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April 19, 2005
Training = Profit and Fewer Workplace Injuries
By investing a small amount by training employees, companies can see increased profits and decreased workplace injuries.
Abbotsford, BC (PRWEB) April 18, 2005 -- Employers would have to agree that two most important factors in the workplace are increased profits and decreased workplace injuries. ”95% of business executives report that workplace safety positively influences the company’s bottom line”.* Kent O’Sullivan, a Certified Master Instructor with the Columbia Compliance Group, agrees that only “through efficient and professionally delivered classroom and hands-on training can an employer substantially reduce workplace injuries and equipment/material damage”.
O’Sullivan has been providing mobile equipment training across North America for over six years and has seen the effects of inadequate training (damage to equipment and work placed related injuries). One of the main reasons O’Sullivan founded the Abbotsford business, Columbia Compliance Group, was to “help educate employers to ensure that their employees were making it home safely each day”. Employers agree that they see a relationship between the direct and indirect cost of employee injuries and executives state that their companies receive a “return of $3 or more for every $1 invested in improving workplace safety” *.
WCB (Workers Compensation Board of BC) regulations state that “operators must be trained by someone who has the knowledge, training, and experience necessary to assess an individual’s competency”. Mobile equipment training is also mandatory in the USA under guidelines laid out by OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration). Columbia Compliance Group (a current member of the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce), feel that many employers still do not understand their responsibilities with regards to the federal, provincial, and/or state regulatory requirements for training of mobile equipment operators. O’Sullivan has developed a website www.columbiatraining.com with links to all the regulatory bodies throughout North America to help local and international employers become informed about these changing requirements and offers cost effective training solutions to help keep them compliant and their workers safe. Columbia Compliance Group also has produced a quarterly safety newsletter, “Forks Up”, which will be in its first publication later this month.
According to NIOSH, “ 70% of all compensable incidents are due to the lack of or improper training”. With training, Kent O’Sullivan states that there would be “less downtime, limited material and equipment damage, increased productivity, and fewer workplace related injuries”. An employer can increase their profits and limit downtime by providing the necessary training!
* Statistics from Liberty Mutual
For further information:
Kent O’Sullivan Phone 604-854-1991
Toll free: 1-888-95-TRAIN
Columbia Compliance Group
“Leaders in Mobile Equipment Training and Publications”
www.columbiatraining.com
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Posted by Industrial-Manufacturing at April 19, 2005 03:44 AM