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The Journey to Safety Excellence
Safety is a Journey. Companies that care join the Journey to Safety Excellence to keep their most
important asset their employees safe.
The Human Toll

Nearly 11
American workers Christopher, 22, died
die on the job when a crane fell on
each day. him. 120
Teresa, 42, died while 80

working in extreme heat.
60
40
John, 56, 20
died after
being struck 0
by metal -20
doors.
Thats about
4,000 a year.
Nearly 12,900 U.S. workers are injured 53,000 427,000
on the job each dayabout estimated fatal workplace estimated non-fatal workplace
4,700,000 a year. illnesses each year illnesses each year
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free safety tools and resources.
2016 National Safety Council
Sources: American Journal of Industrial Medicine Injury Facts, 2016
Edition IRSAL Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Journal of Organizational Behavior Management Liberty Mutual Chief
Financial Officer Survey OSHA Professional Safety The Milbank
Quarterly Towers Perrin Report
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The Financial Impact

$140 billion
Total economic cost of worker injury and death, including:
$45.7 billion
Wage and productivity losses
$44.7 billion
Administrative expenses
$31.7 billion
Medical costs
$46 billion
Estimated cost of fatal workplace illnesses
$12 billion
Estimated cost of nonfatal workplace illnesses
SAFETY MAKES CENTS
$1.42 4:1
$39,000 million
Possible savings for Save an additional $4 of
each avoided medically Possible savings for each indirect incident cost for
consulted injury avoided occupational fatality every $1 in direct costs

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Guide for the Journey
The Journey is a quest for

continuous improvement and a WHERE ARE YOU NOW,
safeguard against the trap of AND WHERE DO YOU
complacency. It helps you WANT TO BE?
answer KEY QUESTIONS.
HOW DO YOU MANAGE

YOUR IMPROVEMENT HOW DO YOU MOVE
AND MEASURE YOUR FORWARD?
PROGRESS?

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1 Leadership + Employee Engagement =

Increased Safety Culture and
Leadership Lower Injury and Illness Rates
and Employee
Engagement
Organizations with high employee engagement outperform
Leaders create a safety culture those with less-engaged employees in 3 areas:
when they engage all
employees, communicate a
safety vision from the top down,
model safe practices, and invest
time and money in safety. Operating Net income Earnings
income growth per share
KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE:
Improves Increases
Reduces
morale productivity
cost

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2
Safety SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CAN:
Management
Systems Reduce injuries by
15%-35%
A strong safety management system
(also known as an injury and illness
prevention program) comprises a set $2-$6
of processes and tasks to ensure Possible return for every
safety goals are met. $1 invested in safety
Management
held Safety
becomes part Reduced
accountable for
of everyday injuries and
safety vision
operations deaths

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3 Any working environment can be made safer

through a variety of means, including:
Risk
Reduction
Root cause investigation
Risk will always be present in the Hazard recognition and remediation Job redesign
workplace, but employers
and employees can work
together to reduce it by
paying attention and
establishing best practices.
Those who work to continually The average cost of a minor The average cost of a very
reduce risk will outperform incident is 16 times higher than serious or fatal incident is 48
those who do not. the cost of the preventive measure. times higher than the cost
of the preventive measure.
RESEARCH SHOWS:
Ergonomic interventions 24/7 safety promotion is Promoting wellness can
can provide a $10 return vital; 14 times more provide $1.65 savings
for every $1 invested. employees are killed off the job. for every $1 spent.
Prevention of Everyone
injury, illness Reduced engaged
and death costs in safety

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4
Performance Companies that participate in voluntary safety
Measurement performance measurement programs (such as
the OSHAs Voluntary Protection Programs) show:
Knowing how a safety program

performs today will help foster
52% 80% 87%
decrease in decrease in decrease in
improvements in the future.
number of average claim average lost time
claims cost per claim

Remember,
the Journey
never ends. Repeat the
cycle to
continuously
improve.
Starting point Benchmarking Areas for
measured to set allows improvement
baseline comparisons to highlighted
other companies

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The Journey to Safety Excellence

The Human Toll

Teresa, 42, died while 80

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The Financial Impact

SAFETY MAKES CENTS

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Guide for the Journey

The Journey is a quest for

HOW DO YOU MANAGE

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1 Leadership + Employee Engagement =

KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE:

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KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE:

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3 Any working environment can be made safer

KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE:

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Knowing how a safety program

KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE:

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