Tips for Improving Safety in the Workplace

In 2019, Texas work-related fatalities shot up by 25%, as the number of deaths increased from 488 in 2018 to 608 in 2019. 

How can your organization successfully improve its safety performance? Well, thanks to a blog from J. J. Keller, we have just the steps for you and your organization to implement in the workplace. 

To put it simply, improving safety does not just happen overnight. Before you can trust your process, you have to establish one first. 

Identify the glaring safety problems in your workplace and commit to fixing them. 

• This will take time, as it is a true commitment to resolving an issue. Doing the bare minimum to fix them will only bring minimum results. By investing time, money, and resources into fixing your glaring issues, your process is created.  

Prioritize certain aspects.  

• This can stem from the step above, but your process must highlight common areas where safety issues arise. However, be sure to analyze the cost, time, and resources needed to resolve certain issues. Some will come at a higher cost and take more time than others.

Now that you have identified the key problems and areas, implement your plan. 

• Make sure that your team and workers are up to speed and understand how vital this safety plan is to your organization and the safety of its workers. Holding others accountable is critical.

Track progress and set benchmarks. 

• Now that your plan is in place, regularly tracking its effectiveness and looking for areas of improvement will ensure that your process is monitored and working. Additionally, setting benchmarks for goals helps you keep track of future goals. The timeframe for future metrics should be within a year or less so that resources or work performance is not delayed or altered.  

Just creating the plan is not enough, by implementing your plan and regularly managing its success, your organization can improve its safety performance and keep workers out of harm’s reach.

For more information, view the original blog for J. J. Keller. 

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