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When you own or run a business, ensuring the safety of your workplace and employees is a top priority. Improving safety at your business is one way to help mitigate risk and provide a positive workplace environment for your employees. Forming a safety committee at your organization can help you reduce the likelihood of on-the-job accidents, injuries, and illnesses.

I just returned from the American Society of Safety Professional’s (ASSP) annual conference in New Orleans. It was a massive event with over 5,000 people in attendance. The conference included a great exhibit hall with 200+ exhibitors from around the globe. The speakers and breakout sessions were great, which brings me to the reason for this blog post.

By nature, managing and working on a construction site can be risky business. The combination of heavy equipment, loud noises from said equipment, and just the general nature of the work, construction can be one of the most hazardous industries. Ensuring your construction worksites are safe is critical to the health of both your employees, your reputation, and your bottom line. While there's no perfect formula to avoid accidents, simply because humans are by nature imperfect, there are programs and steps you can implement to increase job site safety.

It’s not uncommon for employers to operate under the notion that they are complying with the law when it comes to workplace policies and procedures. Nowadays, a greater number of businesses are out of compliance, unbeknownst to them. With an increasing number of discrimination and harassment lawsuits, employers everywhere need to take action to protect themselves and their business.

If you are, or ever were, a fan of playing video games, then you may understand the thrill of jumping over buildings, tumbling down mountains, falling off of cliffs, and driving cars at high speeds through pedestrian-filled sidewalks with no consequences in the digital world. 

However, as someone in the business world, you know that workplace injuries and fatalities are real events that can't be eradicated by just pushing a button to restart the game or go back to level one.

As a business owner, you have a lot of responsibilities. One of these responsibilities is to protect your company against potential personal injury awards and associated litigation costs arising from claims filed by employees alleging that you or an employee hired by your company negligently injured them while they worked within the scope of employment with your company. 

When you own or run a business, of course ensuring the safety of your workplace and employees is a top priority. Luckily, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provide regulations and guidelines to ensure the safety of all U.S. businesses.

While at first glance these rules might seem overwhelming, businesses receive great benefits from compliance. And, OSHA offers helpful and useful ways to minimize injuries and lost workdays. Here’s some key information to keep in mind.