Saturday, February 23, 2013
OSHA’s Warning on Safety Incentive Programs Are Wide of the Mark
OSHA content from EHS Today: Some good-faith efforts by employers to motivate employees to work safely are running afoul of OSHA, which believes that rewards like a pizza party to celebrate a safety milestone actually may provide a disincentive for employees to report injuries. However, in an attempt to clarify its position, OSHA has cast a net that is too wide and only will lead to confusion over how a company may use incentives to motivate workers.
I am not in any way suggesting that companies cover up injuries or punish employees who report them. Nor do I believe that safety incentive programs really work. (More on that in a bit.) But companies that choose to use those programs in good faith deserve better guidance from OSHA.
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I can totally see having a prize for having a "safer" work place would cause people to not report their injuries. I think that it will take more then just reminding them that they have loved ones at home and that they need to be safe in order to go home to them. I dont think that will work when people are rushing to get their work done so that they can make things like their children's games. I do think it starts with management to make safer work environments.
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