The Ripple Effect Of Safety

Preventing injuries and working safely is what we strive for as a company. Not often enough do we discuss the impacts that an incident can have on the company. Yes, the individual’s family and friends will feel the impacts directly from the incident but there can be a ripple effect that reaches far beyond this.

Let’s think more in depth about how the ripple effect of safety occurs…

Say one of your workers is speeding and a deer runs onto the highway. The worker swerves to avoid the deer but ends up causing a collision with an oncoming car. The family inside the oncoming car are hospitalized with serious injuries.

As we know that the worker will experience consequences from the collision based on their carelessness on the road, but their actions will also cause a ripple effect in the company.

Tips to Create a Positive Ripple Effect

Educate your workers to not take shortcuts.

• It’s not worth it to put yourself and your company in jeopardy.

Represent yourself in the required apparel for the location.

• If the manager goes into the back shop wearing the proper PPE… your workers will subconsciously follow your direction.

Create a positive work environment.

• If an employee is unhappy, it may cause them to practice unsafe behaviors.

Complete your toolbox talks regularly.

• Great tools to inform employees on the latest safety information.