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Health and Safety is a waste of time? How do you figure? Because it takes away from the hours spent checking facebook, texting, or just pure wasting time. Much more can be done with the Health and Safety programs in this country. This is evident. Why would the companies with more than 10 employees ,or whatever it is, really want to invest any of their other possible cash flows into the programs that benfit your Health and Safety. Not the company’s Health and Safety. I know what you are saying, “Thats not what I meant”.. (by saying Health and Safety is a waste of time), well I do not mean to point this gun at anyone, but when Health and Safety experts appear to not be getting through to the employees, then there must be a solution.
Some of these solutions were weekly meetings, morning emails, and possible flyers being sent quarterly. Whenever there is a case where employees dread a Health and Safety topic, we as an industrial community miss a step. Obviously, this does not refer to office workers or trade with minimal effort and agility. This will most likely refer more to the manufacturing, industrial and development sectors of the US economy.
All I am saying is that how can we continue an attitude of “it is a waste of time” when we have injuries that change lives. Many solutions may exist to such an overburdence of apathy but it usually only takes some motivation or encouragement. People liked to be listened to and made apart of the conversation. If you can motivate your employees to do good work, then your bottom line (or critical paths) will be straight and narrow.
