The beginning of a new year is an excellent time to whip your safety and health program into shape. Here are three high-value initiatives to help you protect workers and avoid health and safety citations while cutting the expense and effort associated with illness and injury:
- Encourage Involvement: Employees know your workplace best and know what’s needed to make it safer. Encourage employees to get involved by serving on committees, analyzing new equipment and processes, and reviewing site safety and health rules.
- Strengthen HazCom: While most employers are familiar with the Cal-OSHA hazard communication regulation, they too often fail to follow the rules fully. For details, check out the Cal/OSHA “Guide to California Hazard Communication Regulation”.
- Energize Accident Investigation: When an accident occurs, prompt response is critical. Make sure you have an effective system in place for gathering all the relevant information, determining causes or contributing factors, conducting a post-accident briefing, and preparing a summary report with recommendations to prevent a recurrence.
Join us this fall in San Francisco for the California Employment Law Update conference, a 3-day event that will teach you everything you need to know about new laws and regulations, and your compliance obligations, for the year ahead—it’s one-stop shopping at its best.
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