While we may not be able to predict the future, we can prepare for it with smart safety management strategies. Unexpected workplace incidents can have potentially disastrous effects on your business. Injuries and illnesses caused by workplace hazards won’t just lead to stoppages and interruptions to your business they can also lead to expensive lawsuits and compensation payments.
Outsourced OHS management can help your business prepare for and prevent workplace incidents by:
Identifying and eliminating workplace hazards
The most important aspect of any safety management process is risk assessment. During this process, your safety management consultant will conduct a thorough assessment and gap analysis of current risks and hazards to your business. They’ll review your current processes and policies and identify potential risks and non-compliance areas then advise you on how to improve them.
Safety management is a process of ongoing improvement. Your safety management consultant will help you not only eliminate risks but find opportunities for future improvement.
Training and preparing staff to respond to and prevent workplace risks
Your staff are the ones who will be most at risk from workplace hazards and it’s crucial that they are trained to prevent and respond to incidents in the correct way. Our safety management consultants can provide expert team training which educates your staff on your safety management system. They’ll also show your team how to use the documentation and application features of your safety management plan to maintain safety compliance.
Expert staff training minimises the risk of workplace incidents occurring and ensures team members know what to do in the event of an emergency or hazard.
With expert training, your team will be able to identify and respond to workplace incidents and risks in ways such as reporting a hazard, putting up signs to alert other team members until a hazard has been dealt with, or taking the initiative to proactively minimise workplace risks.
Reducing your company’s downtime and associated costs
Disruptions to your work processes can be costly. If a hazard needs to be dealt with or a staff member is taken out of action your workflows can be interrupted with potentially serious delays as a result. With an expert safety management framework and set of controls, these workplace disruptions can be kept to a minimum. This can include enacting a plan that ensures your business won’t grind to a halt following a workplace incident.
Through a range of practices, your consultant can help you minimise the costs of stoppages at your workplace through things like workplace insurance, employee insurance, public liability insurance premiums, or an internal emergency fund.