Occupational Health & Safety: By creating and nurturing a culture of safety, companies not only can prevent workers' injuries and illnesses, but also reduce the high costs associated with worker's compensation and increased insurance premiums, thus improving the bottom line. A rigorous, comprehensive safety program, endorsed by management and employees alike and assessed by third-party experts, can help organizations achieve constant, continuous improvement.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Caring for Your Greatest Asset
Occupational Health & Safety: By creating and nurturing a culture of safety, companies not only can prevent workers' injuries and illnesses, but also reduce the high costs associated with worker's compensation and increased insurance premiums, thus improving the bottom line. A rigorous, comprehensive safety program, endorsed by management and employees alike and assessed by third-party experts, can help organizations achieve constant, continuous improvement.
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This article brings up a great point that we need a standard safety operating procedures. If you have standard operating procedure written down there is no excuse for breaking the rules. Also enforcement is key to any safety plan. At an academic institution enforcement can be a problem because the punishments are limited for non compliance. Safety is something that can be easily overlooked and it is paramount that we maintain as safe of an environment as possible. One element of safety that is also a major problem here is sleep deprivation. While late nights are needed to keep up with class loads sleep deprivation causes problems and could hurt a lot of people.
This article is relevant to CMU students this week in particular, because it hits on a handful of safety issues that present themselves on Carnival. As the article mentioned, a lot of people, in our case booth organizations, have their eye on the prize when conducting potentially dangerous tasks, negating relatively simple ways of implementing safety measures. The lack of non-biased safety overseers compounds the hazards. Well there has been a significant decrease in injuries over the past several years, there are simple methodologies to put in place to ensure a safe workspace.
Of course I have considered that an injury in the work place can have financial implications. But I have never really thought in depth about the fact that after an injury has been dealt with the worker will operate at a lower capacity and that the company will be viewed internally and externally as unsafe. Safety is really important for an organizations ability to function, no one should come to work and have to put themselves into an unsafe situation. Also safety should be something that no one questions, if management and an outside representative have agreed that regulations are important then workers should implement them with out any questions. Also if a worker feels unsafe management should be doing anything in their power to make sure that they are providing an environment where people feel safe enough to work.
This sounds like the lecture we got at the beginning of the year regarding theater safety. It's a great thing that there are safety precautions that everyone must adhere to, and of course with that means saving money where you don't need to spend it. I think the other biggest thing that will keep people safe and prevent financial hardships is basic common sense. A rolling chair is not a ladder. Hot thing are hot. Sharp things are sharp. All in all, the fact that management takes these safety precautions seriously makes everyone feel safer and more willing to work.
Being in theater, safety will be an important aspect of my joy on a daily basis. For one, if I get hurt, I can not do my job and second, I will lose my earning capacity. If I were to get hurt badly enough, it could effect my entire career. So, I, of course, am in great favor of this articles recommendations. Being aware of being safe is the most important thing. Don't take short cuts to get the job done if it interferes with safety. Your mistakes could effect others. I've had my share of accidents but I have never repeated them. If everyone involved is on the same page, everyone will benefit on the long run.
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