Safety in the Workplace

Overview:

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.

What Will Students Learn?:

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 Topics are Covered?:

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

What’s Included?: Instruction by an expert facilitator, small interactive classes, manual & course materials and certificate