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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