Safety in the Workplace

Workplace accidents and injuries cost corporations millions of dollars and thousands of hours lost every year. They also have a profound, often lifelong impact on workers. Introducing a safety culture into your organization, where safety is valued as an integral part of the business’ operation, not only saves the business time and money, it also builds a committed, loyal, healthy workforce. This one-day workshop will give you the foundation to start building your safety culture.

How You will Benefit

• Understand the difference between a safety program and a safety culture
  
• Have some resources to help you understand the regulations in your area
  
• Be able to launch a safety committee
  
• Understand how to identify hazards and reduce them
  
• Know some hiring measures that can improve safety
  
• Understand what a safety training program will involve
  
• Be able to identify groups particularly at risk for injury and know how to protect them
  
• Be able to help your organization write, implement, and review a safety plan
  
• Be better able to respond to incidents and near misses
  
• Understand the basics of accident investigation and documentation
  

What You Will Cover

• Defining a safety culture
  
• Governing bodies and resources
  
• Starting a safety committee
  
• Identifying and resolving hazards
  
• Taking proactive measures
  
• Identifying groups at risk
  
• Writing a safety plan
  
• Implementing the plan
  
• Incident management
  
• Reviewing the program