | | | | greeting shop, an investigation would have taken |
| 1) Improve employee morale-shows care in their | | | | place by you and not by the safety inspector. |
| well being | | | | You would have come to the conclusion first and |
| 2) Reduce revenue loses-fewer accidents keeps | | | | would have the report ready before the safety |
| employees working and reduces insurance | | | | inspector stopped by. |
| premiums and also can lead to rebates on | | | | Now, how would you answer these questions |
| insurance | | | | from a safety inspector "Where is your health |
| 3) Give a boost to the customer-having fewer | | | | and safety plan?" "Here is our plan that we are |
| accidents means all employees are available for | | | | very proud of and our accident rate has almost |
| work | | | | become zero." "Where is the safety |
| Writing a health and safety program is a huge and | | | | documentation of this injured worker?" "Here is all |
| frustrating task. Where to start? ABB Safety Net | | | | of the safety documentation of training. It was a |
| can help. ABB Safety Net will a written plan with | | | | misfortune that this accident did occur. Here is our |
| your company's name for your company. | | | | accident investigation report and our conclusions |
| Secondly ABB Safety Net will provide a self | | | | on how to prevent this from occurring again. |
| hazard assessment for your company (nobody | | | | |