There are millions
of dollars spent each year on the best training, communications the best engineers,
technicians, and safety specialists to keep people safe in the workplace and at
home.
The Bureau of
Labor Statistics shows that the rate of incidents of accidents in private
industry has decreased each year from 2003.
However in 2015 we still had over 2.9 million non-fatal accidents…a rate
of 3.0 cases for every 100 full time workers.
4,836 workers were killed on
the job in 2015, more than 93 a week or more than 13 deaths every day.
Why? Many would argue that a significant
proportion of accidents are primarily caused by the behavior of the
individual. If so, all the training and
best safety programs in the world won’t change that. If this is a behavioral
issue, than wouldn’t using tools that change behavior be an important
consideration?
What can help
is using safety award systems that reinforce positive safety behaviors. They
have been proven to be effective, can be incorporated into your safety culture
at a fraction of the cost of training, are easy to begin, but are programs that
need to be sustained for the best results. Reinforcing positive safe behaviors
takes time do well, time that is often in short supply with safety
professionals.
There have
been many articles written on the subject of changing behavior; click here for
one a short one that might be of interest.
For more
information on AwardSafety products or services or other white papers please
contact us at awardsafetyinfo@cox.net
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